From 2f5bcf2b910ad9aec647c3fe1cbf0bd6aebf9a5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lotus CI <ci@lotusguild.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:53:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(denoise-tester): play models in both ears; match the
 call's DeepFilterNet strength

- Recorded clips often decode as stereo (Chrome Opus/WebM). The models
  only process channel 0, and the default channel mode ignores
  channelCount, so RNNoise/Speex played the cleaned audio in the LEFT EAR
  ONLY. Downmix to mono before the models (as Lotus Call does, #24) and
  pin the RNNoise/Speex/gate nodes to explicit mono. Verified in Chromium
  with a stereo speech clip through RNNoise: before L 16.1 / R 0.0, after
  L 16.0 / R 15.9.
- DeepFilterNet ran at attenuation limit 80 here vs 60 in calls; both
  muted the background outright, which sounds like the mic cutting out
  at word ends. Use 25, matching element-call#65.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017PCb59uY3UKqDqt7B6hzd5
---
 .../settings/general/DenoiseTester.tsx        |  8 ++++---
 src/app/utils/denoisePipeline.ts              | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/general/DenoiseTester.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/general/DenoiseTester.tsx
index 5f684f1ab..09ac999b5 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/general/DenoiseTester.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/general/DenoiseTester.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   DenoiseNode,
   buildGateNode,
   buildModelNode,
+  monoDownmix,
   readDb,
   sampleRateFor,
 } from '../../../utils/denoisePipeline';
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ export function DenoiseTester({ model, useGate, gateThreshold, nativeNS }: Denoi
       inAnalyser.fftSize = 1024;
       source.connect(inAnalyser);
 
-      let head: AudioNode = source;
+      let head: AudioNode = source.connect(monoDownmix(ctx));
       let gate: AudioWorkletNode | null = null;
       if (useGate) {
         gate = await buildGateNode(ctx, gateThreshold);
@@ -308,10 +309,11 @@ export function DenoiseTester({ model, useGate, gateThreshold, nativeNS }: Denoi
       const ctx = new AudioContext({ sampleRate: sampleRateFor(playModel ?? 'rnnoise') });
       const source = ctx.createBufferSource();
       source.buffer = clip;
+      const mono = source.connect(monoDownmix(ctx));
       let playGate: AudioWorkletNode | null = null;
       let playModelNode: DenoiseNode | null = null;
       if (playModel) {
-        let head: AudioNode = source;
+        let head: AudioNode = mono;
         if (useGate) {
           playGate = await buildGateNode(ctx, gateThreshold);
           head.connect(playGate);
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ export function DenoiseTester({ model, useGate, gateThreshold, nativeNS }: Denoi
         head.connect(playModelNode.node);
         playModelNode.node.connect(ctx.destination);
       } else {
-        source.connect(ctx.destination);
+        mono.connect(ctx.destination);
       }
       // Superseded while the WASM/worklet loaded (another Play, a Stop, or the
       // panel unmounted)? Tear down this now-orphaned graph instead of storing
diff --git a/src/app/utils/denoisePipeline.ts b/src/app/utils/denoisePipeline.ts
index ea9129d2f..925180a1b 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/denoisePipeline.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/denoisePipeline.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ const BASE = `${import.meta.env.BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/public/element-cal
  */
 export const sampleRateFor = (model: DenoiseModelId): number => (model === 'dtln' ? 16000 : 48000);
 
+/**
+ * A pass-through node that downmixes whatever feeds it to ONE channel. Every
+ * model only processes channel 0, and a recorded clip often decodes as stereo
+ * (Chrome's Opus/WebM), so without this RNNoise/Speex played the cleaned audio
+ * in the left ear only. Lotus Call does the same (#24). A mono output is then
+ * upmixed to both ears by the destination.
+ */
+export const monoDownmix = (ctx: BaseAudioContext): GainNode =>
+  new GainNode(ctx, {
+    channelCount: 1,
+    channelCountMode: 'explicit',
+    channelInterpretation: 'speakers',
+  });
+
 export type DenoiseNode = {
   node: AudioWorkletNode;
   dispose: () => void;
@@ -85,7 +99,10 @@ export async function buildModelNode(
     const mod: any = await import(/* @vite-ignore */ `${BASE}deepfilternet/index.esm.js`);
     const core = new mod.DeepFilterNet3Core({
       sampleRate: sampleRateFor(model),
-      noiseReductionLevel: 80,
+      // Same attenuation limit as Lotus Call (dB). Higher values mute the
+      // background outright, so words drop into dead silence and sound
+      // clipped at the end.
+      noiseReductionLevel: 25,
       assetConfig: { cdnUrl: dfnBase },
     });
     await core.initialize();
@@ -105,6 +122,8 @@ export async function buildModelNode(
   const [, wasmBinary] = await Promise.all([addModuleOnce(ctx, cfg.script), fetchWasm(cfg.wasm)]);
   const node = new AudioWorkletNode(ctx, cfg.proc, {
     channelCount: 1,
+    channelCountMode: 'explicit',
+    channelInterpretation: 'speakers',
     numberOfInputs: 1,
     numberOfOutputs: 1,
     processorOptions: { maxChannels: 1, wasmBinary },
@@ -127,6 +146,9 @@ export async function buildGateNode(
 ): Promise<AudioWorkletNode> {
   await addModuleOnce(ctx, 'noiseGateWorklet.js');
   return new AudioWorkletNode(ctx, '@sapphi-red/web-noise-suppressor/noise-gate', {
+    channelCount: 1,
+    channelCountMode: 'explicit',
+    channelInterpretation: 'speakers',
     processorOptions: {
       openThreshold: thresholdDb,
       closeThreshold: thresholdDb - 5,