On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 08:32:33AM +1100, cal wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
Any general advice for the non-DSP-literate on
finding/fixing denormals?
I found this LAD post helpful.
<http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2009-August/024707.html>
The whole thread is worth a read - starts here ...
<http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2009-August/024704.html>
Thanks. I fixed it by trial and error: I added 1e-10 to the expression that copied each
byte from the buffer, at the very top of the whirl function. Denormals gone, Beatrix uses
5% of my 1.6Ghz 32-bit EEE, at most. :-)
-ken