diff --git a/src/libfilter/iir_filter.c b/src/libfilter/iir_filter.c
index 2123feb..5872d61 100644
--- a/src/libfilter/iir_filter.c
+++ b/src/libfilter/iir_filter.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void iir_notch_init(iir_filter_t *filter, double frequency, int samplerate, int
 	filter->b1 = filter->a1;
 	filter->b2 = (1 - K / Q + K * K) * norm;
 }
-            
+
 void iir_process(iir_filter_t *filter, sample_t *samples, int length)
 {
 	double a0, a1, a2, b1, b2;
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ void iir_process(iir_filter_t *filter, sample_t *samples, int length)
 
 	/* process filter */
 	for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-		in = *samples;
+		/* add a small value, otherwise this loop will perform really bad on my 'nuedel' machine!!! */
+		in = *samples + 0.000000001;
 		for (j = 0; j < iterations; j++) {
 			out = in * a0 + z1[j];
 			z1[j] = in * a1 + z2[j] - b1 * out;
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ void iir_process_baseband(iir_filter_t *filter, float *baseband, int length)
 
 	/* process filter */
 	for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-		in = *baseband;
+		/* add a small value, otherwise this loop will perform really bad on my 'nuedel' machine!!! */
+		in = *baseband + 0.000000001;
 		for (j = 0; j < iterations; j++) {
 			out = in * a0 + z1[j];
 #ifdef DEBUG_NAN
diff --git a/src/libfm/fm.c b/src/libfm/fm.c
index 48b4f11..d8f7afa 100644
--- a/src/libfm/fm.c
+++ b/src/libfm/fm.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ int fm_mod_init(fm_mod_t *mod, double samplerate, double offset, double amplitud
 	/* generate ramp up with ramp_length */
 	for (i = 0; i < mod->ramp_length; i++)
 		mod->ramp_tab[i] = 0.5 - cos(M_PI * i / mod->ramp_length) / 2.0;
-	mod->ramp_tab[0] = mod->ramp_tab[1] / 2.0; /* never be 0 */
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -199,10 +198,6 @@ again:
 			dev = offset + *frequency++;
 			power++;
 			length--;
-			/* somehow we need to have some value, otherwise IIR filter will be very slow!
-			 * we still continue with a carrier, but it has very low amplitude.
-			 * the low amplitude is set in ramp_tab[0]
-			 */
 			if (fast_math) {
 				phase += 65536.0 * dev / rate;
 				if (phase < 0.0)