[linux-audio-dev] Fixed vs. floating point

[Albert Graef]

fons adriaensen wrote:
> The bottom line is really quite simple: if your app is to run on a PC, use floats.
> There are some very good reasons why floats were chosen as JACK's default audio
> type.

I agree with that conclusion. Just don't forget about the denormals 
issue on Intel (has this been mentioned in this thread before?). 
However, it's easy to work around this by adding a small amount of noise 
where necessary.

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Dr. Albert Gr"af
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