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

[Steve Harris]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:35:40 -0300, Juan Linietsky wrote:
> I still use ints and fixed point because shifting and masking are
> faster than fdiv and fmod.
> As far as I know you cant do those instructions in one cycle using
> floats, and I use them everywhere.

That would be in wavbetable phase though, everyone uses ints for those, for
one thing you get tuning problems if you use floats.

- Steve