On 14-Oct-05, at 1:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am in the early planning stage of an audio processing application
and I
have come to the point of making the choice between floating point
or fixed
point (signed 2's complement) processing.
What do you think is better, and why? Why does jack use floating
point? Why
does AES use fixed point in most of their standards?
Here's some papers specifically geared toward DSP processors that
support the use of fixed point:
Superior Audio Requires Fixed-Point DSP
http://www.rane.com/note153.html
48-Bit Integer Processing Beats 32-Bit Floating-Point for Professional
Audio Applications
http://www.jamminpower.com/main/articles.jsp
-Mark
