Re: [PD] subnormal numbers explained

2013-04-03 Thread João Pais
I add some very very very low noise to the audio signal, it really doesn't affect the audio. something like [noise~] | [lop~ 5] | [*~ 0.0001] it's dirty, but it works (?). Do you have any arguments against it? João Quoth katja, on 13/03/2013 10:14: Subnormal numbers are a pain in the ass,

Re: [PD] subnormal numbers explained

2013-04-03 Thread Ivica Ico Bukvic
, April 03, 2013 1:36 PM To: katja; James Dunn Cc: pd-list Subject: Re: [PD] subnormal numbers explained I add some very very very low noise to the audio signal, it really doesn't affect the audio. something like [noise~] | [lop~ 5] | [*~ 0.0001] it's dirty, but it works (?). Do you

Re: [PD] subnormal numbers explained

2013-03-14 Thread James Dunn
Quoth katja, on 13/03/2013 10:14: Subnormal numbers are a pain in the ass, they cause substantially increased CPU load without doing anything useful for audio DSP. Unfortunately it can happen in some Pd objects (notably [freeverb~]), and spoil the performance of a Pd patch. Yes I eventually

[PD] subnormal numbers explained

2013-03-13 Thread katja
Hello, Found this instructive article about subnormals (called denormal numbers there):