diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f9bdc8f25..e125d2da3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-04-02	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
+
+	* include/automatable_model.h:
+	added castValue()-method
+
 2008-04-01	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
 	* plugins/ladspa_effect/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/include/automatable_model.h b/include/automatable_model.h
index 86d1d11b4..44b1b5931 100644
--- a/include/automatable_model.h
+++ b/include/automatable_model.h
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ public:
 		return( 1 );
 	}
 
+	template<class V>
+	static inline T castValue( V _v )
+	{
+		return( static_cast<T>( _v ) );
+	}
 
 	inline virtual T value( void ) const
 	{