Denormal Cleaner

Rarely needed now

SynthEdit scrubs denormals automatically, using the CPU’s floating-point register flags — the processor is simply told to flush these values to zero, across the whole engine, at no cost. You should not need to place denormal modules in a patch. They remain for the unusual case of a third-party module that manages to produce denormals anyway.

The Denormal Cleaner removes denormal numbers (extremely small floating-point values) from audio signals. Denormal values are inaudible but cause the CPU to switch to a slower processing mode, resulting in spikes and glitchy audio.

Inputs

Pin	Type	Description
Signal In	Audio	Signal to clean

Outputs

Pin	Type	Description
Signal Out	Audio	Cleaned signal

Usage Notes

Denormal handling is engine-wide and automatic, so in practice this module has nothing left to do. It is kept for older patches that already contain one, and for the rare third-party module that still manages to emit denormals.

Use the Denormal Detector to identify where denormals occur in your patch.