diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp
index 2bc8a864af..fdae795367 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ namespace FloatVectorHelpers
         static forcedinline ParallelType max (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_max_ps (a, b); }
         static forcedinline ParallelType min (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_min_ps (a, b); }
 
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_and (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_and_ps (a, b); }
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_not (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_andnot_ps (a, b); }
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_or  (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_or_ps (a, b); }
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_xor (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_xor_ps (a, b); }
+
         static forcedinline Type max (ParallelType a) noexcept { Type v[numParallel]; storeU (v, a); return jmax (v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]); }
         static forcedinline Type min (ParallelType a) noexcept { Type v[numParallel]; storeU (v, a); return jmin (v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]); }
     };
@@ -85,10 +90,17 @@ namespace FloatVectorHelpers
         static forcedinline ParallelType max (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_max_pd (a, b); }
         static forcedinline ParallelType min (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_min_pd (a, b); }
 
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_and (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_and_pd (a, b); }
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_not (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_andnot_pd (a, b); }
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_or  (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_or_pd (a, b); }
+        static forcedinline ParallelType bit_xor (ParallelType a, ParallelType b) noexcept  { return _mm_xor_pd (a, b); }
+
         static forcedinline Type max (ParallelType a) noexcept  { Type v[numParallel]; storeU (v, a); return jmax (v[0], v[1]); }
         static forcedinline Type min (ParallelType a) noexcept  { Type v[numParallel]; storeU (v, a); return jmin (v[0], v[1]); }
     };
 
+    
+
     #define JUCE_BEGIN_VEC_OP \
         typedef FloatVectorHelpers::ModeType<sizeof(*dest)>::Mode Mode; \
         if (FloatVectorHelpers::isSSE2Available()) \
@@ -731,6 +743,35 @@ void FloatVectorOperations::negate (double* dest, const double* src, int num) no
    #endif
 }
 
+void FloatVectorOperations::abs (float* dest, const float* src, int num) noexcept
+{
+   #if JUCE_USE_VDSP_FRAMEWORK
+    vDSP_vabs ((float*) src, 1, dest, 1, (vDSP_Length) num);
+   #else
+    union {float f; uint32 i;} signMask;
+    signMask.i = 0x80000000UL;
+    JUCE_PERFORM_VEC_OP_SRC_DEST (dest[i] = fabsf(src[i]),
+                                  Mode::bit_xor (s, Mode::bit_and (s, mask)),
+                                  JUCE_LOAD_SRC, JUCE_INCREMENT_SRC_DEST, 
+                                  const Mode::ParallelType mask = Mode::load1 (signMask.f);)
+   #endif
+}
+
+void FloatVectorOperations::abs (double* dest, const double* src, int num) noexcept
+{
+   #if JUCE_USE_VDSP_FRAMEWORK
+    vDSP_vabsD ((double*) src, 1, dest, 1, (vDSP_Length) num);
+   #else
+    union {double d; uint64 i;} signMask;
+    signMask.i = 0x8000000000000000ULL;
+
+    JUCE_PERFORM_VEC_OP_SRC_DEST (dest[i] = fabs (src[i]),
+                                  Mode::bit_xor (s, Mode::bit_and (s, mask)),
+                                  JUCE_LOAD_SRC, JUCE_INCREMENT_SRC_DEST, 
+                                  const Mode::ParallelType mask = Mode::load1 (signMask.d);)
+   #endif
+}
+
 void JUCE_CALLTYPE FloatVectorOperations::convertFixedToFloat (float* dest, const int* src, float multiplier, int num) noexcept
 {
    #if JUCE_USE_ARM_NEON
@@ -974,6 +1015,12 @@ public:
             FloatVectorOperations::subtract (data1, data2, num);
             u.expect (areAllValuesEqual (data1, num, (ValueType) 512));
 
+            FloatVectorOperations::abs (data1, data2, num);
+            u.expect (areAllValuesEqual (data1, num, (ValueType) 256));
+
+            FloatVectorOperations::abs (data2, data1, num);
+            u.expect (areAllValuesEqual (data2, num, (ValueType) 256));
+
             fillRandomly (random, int1, num);
             doConversionTest (u, data1, data2, int1, num);
 
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.h b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.h
index b7dc972daf..114d516622 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_FloatVectorOperations.h
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ public:
     /** Copies a source vector to a destination, negating each value. */
     static void JUCE_CALLTYPE negate (double* dest, const double* src, int numValues) noexcept;
 
+    /** Copies a source vector to a destination, taking the absolute of each value. */
+    static void JUCE_CALLTYPE abs (float* dest, const float* src, int numValues) noexcept;
+
+    /** Copies a source vector to a destination, taking the absolute of each value. */
+    static void JUCE_CALLTYPE abs (double* dest, const double* src, int numValues) noexcept;
+
     /** Converts a stream of integers to floats, multiplying each one by the given multiplier. */
     static void JUCE_CALLTYPE convertFixedToFloat (float* dest, const int* src, float multiplier, int numValues) noexcept;