Choppa

The 1.6 engine release — everything since 1.5.1 in one update. INPUT FX — host AUv3 effects on your live input. Chain up to 4 effects (any installed AUv3 plus Apple's built-ins) that run before record and monitor: what you capture is what you hear. Lives in the transmissions drawer. Near-instant monitoring. The whole input path moved into a single low-latency render callback — monitoring your mic now feels immediate instead of noticeably behind your voice. Pre-record on the mic. Set PRE-RECORD (1–30s) and REC reaches back to before you pressed it — and starts instantly, no waiting for the input threshold. The tape always keeps 5 seconds free for live audio, and the setting shows its true reach-back (including under Low Power Mode). The library grew up. Three tabs: CHOPS (yours), WAVELOOP (sounds shared by other WaveLoop apps), and FOLDERS (browse your own folders and import straight from them). Preview any entry in place with a play button and moving cursor, swipe left to delete, and the drawer opens fast. Recording keeps your work safe. Takes that fill the tape now finalize and save instead of wiping. Normalize no longer distorts hot takes. Files opened from other apps respect your NORMALIZE / SAFE import settings. Your mic and capsule selection survives phone calls, route changes, and RESET AUDIO; picking a capsule mid-set no longer interrupts playing loops; pulling your headphones mid-take saves the take and mutes the monitor instead of squealing. The input LEVEL slider now works on mics. Also: bipolar effect controls (like delay feedback) mark their neutral point and double-tap to reset, banks are labelled A–D in the share picker, a new BACKGROUND MIC setting (off by default — backgrounding releases the mic), and a cleaner fixed-height chop editor.