Extracts resolveWaveformClaim (core/instrument/ui/spline_edit) so the shell's node/tab/marker click resolution is unit-tested directly, not just its input geometry; folds the staged-envelope node into it; fixes comment accuracy, a cost regression, and test fidelity issues.
Waveform overlay now resolves node/tab/marker click collisions by target area instead of check order; residue test now uses a distinguishing fixture; Gate-unavailable-while-drawn logic extracted to one pure helper shared by resolvePlay and applyControl.
Fixes the 2-point spline-EG early-free bug causing silent fade-ins, the pitch/filter enable-toggle Trigger-forcing hole, the contour-node/marker pixel shadow, missing deck-residue test coverage, and stale comments in knob_deck and spline_edit.
Cancels the curve-node drag whenever the popup closes so Esc mid-drag can't alias the amp curve; generalizes CurveTarget routing to one switch; fixes stale/overstated comments; clamps a pre-v12 depth fold; adds deck-inertness and filter-fold test coverage.
Payload v12 appends the new velocity->pitch curve and folds the retired filter velAmount into its now-bipolar curve, so pre-v12 projects reopen sounding identical. Preview button takes a drawn play triangle.
Trigger's fade pair folds into the AHD (and goes live); the release anchors right;
Preserve rings its synthetic tail out instead of cutting it. Payload v10.
Cutoff-only re-solve (15.5 vs 56.9 ns/frame) makes the unquantized sweep
affordable, replacing the 2048-step mod quantizer. Live-compute parameters
remain blocked on a shell-architecture ruling.
Codec fallback for non-finite filter fields, a modAmount==0 early-out in tickFilterCutoff,
new stereo render tests for the dual-mono mirror, and comment/test accuracy fixes flagged
in review (stale deck-width claims, restated invariants, drifted CMake link comments).
Params ride the one parameter set; payload v8 -> v9, off by default.
Deck composition moves to a pure deck_groups module in pitch -> filter -> amp order.
daniel