Re: [PD] subnormal numbers explained

2013-04-03 Thread Ivica Ico Bukvic
is > Sent: Wednesday, 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~] > | > [lo

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

2013-03-14 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 fou

[PD] subnormal numbers explained

2013-03-13 Thread katja
Hello, Found this instructive article about subnormals (called denormal numbers there): http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=musicdsp%20denormal&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEEQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmusicdsp.org%2Ffiles%2Fdenormal.pdf&ei=O0hAUbu7GcyU0QWezoHQCw&usg=AFQjCNGbelHDdXUZnnZOwLOwwz4V8u_98w&bvm