On 14-Oct-05, at 1:44 AM, cpolymeris@email-addr-hidden 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
Received on Sat Oct 15 08:15:05 2005
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