diff --git a/audio/resamplers/cc_resampler.c b/audio/resamplers/cc_resampler.c
index 35a0488f1f..6910ec1a38 100644
--- a/audio/resamplers/cc_resampler.c
+++ b/audio/resamplers/cc_resampler.c
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@
 #define RARCH_LOG(...) fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
-typedef struct audio_frame_int16
-{
-   int16_t l;
-   int16_t r;
-} audio_frame_int16_t;
 
-#ifdef _MIPS_ARCH_ALLEGREX1
+#ifdef _MIPS_ARCH_ALLEGREX
 static void resampler_CC_process(void *re_, struct resampler_data *data)
 {
    (void)re_;
@@ -121,7 +116,7 @@ static void resampler_CC_process(void *re_, struct resampler_data *data)
       outp++;
    }
 
-   /* The VFPU state is assumed to remain intact 
+   /* The VFPU state is assumed to remain intact
     * in-between calls to resampler_CC_process. */
 
 done:
@@ -151,6 +146,251 @@ static void *resampler_CC_init(double bandwidth_mod)
    RARCH_LOG("\nConvoluted Cosine resampler (VFPU): \n");
    return (void*)-1;
 }
+#elif defined(__SSE__)
+
+/* uses a fast polynomial approximation
+ * since SSE lacks native support for trigonometric functions
+ * cc_int is approximated with P(X) = X - (3/4)*X^3 + (1/4)*X^5
+ */
+
+
+#include <xmmintrin.h>
+
+#ifndef CC_RESAMPLER_PRECISION
+#define CC_RESAMPLER_PRECISION 1
+#endif
+
+typedef struct rarch_CC_resampler
+{
+   __m128 previous;
+   __m128 current;
+
+   float distance;
+   void (*process)(void *re, struct resampler_data *data);
+} rarch_CC_resampler_t;
+
+
+static void resampler_CC_downsample(void *re_, struct resampler_data *data)
+{
+   float ratio, b;
+   rarch_CC_resampler_t *re     = (rarch_CC_resampler_t*)re_;
+
+   audio_frame_float_t *inp     = (audio_frame_float_t*)data->data_in;
+   audio_frame_float_t *inp_max = (audio_frame_float_t*)(inp + data->input_frames);
+   audio_frame_float_t *outp    = (audio_frame_float_t*)data->data_out;
+
+   ratio = 1.0 / data->ratio;
+   b = data->ratio; /* cutoff frequency. */
+
+   __m128 vec_previous = _mm_loadu_ps((float*)&re->previous);
+   __m128 vec_current  = _mm_loadu_ps((float*)&re->current);
+
+   while (inp != inp_max)
+   {
+      __m128 vec_ratio =
+         _mm_mul_ps(_mm_set_ps1(ratio), _mm_set_ps(3.0, 2.0, 1.0, 0.0));
+      __m128 vec_w = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(re->distance), vec_ratio);
+
+      __m128 vec_w1 = _mm_add_ps(vec_w , _mm_set_ps1(0.5));
+      __m128 vec_w2 = _mm_sub_ps(vec_w , _mm_set_ps1(0.5));
+
+      __m128 vec_b = _mm_set_ps1(b);
+      vec_w1 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w1, vec_b);
+      vec_w2 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w2, vec_b);
+
+#if (CC_RESAMPLER_PRECISION > 0)
+      __m128 vec_ww1 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w1, vec_w1);
+      __m128 vec_ww2 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w2, vec_w2);
+
+
+      vec_ww1 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_ww1, _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(3.0),vec_ww1));
+      vec_ww2 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_ww2, _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(3.0),vec_ww2));
+
+      vec_ww1 = _mm_mul_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0/4.0), vec_ww1);
+      vec_ww2 = _mm_mul_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0/4.0), vec_ww2);
+
+      vec_w1  = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w1, _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0), vec_ww1));
+      vec_w2  = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w2, _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0), vec_ww2));
+#endif
+
+      vec_w1  = _mm_min_ps(vec_w1, _mm_set_ps1( 0.5));
+      vec_w2  = _mm_min_ps(vec_w2, _mm_set_ps1( 0.5));
+      vec_w1  = _mm_max_ps(vec_w1, _mm_set_ps1(-0.5));
+      vec_w2  = _mm_max_ps(vec_w2, _mm_set_ps1(-0.5));
+
+      vec_w   = _mm_sub_ps(vec_w1, vec_w2);
+
+      __m128 vec_w_previous =
+         _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_w,vec_w,_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 1, 0, 0));
+      __m128 vec_w_current  =
+         _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_w,vec_w,_MM_SHUFFLE(3, 3, 2, 2));
+
+      __m128 vec_in = _mm_loadl_pi(_mm_setzero_ps(),(__m64*)inp);
+      vec_in = _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_in,vec_in,_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 0, 1, 0));
+
+      vec_previous =
+         _mm_add_ps(vec_previous, _mm_mul_ps(vec_in, vec_w_previous));
+      vec_current  =
+         _mm_add_ps(vec_current, _mm_mul_ps(vec_in, vec_w_current));
+
+      re->distance++;
+      inp++;
+
+      if (re->distance > (ratio + 0.5))
+      {
+         _mm_storel_pi((__m64*)outp, vec_previous);
+         vec_previous =
+            _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_previous,vec_current,_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 0, 3, 2));
+         vec_current  =
+            _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_current,_mm_setzero_ps(),_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 0, 3, 2));
+
+         re->distance -= ratio;
+         outp++;
+      }
+   }
+
+   _mm_storeu_ps((float*)&re->previous, vec_previous);
+   _mm_storeu_ps((float*)&re->current,  vec_current);
+
+   data->output_frames = outp - (audio_frame_float_t*)data->data_out;
+}
+
+#ifndef min
+#define min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+#endif
+
+static void resampler_CC_upsample(void *re_, struct resampler_data *data)
+{
+   float b, ratio;
+   rarch_CC_resampler_t *re = (rarch_CC_resampler_t*)re_;
+
+   audio_frame_float_t *inp     = (audio_frame_float_t*)data->data_in;
+   audio_frame_float_t *inp_max = (audio_frame_float_t*)(inp + data->input_frames);
+   audio_frame_float_t *outp    = (audio_frame_float_t*)data->data_out;
+
+   b = min(data->ratio, 1.00); /* cutoff frequency. */
+   ratio = 1.0 / data->ratio;
+
+   __m128 vec_previous = _mm_loadu_ps((float*)&re->previous);
+   __m128 vec_current  = _mm_loadu_ps((float*)&re->current);
+
+
+
+   while (inp != inp_max)
+   {
+      __m128 vec_in = _mm_loadl_pi(_mm_setzero_ps(),(__m64*)inp);
+      vec_previous =
+         _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_previous,vec_current,_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 0, 3, 2));
+      vec_current  =
+         _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_current,vec_in,_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 0, 3, 2));
+
+      while (re->distance < 1.0)
+      {
+         __m128 vec_w =
+            _mm_add_ps(_mm_set_ps1(re->distance), _mm_set_ps(-2.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1.0));
+
+         __m128 vec_w1 = _mm_add_ps(vec_w , _mm_set_ps1(0.5));
+         __m128 vec_w2 = _mm_sub_ps(vec_w , _mm_set_ps1(0.5));
+
+         __m128 vec_b = _mm_set_ps1(b);
+         vec_w1 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w1, vec_b);
+         vec_w2 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w2, vec_b);
+
+#if (CC_RESAMPLER_PRECISION > 0)
+         __m128 vec_ww1 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w1, vec_w1);
+         __m128 vec_ww2 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w2, vec_w2);
+
+
+         vec_ww1 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_ww1,_mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(3.0),vec_ww1));
+         vec_ww2 = _mm_mul_ps(vec_ww2,_mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(3.0),vec_ww2));
+
+         vec_ww1 = _mm_mul_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0 / 4.0), vec_ww1);
+         vec_ww2 = _mm_mul_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0 / 4.0), vec_ww2);
+
+         vec_w1  = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w1, _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0), vec_ww1));
+         vec_w2  = _mm_mul_ps(vec_w2, _mm_sub_ps(_mm_set_ps1(1.0), vec_ww2));
+#endif
+
+         vec_w1  = _mm_min_ps(vec_w1, _mm_set_ps1( 0.5));
+         vec_w2  = _mm_min_ps(vec_w2, _mm_set_ps1( 0.5));
+         vec_w1  = _mm_max_ps(vec_w1, _mm_set_ps1(-0.5));
+         vec_w2  = _mm_max_ps(vec_w2, _mm_set_ps1(-0.5));
+
+         vec_w   = _mm_sub_ps(vec_w1, vec_w2);
+
+         __m128 vec_w_previous =
+            _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_w,vec_w,_MM_SHUFFLE(1, 1, 0, 0));
+         __m128 vec_w_current  =
+            _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_w,vec_w,_MM_SHUFFLE(3, 3, 2, 2));
+
+         __m128 vec_out =  _mm_mul_ps(vec_previous, vec_w_previous);
+         vec_out = _mm_add_ps(vec_out, _mm_mul_ps(vec_current, vec_w_current));
+         vec_out =
+            _mm_add_ps(vec_out, _mm_shuffle_ps(vec_out,vec_out,_MM_SHUFFLE(3, 2, 3, 2)));
+
+         _mm_storel_pi((__m64*)outp,vec_out);
+
+         re->distance += ratio;
+         outp++;
+      }
+
+      re->distance -= 1.0;
+      inp++;
+   }
+
+   _mm_storeu_ps((float*)&re->previous, vec_previous);
+   _mm_storeu_ps((float*)&re->current,  vec_current);
+
+   data->output_frames = outp - (audio_frame_float_t*)data->data_out;
+}
+
+
+static void resampler_CC_process(void *re_, struct resampler_data *data)
+{
+   rarch_CC_resampler_t *re = (rarch_CC_resampler_t*)re_;
+   re->process(re_, data);
+}
+
+static void resampler_CC_free(void *re_)
+{
+   rarch_CC_resampler_t *re = (rarch_CC_resampler_t*)re_;
+   if (re)
+      free(re);
+}
+
+static void *resampler_CC_init(double bandwidth_mod)
+{
+   int i;
+   rarch_CC_resampler_t *re = (rarch_CC_resampler_t*)
+      calloc(1, sizeof(rarch_CC_resampler_t));
+   if (!re)
+      return NULL;
+
+   for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+   {
+      re->previous = _mm_setzero_ps();
+      re->current    = _mm_setzero_ps();
+   }
+
+   RARCH_LOG("Convoluted Cosine resampler (SSE) : ");
+
+   /* variations of data->ratio around 0.75 are safer
+    * than around 1.0 for both up/downsampler. */
+   if (bandwidth_mod < 0.75)
+   {
+      RARCH_LOG("CC_downsample @%f \n", bandwidth_mod);
+      re->process = resampler_CC_downsample;
+      re->distance = 0.0;
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      RARCH_LOG("CC_upsample @%f \n", bandwidth_mod);
+      re->process = resampler_CC_upsample;
+      re->distance = 2.0;
+   }
+
+   return re;
+}
 #else
 
 /* C reference version. Not optimized. */
@@ -295,9 +535,9 @@ static void *resampler_CC_init(double bandwidth_mod)
 
    RARCH_LOG("Convoluted Cosine resampler (C) : ");
 
-   /* variations of data->ratio around 0.75 are safer 
+   /* variations of data->ratio around 0.75 are safer
     * than around 1.0 for both up/downsampler. */
-   if (bandwidth_mod < 0.75) 
+   if (bandwidth_mod < 0.75)
    {
       RARCH_LOG("CC_downsample @%f \n", bandwidth_mod);
       re->process = resampler_CC_downsample;
diff --git a/audio/test/Makefile b/audio/test/Makefile
index a5838ab00f..197621189b 100644
--- a/audio/test/Makefile
+++ b/audio/test/Makefile
@@ -11,69 +11,80 @@ TESTS := test-sinc-lowest \
 	test-cc \
 	test-snr-cc
 
-CFLAGS += -O3 -ffast-math -g -Wall -pedantic -march=native -std=gnu99 -DRESAMPLER_TEST -DRARCH_DUMMY_LOG
+CFLAGS += -O3 -ffast-math -g -Wall -pedantic -march=native -std=gnu99
+CFLAGS += -DRESAMPLER_TEST -DRARCH_DUMMY_LOG
+
 LDFLAGS += -lm
 
 all: $(TESTS)
 
-resampler-sinc.o: ../resampler.c
+resampler-sinc.o: ../resamplers/resampler.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
 
-resampler-cc.o: ../resampler.c
-	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DHAVE_CC_RESAMPLER
+resampler-cc.o: ../resamplers/resampler.c
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DHAVE_CC_RESAMPLER -DRESAMPLER_IDENT='"CC"'
 
-cc-resampler.o: ../cc_resampler.c
+main-cc.o: main.c
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DHAVE_CC_RESAMPLER -DRESAMPLER_IDENT='"CC"'
+
+snr-cc.o: snr.c
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DHAVE_CC_RESAMPLER -DRESAMPLER_IDENT='"CC"'
+
+cc-resampler.o: ../resamplers/cc_resampler.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
 
-sinc-lowest.o: ../sinc.c
+sinc-lowest.o: ../resamplers/sinc.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DSINC_LOWEST_QUALITY
 
-sinc-lower.o: ../sinc.c
+sinc-lower.o: ../resamplers/sinc.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DSINC_LOWER_QUALITY
 
-sinc.o: ../sinc.c
+sinc.o: ../resamplers/sinc.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
 
-sinc-higher.o: ../sinc.c
+nearest.o: ../resamplers/nearest.c
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+
+sinc-higher.o: ../resamplers/sinc.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DSINC_HIGHER_QUALITY
 
-sinc-highest.o: ../sinc.c
+sinc-highest.o: ../resamplers/sinc.c
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) -DSINC_HIGHEST_QUALITY
 
-test-sinc-lowest: sinc-lowest.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-sinc-lowest: sinc-lowest.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-snr-sinc-lowest: sinc-lowest.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-snr-sinc-lowest: sinc-lowest.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-sinc-lower: sinc-lower.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-sinc-lower: sinc-lower.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-snr-sinc-lower: sinc-lower.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-snr-sinc-lower: sinc-lower.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-sinc: sinc.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-sinc: sinc.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-snr-sinc: sinc.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-snr-sinc: sinc.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-sinc-higher: sinc-higher.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-sinc-higher: sinc-higher.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-snr-sinc-higher: sinc-higher.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-snr-sinc-higher: sinc-higher.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-sinc-highest: sinc-highest.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-sinc-highest: sinc-highest.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-snr-sinc-highest: sinc-highest.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o
+test-snr-sinc-highest: sinc-highest.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-cc: cc-resampler.o ../utils.o main.o resampler-cc.o sinc.o
+test-cc: cc-resampler.o ../utils.o main-cc.o resampler-cc.o sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-test-snr-cc: cc-resampler.o ../utils.o snr.o resampler-cc.o sinc.o
+test-snr-cc: cc-resampler.o ../utils.o snr-cc.o resampler-cc.o sinc.o nearest.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 %.o: %.c
diff --git a/audio/test/main.c b/audio/test/main.c
index 5930bdcb9f..fe04bebe15 100644
--- a/audio/test/main.c
+++ b/audio/test/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
  *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
- * 
+ *
  *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
  *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
  *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
 // Resampler that reads raw S16NE/stereo from stdin and outputs to stdout in S16NE/stereo.
 // Used for testing and performance benchmarking.
 
-#include "../resampler.h"
+#include "../resamplers/resampler.h"
 #include "../utils.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#ifndef RESAMPLER_IDENT
+#define RESAMPLER_IDENT "sinc"
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
    srand(time(NULL));
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
    const rarch_resampler_t *resampler = NULL;
    void *re = NULL;
-   if (!rarch_resampler_realloc(&re, &resampler, NULL, out_rate / in_rate))
+   if (!rarch_resampler_realloc(&re, &resampler, RESAMPLER_IDENT, out_rate / in_rate))
    {
       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate resampler ...\n");
       return 1;
diff --git a/audio/test/snr.c b/audio/test/snr.c
index 994d83384d..565c417010 100644
--- a/audio/test/snr.c
+++ b/audio/test/snr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
  *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
- * 
+ *
  *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
  *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
  *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "../resampler.h"
+#include "../resamplers/resampler.h"
 #include "../utils.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+#ifndef RESAMPLER_IDENT
+#define RESAMPLER_IDENT "sinc"
+#endif
+
 #undef min
 #define min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
 
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ static unsigned bitswap(unsigned i, unsigned range)
 }
 
 // When interleaving the butterfly buffer, addressing puts bits in reverse.
-// [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] => [0, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 7] 
+// [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] => [0, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 7]
 static void interleave(complex double *butterfly_buf, size_t samples)
 {
    unsigned range = bitrange(samples);
@@ -269,7 +273,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
    void *re = NULL;
    const rarch_resampler_t *resampler = NULL;
-   if (!rarch_resampler_realloc(&re, &resampler, NULL, ratio))
+   if (!rarch_resampler_realloc(&re, &resampler, RESAMPLER_IDENT, ratio))
       return 1;
 
    test_fft();