diff --git a/include/effect_lib.h b/include/effect_lib.h
index 382c3c7c2..13644fe17 100644
--- a/include/effect_lib.h
+++ b/include/effect_lib.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * effect_lib.h - library with template-based inline-effects
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ namespace effectLib
 		// Lou's Hack
 		void setWideCoeff( const float _wideCoeff )
 		{
-			m_wideCoeff = static_cast<int>( _wideCoeff );
+			m_wideCoeff = _wideCoeff;
 		}
 		
 		int getWideCoeff()
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ namespace effectLib
 
 	private:
 		// Lou's Hack
-		int m_wideCoeff;
+		float m_wideCoeff;
 		//-----------
 	} ;
 
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp
index fda7a1bcb..929a79a7f 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ bool spectrumAnalyzer::processAudioBuffer( sampleFrame * _buf,
 	{
 		compressbands( m_absSpecBuf, m_bands, BUFFER_SIZE+1,
 			MAX_BANDS,
-			LOWEST_FREQ*(BUFFER_SIZE+1)/(float)(sr/2),
-			HIGHEST_FREQ*(BUFFER_SIZE+1)/(float)(sr/2) );
+			(int)(LOWEST_FREQ*(BUFFER_SIZE+1)/(float)(sr/2)),
+			(int)(HIGHEST_FREQ*(BUFFER_SIZE+1)/(float)(sr/2)));
 		m_energy = maximum( m_bands, MAX_BANDS ) / maximum( m_buffer, BUFFER_SIZE );
 	}
 	else