diff --git a/app/codec/samplebuffer.cpp b/app/codec/samplebuffer.cpp
index df00e0f7f..1753e80c1 100644
--- a/app/codec/samplebuffer.cpp
+++ b/app/codec/samplebuffer.cpp
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ void SampleBuffer::transform_volume_for_sample_on_channel(int sample_index, int
   data_[channel][sample_index] *= volume;
 }
 
-void SampleBuffer::fill(const float &f)
+void SampleBuffer::silence()
 {
-  fill(f, 0, sample_count_per_channel_);
+  silence(0, sample_count_per_channel_);
 }
 
-void SampleBuffer::fill(const float &f, int start_sample, int end_sample)
+void SampleBuffer::silence(int start_sample, int end_sample)
 {
   if (!is_allocated()) {
     qWarning() << "Tried to fill an unallocated sample buffer";
@@ -221,9 +221,7 @@ void SampleBuffer::fill(const float &f, int start_sample, int end_sample)
   }
 
   for (int i=0;i<audio_params().channel_count();i++) {
-    for (int j=start_sample;j<end_sample;j++) {
-      data_[i][j] = f;
-    }
+    memset(data_[i].data(), start_sample * sizeof(float), (end_sample-start_sample) * sizeof(float));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/codec/samplebuffer.h b/app/codec/samplebuffer.h
index f3660be07..74ae84d6a 100644
--- a/app/codec/samplebuffer.h
+++ b/app/codec/samplebuffer.h
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public:
   void transform_volume_for_sample(int sample_index, float volume);
   void transform_volume_for_sample_on_channel(int sample_index, int channel, float volume);
 
-  void fill(const float& f);
-  void fill(const float& f, int start_sample, int end_sample);
+  void silence();
+  void silence(int start_sample, int end_sample);
 
   void set(int channel, const float* data, int sample_offset, int sample_length);
   void set(int channel, const float* data, int sample_length)
diff --git a/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp b/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
index 98517b993..d4ee8d643 100644
--- a/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
+++ b/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ NodeValueTable RenderProcessor::GenerateBlockTable(const Track *track, const Tim
     // All these blocks will need to output to a buffer so we create one here
     SampleBufferPtr block_range_buffer = SampleBuffer::CreateAllocated(audio_params,
                                                                        audio_params.time_to_samples(range.length()));
-    block_range_buffer->fill(0);
+    block_range_buffer->silence();
 
     NodeValueTable merged_table;
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ NodeValueTable RenderProcessor::GenerateBlockTable(const Track *track, const Tim
 
             if (qIsNull(speed_value)) {
               // Just silence, don't think there's any other practical application of 0 speed audio
-              samples_from_this_block->fill(0);
+              samples_from_this_block->silence();
             } else if (!qFuzzyCompare(speed_value, 1.0)) {
               // Multiply time
               samples_from_this_block->speed(speed_value);