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Fading out audio is one of the most CPU-intensive tasks you can possibly do! Values that get close (but not quite) zero, hit an underflow gap known as "Subnormal" range. It’s a mathematical conundrum so tricky, both x86 and ARM made special CPU instructions just to handle it!

Fading out audio is one of the most CPU-intensive tasks you can possibly do! Values that get close (but not quite) zero, hit an underflow gap known as "Subnormal" range. It’s a mathematical conundrum so tricky, both x86 and ARM made special CPU instructions just to handle it!