[linux-audio-dev] interesting post from vst-plugins on float/int

[Paul Davis]

>aren't an integral multiple of the multiword size, though. finding
>peaks without branching is very attractive, and a routine integrating
>both would be very useful.

computing peaks and metering in general is the single most
computationally expensive thing that Ardour does (outside of certain
plugins). code to vectorize this would be a truly significant
contribution.

--p