static float[] decodeWAVToMonoSamples_floatVolumeProfile(File wavFile, int windowSize) {
  temp CloseableItIt<short[]> it = decodeWAVToMonoSamples_iterator(wavFile, windowSize);

  new L<Float> volumes;
  fOr (short[] chunk : it)
    volumes.add(shortArray_maxAbsValue(chunk)/(float) Short.MAX_VALUE);
  ret toFloatArray(volumes);
}