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[17:50:14 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> btw thanks for the lesson 
[17:52:00 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> yes, that's right
[17:52:29 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> So, in terms of your original question, one of the advantages of using Marcus Geelnard's DSP API for Fast Fourier Transforms is that you might, in the future, find that it's natively implemented
[17:52:36 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> with fancy SMD optimizations and the like