Weird Ableton behavior on Windows 10

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Hi guys,

I have an implementation of a ZDF Biquad filter that’s working flawlessly anywhere (both on Windows and OSX), except in Ableton Live on Windows 10. The weirdest thing is, as soon as I stop the playback, the CPU meter increases. I already tried profiling, but I can’t figure out what’s going on there. Do you know what Ableton calls when the playback stops?

Thanks!

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Check for floating point denormalization. If you get CPU spikes as audio fades out, that’s usually what it is.

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Thanks. I had the same thought, but I’m already using doubles for those calculations. Maybe I should try to flush them to zero and see what happens.

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yap, it was a denormal issue fixed using JUCE_UNDENORMALIZE. Thanks, G-Mon.

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