diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Android.mk b/services/audioflinger/Android.mk
index fa49592..52834db 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Android.mk
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Android.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
     AudioPolicyService.cpp
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
-    system/media/audio_effects/include
+    system/media/audio_effects/include \
+    system/media/audio_utils/include
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
+    libaudioutils \
     libcutils \
     libutils \
     libbinder \
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index b48f23d..58482d5 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 #include <audio_effects/effect_ns.h>
 #include <audio_effects/effect_aec.h>
 
+#include <audio_utils/primitives.h>
+
 #include <cpustats/ThreadCpuUsage.h>
 #include <powermanager/PowerManager.h>
 // #define DEBUG_CPU_USAGE 10  // log statistics every n wall clock seconds
@@ -2455,14 +2457,6 @@
 {
 }
 
-
-static inline int16_t clamp16(int32_t sample)
-{
-    if ((sample>>15) ^ (sample>>31))
-        sample = 0x7FFF ^ (sample>>31);
-    return sample;
-}
-
 static inline
 int32_t mul(int16_t in, int16_t v)
 {
@@ -4391,7 +4385,7 @@
                     // ditherAndClamp() works as long as all buffers returned by mActiveTrack->getNextBuffer()
                     // are 32 bit aligned which should be always true.
                     if (mChannelCount == 2 && mReqChannelCount == 1) {
-                        AudioMixer::ditherAndClamp(mRsmpOutBuffer, mRsmpOutBuffer, framesOut);
+                        ditherAndClamp(mRsmpOutBuffer, mRsmpOutBuffer, framesOut);
                         // the resampler always outputs stereo samples: do post stereo to mono conversion
                         int16_t *src = (int16_t *)mRsmpOutBuffer;
                         int16_t *dst = buffer.i16;
@@ -4400,7 +4394,7 @@
                             src += 2;
                         }
                     } else {
-                        AudioMixer::ditherAndClamp((int32_t *)buffer.raw, mRsmpOutBuffer, framesOut);
+                        ditherAndClamp((int32_t *)buffer.raw, mRsmpOutBuffer, framesOut);
                     }
 
                 }
@@ -6271,7 +6265,7 @@
     if (isProcessEnabled()) {
         // do 32 bit to 16 bit conversion for auxiliary effect input buffer
         if ((mDescriptor.flags & EFFECT_FLAG_TYPE_MASK) == EFFECT_FLAG_TYPE_AUXILIARY) {
-            AudioMixer::ditherAndClamp(mConfig.inputCfg.buffer.s32,
+            ditherAndClamp(mConfig.inputCfg.buffer.s32,
                                         mConfig.inputCfg.buffer.s32,
                                         mConfig.inputCfg.buffer.frameCount/2);
         }
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.cpp
index 7c7fa56..fe56771 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -30,17 +30,11 @@
 
 #include <system/audio.h>
 
+#include <audio_utils/primitives.h>
+
 #include "AudioMixer.h"
 
 namespace android {
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-static inline int16_t clamp16(int32_t sample)
-{
-    if ((sample>>15) ^ (sample>>31))
-        sample = 0x7FFF ^ (sample>>31);
-    return sample;
-}
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -479,88 +473,6 @@
    }
 }
 
-static inline
-int32_t mulAdd(int16_t in, int16_t v, int32_t a)
-{
-#if defined(__arm__) && !defined(__thumb__)
-    int32_t out;
-    asm( "smlabb %[out], %[in], %[v], %[a] \n"
-         : [out]"=r"(out)
-         : [in]"%r"(in), [v]"r"(v), [a]"r"(a)
-         : );
-    return out;
-#else
-    return a + in * int32_t(v);
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline
-int32_t mul(int16_t in, int16_t v)
-{
-#if defined(__arm__) && !defined(__thumb__)
-    int32_t out;
-    asm( "smulbb %[out], %[in], %[v] \n"
-         : [out]"=r"(out)
-         : [in]"%r"(in), [v]"r"(v)
-         : );
-    return out;
-#else
-    return in * int32_t(v);
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline
-int32_t mulAddRL(int left, uint32_t inRL, uint32_t vRL, int32_t a)
-{
-#if defined(__arm__) && !defined(__thumb__)
-    int32_t out;
-    if (left) {
-        asm( "smlabb %[out], %[inRL], %[vRL], %[a] \n"
-             : [out]"=r"(out)
-             : [inRL]"%r"(inRL), [vRL]"r"(vRL), [a]"r"(a)
-             : );
-    } else {
-        asm( "smlatt %[out], %[inRL], %[vRL], %[a] \n"
-             : [out]"=r"(out)
-             : [inRL]"%r"(inRL), [vRL]"r"(vRL), [a]"r"(a)
-             : );
-    }
-    return out;
-#else
-    if (left) {
-        return a + int16_t(inRL&0xFFFF) * int16_t(vRL&0xFFFF);
-    } else {
-        return a + int16_t(inRL>>16) * int16_t(vRL>>16);
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline
-int32_t mulRL(int left, uint32_t inRL, uint32_t vRL)
-{
-#if defined(__arm__) && !defined(__thumb__)
-    int32_t out;
-    if (left) {
-        asm( "smulbb %[out], %[inRL], %[vRL] \n"
-             : [out]"=r"(out)
-             : [inRL]"%r"(inRL), [vRL]"r"(vRL)
-             : );
-    } else {
-        asm( "smultt %[out], %[inRL], %[vRL] \n"
-             : [out]"=r"(out)
-             : [inRL]"%r"(inRL), [vRL]"r"(vRL)
-             : );
-    }
-    return out;
-#else
-    if (left) {
-        return int16_t(inRL&0xFFFF) * int16_t(vRL&0xFFFF);
-    } else {
-        return int16_t(inRL>>16) * int16_t(vRL>>16);
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
 
 void AudioMixer::track__genericResample(track_t* t, int32_t* out, size_t outFrameCount, int32_t* temp, int32_t* aux)
 {
@@ -845,19 +757,6 @@
     t->in = in;
 }
 
-void AudioMixer::ditherAndClamp(int32_t* out, int32_t const *sums, size_t c)
-{
-    for (size_t i=0 ; i<c ; i++) {
-        int32_t l = *sums++;
-        int32_t r = *sums++;
-        int32_t nl = l >> 12;
-        int32_t nr = r >> 12;
-        l = clamp16(nl);
-        r = clamp16(nr);
-        *out++ = (r<<16) | (l & 0xFFFF);
-    }
-}
-
 // no-op case
 void AudioMixer::process__nop(state_t* state)
 {
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.h b/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.h
index 75c9170..bdbbaf3 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.h
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioMixer.h
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@
 
     uint32_t    trackNames() const { return mTrackNames; }
 
-    static void ditherAndClamp(int32_t* out, int32_t const *sums, size_t c);
-
 private:
 
     enum {