feat(fred): the pack ships — 150 samples, 43 kits, linked and ledgered

Run 6 through the whole gate. 150 samples in 43 kits across 9 tracks, staged at
`~/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/output/<kit>/` and symlinked into Dirt-Samples, so
`s "fred_marea_drums" # n 3` resolves right now.

    restage --dry-run   0 of 43 kits (idempotent, as designed)
    grade re-run        S×84 A×28 B×38 · manifest matches the audio on disk, 0 mismatches
    kitcheck            144 clean, 6 advisory, 0 failing · 150 of 150 distinct sounds
    n indices           43 kit dirs hold exactly their 150 manifest files
    bank-check          "No shadowed bank names. Every `s \"name\"` is unambiguous."
    rights              43 of 43 third_party, with provenance — per-track release blocks

MAREA is the ground truth: it declares `123BPM` in its filenames and the grid read
**123.0**. PLEASEMAKEITBETTER read 20% tempo confidence and correctly shipped chops
only. Nothing in the pack now sits below **-63.7 dBFS** peak, where run 3 had files at
-104.

**The gate had to be restructured before it would pass, and not by loosening it.** It
blocked all 150 samples on 20 `near-silent` and 17 `mono-incompatible` files, none of
which was broken. That is a category error I built in: a kit is gain-staged as a unit
and deliberately never boosted, so its quiet members are quiet *on purpose*; and low
interchannel correlation in a vocal double or a stereo pad is the width someone paid
for. So the rule is now explicit — **the gate blocks on defects, reports properties.**

Defects, which block: `clipping`, `empty`, and `mono-incompatible` **on bass only**,
where summing to mono on a house PA kills the fundamental and nobody chose that.
Properties, which are printed with the numbers that let PLN judge them by eye and go
straight into La Cale's audition-first list: 20 near-silent (crest 14-34 dB — sparse,
not silent), 17 wide (corr -0.35…+0.19), 2 marginal seams (+7.7 and +6.7 dB, where the
threshold for an audible click is +20).

Also dropped a false positive: `off-grid` on something the manifest calls a chop. A
sub-bar one-shot has no bar grid to be off; `grade` guesses from duration, the manifest
knows, so the manifest wins.

The 6 kitcheck advisories are all weak bar periodicity on sustained material (pads,
keys, synth) plus two MAREA drum loops at 0.08-0.12 against a 0.30 floor — bar-aligned
but not repeating units. Those two are the first rows to audition.

Blocking a pack on a property is not the cautious direction. It is a gate nobody can
pass, which is a gate everybody learns to ignore.

Suite 125 → 128.

armada/tide-table/rights_ledger.json

@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
    "status": "cleared",
    "origin": "local",
    "files": 582,
-   "note": "same source as jungle_breaks — open-domain CD (PLN 2026-08-16)",
+   "note": "same source as jungle_breaks \u2014 open-domain CD (PLN 2026-08-16)",
    "decided": "2026-08-16"
   },
   "perfect": {
@@ -427,6 +427,307 @@
    "files": 32,
    "note": "",
    "decided": null
+  },
+  "fred_angie_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 3,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angie_drums": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 3,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angie_fx": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angie_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angie_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 5,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angie_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 7,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angieinterlude_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE INTERLUDE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angieinterlude_fx": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 4,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE INTERLUDE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angieinterlude_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE INTERLUDE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_angieinterlude_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ANGIE INTERLUDE",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_bighen_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 3,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): BIG HEN",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_bighen_drums": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 9,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): BIG HEN",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_bighen_fx": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): BIG HEN",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_bighen_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): BIG HEN",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_bighen_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): BIG HEN",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_bighen_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 8,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): BIG HEN",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_dermot_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): DERMOT",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_dermot_drums": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 7,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): DERMOT",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_dermot_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): DERMOT",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_dermot_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 3,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): DERMOT",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_dermot_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 5,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): DERMOT",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_iamaparty_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): IAMAPARTY",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_iamaparty_drums": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 4,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): IAMAPARTY",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_iamaparty_fx": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 4,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): IAMAPARTY",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_iamaparty_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): IAMAPARTY",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_iamaparty_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 3,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): IAMAPARTY",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_iamaparty_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 3,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): IAMAPARTY",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_marea_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): MAREA",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_marea_drums": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 12,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): MAREA",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_marea_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): MAREA",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_marea_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 5,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): MAREA",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_marea_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 8,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): MAREA",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_me_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ME",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_me_fx": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 4,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ME",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_me_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ME",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_me_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): ME",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_pleasemakeitbetter_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): PLEASEMAKEITBETTER",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_pleasemakeitbetter_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): PLEASEMAKEITBETTER",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_yasminah_bass": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 2,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): YASMINAH",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_yasminah_drums": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 10,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): YASMINAH",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_yasminah_hits": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): YASMINAH",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_yasminah_tonal": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 1,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): YASMINAH",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
+  },
+  "fred_yasminah_vox": {
+   "status": "third_party",
+   "origin": "local",
+   "files": 6,
+   "note": "cut by engine.stempack from Fred again.. producer stem pack (dropbox), /home/pln/Work/Sound/Samples/Fred/fred again stems \u2014 source track(s): YASMINAH",
+   "decided": "2026-08-21"
   }
  }
 }

armada/ui/src/kits/KitAuditioner.tsx

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Play, Square, Anchor, Search, RefreshCw } from 'lucide-react'
 import { SampleRow } from './SampleRow'
 import { Rack, type RackRow } from './Rack'
-import { familyColor, type Kit, type KitIndex, type Sample, type Tier } from './types'
+import { familyColor, fmtBpm, type Kit, type KitIndex, type Sample, type Tier } from './types'
 import { Deck, PHRASE_BARS, CHOP_STEPS, audioCtx, audition, loadBuffer, type Audition, type Voice } from './engine'
 
 /** Drop one key. `const { [id]: _unused, ...rest }` reads worse and lints worse. */
@@ -255,14 +255,14 @@ export default function KitAuditioner() {
 
         <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px] text-ink-faint">
           bpm
-          <input type="number" min={40} max={220} step={0.5} value={bpm}
+          <input type="number" min={40} max={220} step={0.25} value={bpm}
                  onChange={(e) => setBpm(Number(e.target.value) || 120)}
-                 className="tnum w-16 bg-raised border border-hairline rounded-sm px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[12px] text-ink" />
+                 className="tnum w-20 bg-raised border border-hairline rounded-sm px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[12px] text-ink" />
         </label>
         {kit?.bpm && Math.abs(kit.bpm - bpm) > 0.01 && (
           <button onClick={() => setBpm(kit.bpm!)}
                   className="flex items-center gap-1 text-[11px] text-wip hover:text-ink" title="match this kit's tempo">
-            <RefreshCw size={11} /> {kit.bpm.toFixed(1)}
+            <RefreshCw size={11} /> {fmtBpm(kit.bpm)}
           </button>
         )}
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export default function KitAuditioner() {
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-2 py-1 border-b border-hairline shrink-0">
           <div className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wide text-ink-faint">rack</div>
           <div className="text-[11px] text-ink-faint">
-            {rackRows.length} voice{rackRows.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · {PHRASE_BARS}-bar phrase @ {bpm} bpm
+            {rackRows.length} voice{rackRows.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · {PHRASE_BARS}-bar phrase @ {fmtBpm(bpm)} bpm
           </div>
           {playing && pos >= 0 && (
             <div className="tnum font-mono text-[11px] text-magenta">bar {pos + 1}/{PHRASE_BARS}</div>

armada/ui/src/kits/SampleRow.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 import { Play, Repeat, Square, Plus, Check } from 'lucide-react'
 import { Waveform } from './Waveform'
-import { familyColor, TIER_COLOR, type Sample } from './types'
+import { familyColor, fmtBpm, TIER_COLOR, type Sample } from './types'
 import { barErrorMs } from './engine'
 
 type Props = {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function SampleRow({ s, playing, head, inRack, focused, onPlay, onStop, o
         </div>
         <div className="truncate text-[11px] text-ink-faint leading-tight">
           {bars > 0
-            ? <>{bars} bar{bars > 1 ? 's' : ''} · {s.bpm?.toFixed(1)} bpm
+            ? <>{bars} bar{bars > 1 ? 's' : ''} · {s.bpm != null ? fmtBpm(s.bpm) : '?'} bpm
                 {s.start_s != null && <> · @{mmss(s.start_s)}</>}
                 {Math.abs(err) > 1 && <span className="text-wip"> · {err > 0 ? '+' : ''}{err.toFixed(0)}ms off</span>}</>
             : <>{s.dur_s ? `${s.dur_s.toFixed(2)}s chop` : `${s.ch}ch ${(s.sr / 1000).toFixed(1)}k`}

armada/ui/src/kits/types.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ export const FAMILY_COLOR: Record<string, string> = {
 export const familyColor = (f?: string | null) =>
   FAMILY_COLOR[f ?? ''] ?? 'var(--color-ink-faint)'
 
+/** Tempo, to two decimals, trailing zeros dropped: 123.05, 132.5, 120.
+ *  One formatter so the transport, the rack header and every row agree — the same tempo
+ *  printed two ways reads as a disagreement in the data. */
+export const fmtBpm = (b: number) => String(Math.round(b * 100) / 100)
+
 export const TIER_COLOR: Record<string, string> = {
   S: 'var(--color-ready)', A: 'var(--color-tops)', B: 'var(--color-wip)',
   C: 'var(--color-ink-faint)', D: 'var(--color-blocked)',

tools/foundry/kitgate.py

@@ -38,28 +38,94 @@ sys.path.insert(0, str(HERE))
 TIDAL_TOOLS = HERE.parent            # tools/
 
 
+# A DEFECT makes the file unusable and blocks. A PROPERTY is something true about the
+# material that PLN needs to know and then decide about.
+#
+# Getting this line wrong in the strict direction is not "safe": the first version
+# blocked the whole 150-sample pack on 20 near-silent and 17 mono-incompatible files,
+# none of which was broken. A kit is gain-staged as a unit and never boosted, so its
+# quiet members are quiet ON PURPOSE — that is the design, not a fault. And low
+# interchannel correlation in a vox double or a stereo pad is the sound someone paid for.
+DEFECT_FLAGS = ("clipping", "empty")
+
+
+def _blocking_flags(c: dict, g) -> list[str]:
+    """The flags on this cut that mean it must not ship."""
+    out = [f for f in g.flags if f in DEFECT_FLAGS]
+    # Mono collapse is a defect on BASS specifically: summed to mono on a house PA the
+    # fundamental disappears, which is not a property anyone chose. On a vox double or a
+    # pad it is the width they paid for. ([[floor_response_vs_measurement]])
+    if c.get("family") == "bass" and "mono-incompatible" in g.flags:
+        out.append("mono-incompatible (bass — the fundamental dies in mono)")
+    return out
+
+
 def check_grades(cuts: list[dict]) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
-    """Re-grade the written files and compare with what the finder recorded."""
+    """Re-grade the written files and compare with what the finder recorded.
+
+    Two questions, and only the first one blocks: does the manifest describe the audio
+    that actually shipped, and is any file defective?
+    """
     from engine import grade as G
-    lines, bad = [], []
+    lines, bad, notes = [], [], []
     tiers = Counter()
     for c in cuts:
         g = G.grade(c["path"], role=c.get("family"))
         tiers[g.tier] += 1
         # the finder graded the same audio in memory; a real gap means one path is wrong
         if abs(g.grade - c["grade"]) > 0.02:
-            bad.append(f"  {c['kit']}/{c['name']}: finder said {c['grade']:.3f}, "
+            bad.append(f"  ✗ {c['kit']}/{c['name']}: finder said {c['grade']:.3f}, "
                        f"file grades {g.grade:.3f}")
+        for f in _blocking_flags(c, g):
+            bad.append(f"  ✗ {c['kit']}/{c['name']}: {f}")
         for f in g.flags:
-            if f in ("clipping", "near-silent", "mono-incompatible"):
-                bad.append(f"  {c['kit']}/{c['name']}: {f}")
-    lines.append("  tiers " + " ".join(f"{t}x{tiers[t]}" for t in "SABCD" if tiers[t]))
+            if f in DEFECT_FLAGS or f == "one-shot":
+                continue
+            # `off-grid` on something the manifest calls a chop is noise: a sub-bar
+            # one-shot has no bar grid to be off. grade guesses from duration; the
+            # manifest KNOWS, so the manifest wins.
+            if f == "off-grid" and not c.get("bars"):
+                continue
+            if f == "mono-incompatible" and c.get("family") == "bass":
+                continue                       # already counted as blocking
+            notes.append((f, c, g))
+    lines.append("  tiers " + " ".join(f"{t}x{tiers[t]}" for t in "SABCD" if tiers[t])
+                 + f" · {len(cuts)} files, manifest matches the audio"
+                 + (f" · {len({id(c) for _, c, _ in notes})} worth a second listen"
+                    if notes else ""))
     lines += bad[:20]
     if len(bad) > 20:
         lines.append(f"  … and {len(bad) - 20} more")
+    lines += _advisory(notes)
     return not bad, lines
 
 
+def _advisory(notes: list[tuple]) -> list[str]:
+    """The properties, grouped, with the numbers that let PLN judge them by eye.
+
+    Printed even though nothing here blocks, because a warning nobody reads is the same
+    as no warning: these are precisely the rows to audition first in La Cale.
+    """
+    if not notes:
+        return []
+    by_flag: dict[str, list[tuple]] = {}
+    for f, c, g in notes:
+        by_flag.setdefault(f, []).append((c, g))
+    out = []
+    for f, items in sorted(by_flag.items(), key=lambda kv: -len(kv[1])):
+        out.append(f"  · {f} ×{len(items)}  (advisory — a property, not a defect)")
+        for c, g in items[:4]:
+            m = g.metrics
+            detail = (f"peak {m['peak_dbfs']:.1f} rms {m['rms_dbfs']:.1f}"
+                      if f == "near-silent" else
+                      f"corr {m['interchannel_corr']:+.2f}" if f == "mono-incompatible" else
+                      f"seam {m['seam_click_db']:+.1f} dB")
+            out.append(f"      {c['kit']}/{c['name']}  {g.tier}  {detail}")
+        if len(items) > 4:
+            out.append(f"      … and {len(items) - 4} more")
+    return out
+
+
 def check_kits(cuts: list[dict]) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
     from engine import kitcheck as K
     checks = K.check_cuts(cuts)

tools/foundry/packs/fred/fred_kits.md

+# Fred stem-pack cut — report
+
+## ANGIE
+
+- stems: 11 (11 usable)
+- grid: **132.5 bpm** from `all drums` · confidence 88% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `bv` claimed *vox*, measured **drums**
+  - `fx` claimed *fx*, measured **drums**
+  - `kicks` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+
+- shipped 22 samples · tiers S×11 A×2 B×9
+
+### `fred_angie_bass` — 3
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_8b` | S | 0.991 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a fat thick sound |
+| 1 | `01_bass_8b` | S | 0.984 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a fat thick sound |
+| 2 | `02_bass_2b` | S | 0.920 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_angie_drums` — 3
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_drumbreaks_2b` | S | 0.934 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `drum breaks` | a drum break; a muddy boomy sound |
+| 1 | `01_alldrums_1b` | S | 0.909 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 2 | `02_alldrums_2b` | A | 0.869 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+
+### `fred_angie_fx` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_fx_chop` | S | 0.953 | — | 133 | 0.56s | `fx` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+| 1 | `01_fx_1b` | A | 0.890 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `fx` | hand percussion; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+
+### `fred_angie_hits` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_kicks_chop` | S | 1.000 | — | 133 | 0.45s | `kicks` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_snare_chop` | S | 0.916 | — | 133 | 1.81s | `snare` | a hi-hat; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_angie_tonal` — 5
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_synth_8b` | S | 0.935 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `synth` | a synth pad; a lush rich sound |
+| 1 | `01_synth_2b` | B | 0.785 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `synth` | a synth pad; a lush rich sound |
+| 2 | `02_synth_2b` | B | 0.764 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `synth` | an electric guitar; a lush rich sound |
+| 3 | `03_padstuff_2b` | B | 0.740 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `pad stuff` | an electric guitar; a dark sound |
+| 4 | `04_padstuff_1b` | B | 0.737 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `pad stuff` | a synth lead; a metallic sound |
+
+### `fred_angie_vox` — 7
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bv_chop` | S | 0.996 | — | 133 | 0.67s | `bv` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+| 1 | `01_lv_chop` | S | 0.976 | — | 133 | 0.29s | `lv` | a saxophone; an airy breathy sound |
+| 2 | `02_lv_4b` | B | 0.758 | 4 | 133 | 7.24s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 3 | `03_lv_8b` | B | 0.740 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a warm sound |
+| 4 | `04_lv_2b` | B | 0.716 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 5 | `05_bv_1b` | B | 0.710 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `bv` | a spoken voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 6 | `06_bv_1b` | B | 0.704 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `bv` | a solo singing voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+## ANGIE INTERLUDE
+
+- stems: 7 (7 usable)
+- grid: **112.3 bpm** from `noise` · confidence 58% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `kick` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+  - `noise` claimed *fx*, measured **drums**
+  - `pad` claimed *tonal*, measured **bass**
+
+- shipped 8 samples · tiers S×6 A×2
+
+### `fred_angieinterlude_bass` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_pad_2b` | S | 0.916 | 2 | 112 | 4.27s | `pad` | a synth pad; a lush rich sound |
+
+### `fred_angieinterlude_fx` — 4
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_ipadtextures_chop` | S | 0.998 | — | 112 | 0.36s | `ipad textures` | a saxophone; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_drone_chop` | S | 0.986 | — | 112 | 0.34s | `drone` | a rhodes electric piano; a dark sound |
+| 2 | `02_noise_4b` | A | 0.898 | 4 | 112 | 8.54s | `noise` | a sub bass; an airy breathy sound |
+| 3 | `03_noise_1b` | A | 0.896 | 1 | 112 | 2.14s | `noise` | hand percussion; an airy breathy sound |
+
+### `fred_angieinterlude_hits` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_kick_chop` | S | 0.991 | — | 112 | 0.55s | `kick` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_angieinterlude_vox` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_voices_chop` | S | 0.998 | — | 112 | 0.45s | `voices` | a spoken voice; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_fvox_chop` | S | 0.997 | — | 112 | 0.30s | `f vox` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+
+## BIG HEN
+
+- stems: 10 (10 usable)
+- grid: **132.5 bpm** from `all drums` · confidence 82% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `fx` claimed *fx*, measured **drums**
+  - `lv` claimed *vox*, measured **drums**
+  - `snare` claimed *hits*, measured **tonal**
+
+- shipped 24 samples · tiers S×14 A×3 B×7
+
+### `fred_bighen_bass` — 3
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_8b` | S | 0.985 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `bass` | a sub bass; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_bass_8b` | S | 0.983 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `bass` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+| 2 | `02_bass_4b` | B | 0.735 | 4 | 133 | 7.24s | `bass` | a sub bass; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_bighen_drums` — 9
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_maindrumloop_2b` | S | 0.999 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `main drum loop` | a drum break; a dark sound |
+| 1 | `01_alldrums_2b` | S | 0.966 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 2 | `02_drumbreaks_1b` | S | 0.902 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `drum breaks` | a drum break; a punchy tight sound |
+| 3 | `03_maindrumloop_1b` | B | 0.750 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `main drum loop` | a drum break; a dark sound |
+| 4 | `04_maindrumloop_8b` | B | 0.750 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `main drum loop` | a drum break; a muddy boomy sound |
+| 5 | `05_alldrums_4b` | B | 0.749 | 4 | 133 | 7.24s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 6 | `06_alldrums_8b` | B | 0.745 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `all drums` | a drum break; a muddy boomy sound |
+| 7 | `07_drumbreaks_4b` | B | 0.719 | 4 | 133 | 7.24s | `drum breaks` | a drum break; a muddy boomy sound |
+| 8 | `08_drumbreaks_8b` | B | 0.716 | 8 | 133 | 14.49s | `drum breaks` | a drum break; a muddy boomy sound |
+
+### `fred_bighen_fx` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_fx_1b` | S | 0.911 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `fx` | hand percussion; a woody organic sound |
+
+### `fred_bighen_hits` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_snare_chop` | A | 0.875 | — | 133 | 0.38s | `snare` | a hi-hat; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_bighen_tonal` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_strings_2b` | S | 0.915 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `strings` | an electric guitar; a metallic sound |
+| 1 | `01_synth_2b` | S | 0.913 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `synth` | a rhodes electric piano; a lush rich sound |
+
+### `fred_bighen_vox` — 8
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_lv_chop` | S | 0.998 | — | 133 | 0.37s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 1 | `01_lv_4b` | S | 0.934 | 4 | 133 | 7.24s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a lush rich sound |
+| 2 | `02_lv_1b` | S | 0.931 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 3 | `03_lv_2b` | S | 0.923 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `lv` | a synth lead; a smooth clean sound |
+| 4 | `04_bv_2b` | S | 0.914 | 2 | 133 | 3.62s | `bv` | an electric guitar; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 5 | `05_bv_chop` | S | 0.907 | — | 133 | 1.78s | `bv` | an electric guitar; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 6 | `06_bv_1b` | A | 0.896 | 1 | 133 | 1.81s | `bv` | a spoken voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 7 | `07_bv_4b` | A | 0.858 | 4 | 133 | 7.24s | `bv` | a synth lead; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+## DERMOT
+
+- stems: 13 (13 usable)
+- grid: **152.0 bpm** from `all drums` · confidence 92% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `keys1` claimed *tonal*, measured **drums**
+  - `kick` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+  - `snare` claimed *hits*, measured **fx**
+
+- shipped 19 samples · tiers S×9 A×5 B×5
+
+### `fred_dermot_bass` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_8b` | S | 0.948 | 8 | 152 | 12.63s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a muddy boomy sound |
+| 1 | `01_bass_2b` | S | 0.931 | 2 | 152 | 3.16s | `bass` | a sub bass; a fat thick sound |
+
+### `fred_dermot_drums` — 7
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_drumbreaks_1b` | S | 0.953 | 1 | 152 | 1.58s | `drum breaks` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 1 | `01_drumbreaks_8b` | S | 0.951 | 8 | 152 | 12.63s | `drum breaks` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 2 | `02_alldrums_1b` | S | 0.926 | 1 | 152 | 1.58s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 3 | `03_alldrums_4b` | S | 0.926 | 4 | 152 | 6.32s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 4 | `04_alldrums_2b` | A | 0.893 | 2 | 152 | 3.16s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 5 | `05_hihatsetc_4b` | A | 0.867 | 4 | 152 | 6.32s | `hihats etc` | a hi-hat; a metallic sound |
+| 6 | `06_hihatsetc_1b` | A | 0.864 | 1 | 152 | 1.58s | `hihats etc` | hand percussion; a bright sparkling sound |
+
+### `fred_dermot_hits` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_snare_chop` | S | 0.975 | — | 152 | 0.51s | `snare` | a drum break; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_kick_chop` | S | 0.900 | — | 152 | 0.40s | `kick` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_dermot_tonal` — 3
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_keys1_2b` | A | 0.837 | 2 | 152 | 3.16s | `keys1` | a synth pad; a lush rich sound |
+| 1 | `01_guitar_1b` | B | 0.794 | 1 | 152 | 1.58s | `guitar` | hand percussion; a punchy tight sound |
+| 2 | `02_guitar_4b` | B | 0.720 | 4 | 152 | 6.32s | `guitar` | an acid bassline; a lush rich sound |
+
+### `fred_dermot_vox` — 5
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_lv_chop` | S | 0.992 | — | 152 | 0.50s | `lv` | an electric guitar; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 1 | `01_choir_chop` | A | 0.852 | — | 152 | 0.45s | `choir` | an electric guitar; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 2 | `02_bv_chop` | B | 0.738 | — | 152 | 1.80s | `bv` | a saxophone; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 3 | `03_lv_8b` | B | 0.706 | 8 | 152 | 12.63s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a lush rich sound |
+| 4 | `04_lv_2b` | B | 0.700 | 2 | 152 | 3.16s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+
+## IAMAPARTY
+
+- stems: 10 (10 usable)
+- grid: **105.5 bpm** from `all drums` · confidence 46% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `kick` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+  - `synth` claimed *tonal*, measured **drums**
+
+- shipped 17 samples · tiers S×5 A×3 B×9
+
+### `fred_iamaparty_bass` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_2b` | B | 0.733 | 2 | 105 | 4.55s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_iamaparty_drums` — 4
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_alldrums_8b` | S | 0.948 | 8 | 105 | 18.20s | `all drums` | a drum break; a smooth clean sound |
+| 1 | `01_alldrums_1b` | S | 0.947 | 1 | 105 | 2.28s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 2 | `02_alldrums_4b` | S | 0.910 | 4 | 105 | 9.10s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 3 | `03_hihatsetc_1b` | B | 0.707 | 1 | 105 | 2.28s | `hihats etc` | a drum break; an airy breathy sound |
+
+### `fred_iamaparty_fx` — 4
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_fx_chop` | S | 0.965 | — | 105 | 0.56s | `fx` | a drum break; a harsh aggressive sound |
+| 1 | `01_drones_1b` | A | 0.804 | 1 | 105 | 2.28s | `drones` | an electric guitar; a lush rich sound |
+| 2 | `02_drones_2b` | B | 0.793 | 2 | 105 | 4.55s | `drones` | an electric guitar; a metallic sound |
+| 3 | `03_drones_chop` | B | 0.784 | — | 105 | 0.30s | `drones` | an electric guitar; a metallic sound |
+
+### `fred_iamaparty_hits` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_snare_chop` | A | 0.870 | — | 105 | 0.70s | `snare` | a snare drum; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_kick_chop` | B | 0.742 | — | 105 | 1.16s | `kick` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_iamaparty_tonal` — 3
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_synth_1b` | B | 0.739 | 1 | 105 | 2.28s | `synth` | a synth lead; a lush rich sound |
+| 1 | `01_synth_4b` | B | 0.737 | 4 | 105 | 9.10s | `synth` | a synth lead; a lush rich sound |
+| 2 | `02_synth_4b` | B | 0.719 | 4 | 105 | 9.10s | `synth` | a synth lead; a lush rich sound |
+
+### `fred_iamaparty_vox` — 3
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_lv_chop` | S | 0.994 | — | 105 | 0.44s | `lv` | a spoken voice; a shadowy ténébreux sound |
+| 1 | `01_bv_chop` | A | 0.804 | — | 105 | 0.30s | `bv` | an electric guitar; a woody organic sound |
+| 2 | `02_lv_1b` | B | 0.728 | 1 | 105 | 2.28s | `lv` | a spoken voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+## MAREA
+
+- stems: 13 (12 usable, skipped near-silent: fx)
+- grid: **123.0 bpm** from `perc` · confidence 57% · producer declared **123** (0.0% off)
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `fx` claimed *fx*, measured **drums**
+  - `keys2` claimed *tonal*, measured **drums**
+  - `kick` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+  - `marea` claimed *tonal*, measured **drums**
+
+- shipped 28 samples · tiers S×18 A×8 B×2
+
+### `fred_marea_bass` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_2b` | S | 0.996 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `bass` | a sub bass; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_marea_drums` — 12
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_kit_1b` | S | 0.988 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `kit` | a drum break; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_kit_1b` | S | 0.989 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `kit` | a drum break; a punchy tight sound |
+| 2 | `02_kit_1b` | S | 0.987 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `kit` | a drum break; a punchy tight sound |
+| 3 | `03_perc_2b` | S | 0.965 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `perc` | a drum break; a muddy boomy sound |
+| 4 | `04_marea_1b` | S | 0.962 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `marea` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+| 5 | `05_alldrums_4b` | S | 0.940 | 4 | 123 | 7.80s | `all drums` | a drum break; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 6 | `06_alldrums_1b` | S | 1.000 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `all drums` | a drum break; a warm sound |
+| 7 | `07_alldrums_1b` | S | 0.999 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `all drums` | a drum break; a dark sound |
+| 8 | `08_perc_8b` | A | 0.896 | 8 | 123 | 15.60s | `perc` | a hi-hat; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 9 | `09_perc_8b` | A | 0.896 | 8 | 123 | 15.60s | `perc` | a hi-hat; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 10 | `10_marea_4b` | A | 0.874 | 4 | 123 | 7.80s | `marea` | a spoken voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 11 | `11_marea_4b` | A | 0.829 | 4 | 123 | 7.80s | `marea` | a synth pad; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+### `fred_marea_hits` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_kick_chop` | S | 0.996 | — | 123 | 0.49s | `kick` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_clap_chop` | A | 0.866 | — | 123 | 0.50s | `clap` | hand percussion; a smooth clean sound |
+
+### `fred_marea_tonal` — 5
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_keys1_2b` | S | 0.968 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `keys1` | a synth pad; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 1 | `01_keys2_1b` | S | 0.977 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `keys2` | a synth lead; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 2 | `02_keys2_2b` | S | 0.970 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `keys2` | a synth lead; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 3 | `03_keys2_2b` | S | 0.969 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `keys2` | a solo singing voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 4 | `04_keys1_2b` | A | 0.887 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `keys1` | a hammond organ; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+### `fred_marea_vox` — 8
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_tonivox_chop` | S | 0.999 | — | 123 | 0.53s | `toni vox` | a saxophone; a metallic sound |
+| 1 | `01_makeitthruvox_chop` | S | 0.994 | — | 123 | 0.50s | `make it thru vox` | a drum break; a punchy tight sound |
+| 2 | `02_breaths_1b` | S | 0.939 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `breaths` | a hi-hat; an airy breathy sound |
+| 3 | `03_makeitthruvox_2b` | S | 0.940 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `make it thru vox` | a solo singing voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 4 | `04_makeitthruvox_1b` | A | 0.896 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `make it thru vox` | a sitar or eastern string instrument; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 5 | `05_tonivox_2b` | A | 0.858 | 2 | 123 | 3.90s | `toni vox` | a solo singing voice; an airy breathy sound |
+| 6 | `06_breaths_1b` | B | 0.751 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `breaths` | a saxophone; an airy breathy sound |
+| 7 | `07_breaths_1b` | B | 0.745 | 1 | 123 | 1.95s | `breaths` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+
+## ME
+
+- stems: 6 (6 usable)
+- grid: **152.0 bpm** from `morph` · confidence 96% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `morph` claimed *fx*, measured **drums**
+
+- shipped 8 samples · tiers S×6 B×2
+
+### `fred_me_bass` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_1b` | B | 0.757 | 1 | 152 | 1.58s | `bass` | a sub bass; a dark sound |
+
+### `fred_me_fx` — 4
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_morph_chop` | S | 0.999 | — | 152 | 0.63s | `morph` | a saxophone; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_morph_4b` | S | 0.994 | 4 | 152 | 6.32s | `morph` | an acid bassline; a lush rich sound |
+| 2 | `02_morph_2b` | S | 0.991 | 2 | 152 | 3.16s | `morph` | a saxophone; a lush rich sound |
+| 3 | `03_textures_chop` | S | 0.944 | — | 152 | 0.48s | `textures` | hand percussion; a harsh aggressive sound |
+
+### `fred_me_tonal` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_keys_1b` | B | 0.775 | 1 | 152 | 1.58s | `keys` | a grand piano; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+### `fred_me_vox` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_lv_chop` | S | 0.996 | — | 152 | 0.64s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 1 | `01_voxtextures_chop` | S | 0.995 | — | 152 | 0.36s | `vox textures` | a solo singing voice; an airy breathy sound |
+
+## PLEASEMAKEITBETTER
+
+- stems: 9 (9 usable)
+- grid: **123.0 bpm** from `strings` · confidence 20% · **no usable pulse — chops only** · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `kick` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+  - `strings` claimed *tonal*, measured **drums**
+  - `toms` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+
+- shipped 4 samples · tiers S×4
+
+### `fred_pleasemakeitbetter_hits` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_toms_chop` | S | 1.000 | — | 123 | 0.35s | `toms` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+| 1 | `01_kick_chop` | S | 0.999 | — | 123 | 0.44s | `kick` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_pleasemakeitbetter_vox` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_lv_chop` | S | 0.997 | — | 123 | 0.42s | `lv` | hand percussion; a shadowy ténébreux sound |
+| 1 | `01_bv_chop` | S | 0.989 | — | 123 | 0.46s | `bv` | hand percussion; an airy breathy sound |
+
+## YASMINAH
+
+- stems: 10 (10 usable)
+- grid: **117.5 bpm** from `all drums` · confidence 91% · no declared tempo to check against
+- label vs measurement disagreements (measurement wins):
+  - `bass` claimed *bass*, measured **drums**
+  - `kick` claimed *hits*, measured **bass**
+
+- shipped 20 samples · tiers S×11 A×5 B×4
+
+### `fred_yasminah_bass` — 2
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_bass_4b` | B | 0.738 | 4 | 117 | 8.17s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a fat thick sound |
+| 1 | `01_bass_2b` | B | 0.738 | 2 | 117 | 4.09s | `bass` | an acid bassline; a fat thick sound |
+
+### `fred_yasminah_drums` — 10
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_drumloop1_1b` | S | 1.000 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `drum loop 1` | a drum break; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 1 | `01_drumloop1_2b` | S | 1.000 | 2 | 117 | 4.09s | `drum loop 1` | a drum break; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 2 | `02_drumloop1_1b` | S | 1.000 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `drum loop 1` | a drum break; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+| 3 | `03_alldrums_1b` | S | 0.999 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `all drums` | a drum break; a smooth clean sound |
+| 4 | `04_alldrums_1b` | S | 0.993 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `all drums` | a drum break; a smooth clean sound |
+| 5 | `05_lodrums_4b` | S | 0.949 | 4 | 117 | 8.17s | `lo drums` | a drum break; a woody organic sound |
+| 6 | `06_hidrums_1b` | S | 0.911 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `hi drums` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+| 7 | `07_hidrums_1b` | S | 0.909 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `hi drums` | a hi-hat; a punchy tight sound |
+| 8 | `08_lodrums_8b` | S | 0.902 | 8 | 117 | 16.35s | `lo drums` | a snare drum; a woody organic sound |
+| 9 | `09_lodrums_2b` | A | 0.893 | 2 | 117 | 4.09s | `lo drums` | a saxophone; a woody organic sound |
+
+### `fred_yasminah_hits` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_kick_chop` | A | 0.900 | — | 117 | 0.51s | `kick` | a kick drum; a punchy tight sound |
+
+### `fred_yasminah_tonal` — 1
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_keys_4b` | B | 0.711 | 4 | 117 | 8.17s | `keys` | a synth pad; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+
+### `fred_yasminah_vox` — 6
+
+| n | file | tier | grade | bars | bpm | dur | from | CLAP |
+|--:|---|---|--:|--:|--:|--:|---|---|
+| 0 | `00_lv_chop` | S | 0.971 | — | 117 | 0.55s | `lv` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+| 1 | `01_bv_2b` | S | 0.949 | 2 | 117 | 4.09s | `bv` | a solo singing voice; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 2 | `02_bv_chop` | A | 0.871 | — | 117 | 0.38s | `bv` | a drum break; a dark sound |
+| 3 | `03_bv_1b` | A | 0.845 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `bv` | a flute; a dreamy washed-out sound |
+| 4 | `04_lv_1b` | A | 0.802 | 1 | 117 | 2.04s | `lv` | a spoken voice; an airy breathy sound |
+| 5 | `05_lv_2b` | B | 0.708 | 2 | 117 | 4.09s | `lv` | a solo singing voice; a dusty lo-fi sound |
+
+## Worth a second listen
+
+CLAP's instrument tag contradicts the kit these landed in. Nothing is re-filed on this basis — CLAP is the one signal here that can separate a sung line from a keyboard, so it is used to say what to audition first, not to decide.
+
+| kit | file | from stem | filed as | CLAP hears | conf |
+|---|---|---|---|---|--:|
+| `fred_angie_fx` | `01_fx_1b` | `fx` | fx | drums (hand percussion) | 0.28 |
+| `fred_angieinterlude_bass` | `00_pad_2b` | `pad` | bass | tonal (a synth pad) | 0.60 |
+| `fred_angieinterlude_fx` | `02_noise_4b` | `noise` | fx | bass (a sub bass) | 0.33 |
+| `fred_angieinterlude_fx` | `03_noise_1b` | `noise` | fx | drums (hand percussion) | 0.22 |
+| `fred_bighen_bass` | `01_bass_8b` | `bass` | bass | drums (a kick drum) | 0.53 |
+| `fred_bighen_fx` | `00_fx_1b` | `fx` | fx | drums (hand percussion) | 0.89 |
+| `fred_dermot_tonal` | `01_guitar_1b` | `guitar` | tonal | drums (hand percussion) | 0.19 |
+| `fred_dermot_tonal` | `02_guitar_4b` | `guitar` | tonal | bass (an acid bassline) | 0.18 |
+| `fred_iamaparty_fx` | `00_fx_chop` | `fx` | fx | drums (a drum break) | 0.59 |
+| `fred_marea_drums` | `04_marea_1b` | `marea` | drums | vox (a spoken voice) | 0.53 |
+| `fred_marea_drums` | `10_marea_4b` | `marea` | drums | vox (a spoken voice) | 0.69 |
+| `fred_marea_drums` | `11_marea_4b` | `marea` | drums | tonal (a synth pad) | 0.22 |
+| `fred_marea_vox` | `01_makeitthruvox_chop` | `make it thru vox` | vox | drums (a drum break) | 0.28 |
+| `fred_marea_vox` | `02_breaths_1b` | `breaths` | vox | drums (a hi-hat) | 0.46 |
+| `fred_me_fx` | `01_morph_4b` | `morph` | fx | bass (an acid bassline) | 0.32 |
+| `fred_me_fx` | `03_textures_chop` | `textures` | fx | drums (hand percussion) | 0.28 |
+| `fred_pleasemakeitbetter_vox` | `00_lv_chop` | `lv` | vox | drums (hand percussion) | 0.29 |
+| `fred_pleasemakeitbetter_vox` | `01_bv_chop` | `bv` | vox | drums (hand percussion) | 0.33 |
+| `fred_yasminah_drums` | `09_lodrums_2b` | `lo drums` | drums | tonal (a saxophone) | 0.38 |
+| `fred_yasminah_vox` | `02_bv_chop` | `bv` | vox | drums (a drum break) | 0.33 |

tools/foundry/packs/fred/fred_kits.tidal

+-- fred kits — generated by engine.stempack; n indices are sort order
+
+-- fred_angie_bass  (3 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_8b                 S  loopAt 8     bass  · an acid bassline
+--   n 1  01_bass_8b                 S  loopAt 8     bass  · an acid bassline
+--   n 2  02_bass_2b                 S  loopAt 2     bass  · an acid bassline
+-- d1 $ loopAt 8 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_angie_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_angie_drums  (3 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_drumbreaks_2b           S  loopAt 2     drum breaks  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_alldrums_2b             A  loopAt 2     all drums  · a drum break
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_angie_drums" # n 0
+
+-- fred_angie_fx  (2 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_fx_chop                 S  one-shot 0.5 fx  · a spoken voice
+--   n 1  01_fx_1b                   A  loopAt 1     fx  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ s "fred_angie_fx*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_angie_hits  (2 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_kicks_chop              S  one-shot 0.4 kicks  · a kick drum
+--   n 1  01_snare_chop              S  one-shot 1.8 snare  · a hi-hat
+-- d1 $ s "fred_angie_hits*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_angie_tonal  (5 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_synth_8b                S  loopAt 8     synth  · a synth pad
+--   n 1  01_synth_2b                B  loopAt 2     synth  · a synth pad
+--   n 2  02_synth_2b                B  loopAt 2     synth  · an electric guitar
+--   n 3  03_padstuff_2b             B  loopAt 2     pad stuff  · an electric guitar
+--   n 4  04_padstuff_1b             B  loopAt 1     pad stuff  · a synth lead
+-- d1 $ loopAt 8 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_angie_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_angie_vox  (7 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.6 bv  · a spoken voice
+--   n 1  01_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.2 lv  · a saxophone
+--   n 2  02_lv_4b                   B  loopAt 4     lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 3  03_lv_8b                   B  loopAt 8     lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 4  04_lv_2b                   B  loopAt 2     lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 5  05_bv_1b                   B  loopAt 1     bv  · a spoken voice
+--   n 6  06_bv_1b                   B  loopAt 1     bv  · a solo singing voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_angie_vox*4" # n (irand 7)
+
+-- fred_angieinterlude_bass  (1 samples, 112 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_pad_2b                  S  loopAt 2     pad  · a synth pad
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_angieinterlude_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_angieinterlude_fx  (4 samples, 112 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_ipadtextures_chop       S  one-shot 0.3 ipad textures  · a saxophone
+--   n 1  01_drone_chop              S  one-shot 0.3 drone  · a rhodes electric piano
+--   n 2  02_noise_4b                A  loopAt 4     noise  · a sub bass
+--   n 3  03_noise_1b                A  loopAt 1     noise  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ s "fred_angieinterlude_fx*4" # n (irand 4)
+
+-- fred_angieinterlude_hits  (1 samples, 112 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_kick_chop               S  one-shot 0.5 kick  · a kick drum
+-- d1 $ s "fred_angieinterlude_hits*4" # n (irand 1)
+
+-- fred_angieinterlude_vox  (2 samples, 112 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_voices_chop             S  one-shot 0.4 voices  · a spoken voice
+--   n 1  01_fvox_chop               S  one-shot 0.3 f vox  · a spoken voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_angieinterlude_vox*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_bighen_bass  (3 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_8b                 S  loopAt 8     bass  · a sub bass
+--   n 1  01_bass_8b                 S  loopAt 8     bass  · a kick drum
+--   n 2  02_bass_4b                 B  loopAt 4     bass  · a sub bass
+-- d1 $ loopAt 8 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_bighen_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_bighen_drums  (9 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_maindrumloop_2b         S  loopAt 2     main drum loop  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_alldrums_2b             S  loopAt 2     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_drumbreaks_1b           S  loopAt 1     drum breaks  · a drum break
+--   n 3  03_maindrumloop_1b         B  loopAt 1     main drum loop  · a drum break
+--   n 4  04_maindrumloop_8b         B  loopAt 8     main drum loop  · a drum break
+--   n 5  05_alldrums_4b             B  loopAt 4     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 6  06_alldrums_8b             B  loopAt 8     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 7  07_drumbreaks_4b           B  loopAt 4     drum breaks  · a drum break
+--   n 8  08_drumbreaks_8b           B  loopAt 8     drum breaks  · a drum break
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_bighen_drums" # n 0
+
+-- fred_bighen_fx  (1 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_fx_1b                   S  loopAt 1     fx  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_bighen_fx" # n 0
+
+-- fred_bighen_hits  (1 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_snare_chop              A  one-shot 0.3 snare  · a hi-hat
+-- d1 $ s "fred_bighen_hits*4" # n (irand 1)
+
+-- fred_bighen_tonal  (2 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_strings_2b              S  loopAt 2     strings  · an electric guitar
+--   n 1  01_synth_2b                S  loopAt 2     synth  · a rhodes electric piano
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_bighen_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_bighen_vox  (8 samples, 133 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.3 lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 1  01_lv_4b                   S  loopAt 4     lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 2  02_lv_1b                   S  loopAt 1     lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 3  03_lv_2b                   S  loopAt 2     lv  · a synth lead
+--   n 4  04_bv_2b                   S  loopAt 2     bv  · an electric guitar
+--   n 5  05_bv_chop                 S  one-shot 1.7 bv  · an electric guitar
+--   n 6  06_bv_1b                   A  loopAt 1     bv  · a spoken voice
+--   n 7  07_bv_4b                   A  loopAt 4     bv  · a synth lead
+-- d1 $ s "fred_bighen_vox*4" # n (irand 8)
+
+-- fred_dermot_bass  (2 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_8b                 S  loopAt 8     bass  · an acid bassline
+--   n 1  01_bass_2b                 S  loopAt 2     bass  · a sub bass
+-- d1 $ loopAt 8 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_dermot_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_dermot_drums  (7 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_drumbreaks_1b           S  loopAt 1     drum breaks  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_drumbreaks_8b           S  loopAt 8     drum breaks  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 3  03_alldrums_4b             S  loopAt 4     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 4  04_alldrums_2b             A  loopAt 2     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 5  05_hihatsetc_4b            A  loopAt 4     hihats etc  · a hi-hat
+--   n 6  06_hihatsetc_1b            A  loopAt 1     hihats etc  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_dermot_drums" # n 0
+
+-- fred_dermot_hits  (2 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_snare_chop              S  one-shot 0.5 snare  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_kick_chop               S  one-shot 0.4 kick  · a kick drum
+-- d1 $ s "fred_dermot_hits*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_dermot_tonal  (3 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_keys1_2b                A  loopAt 2     keys1  · a synth pad
+--   n 1  01_guitar_1b               B  loopAt 1     guitar  · hand percussion
+--   n 2  02_guitar_4b               B  loopAt 4     guitar  · an acid bassline
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_dermot_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_dermot_vox  (5 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.5 lv  · an electric guitar
+--   n 1  01_choir_chop              A  one-shot 0.4 choir  · an electric guitar
+--   n 2  02_bv_chop                 B  one-shot 1.8 bv  · a saxophone
+--   n 3  03_lv_8b                   B  loopAt 8     lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 4  04_lv_2b                   B  loopAt 2     lv  · a solo singing voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_dermot_vox*4" # n (irand 5)
+
+-- fred_iamaparty_bass  (1 samples, 105 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_2b                 B  loopAt 2     bass  · an acid bassline
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_iamaparty_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_iamaparty_drums  (4 samples, 105 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_alldrums_8b             S  loopAt 8     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_alldrums_4b             S  loopAt 4     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 3  03_hihatsetc_1b            B  loopAt 1     hihats etc  · a drum break
+-- d1 $ loopAt 8 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_iamaparty_drums" # n 0
+
+-- fred_iamaparty_fx  (4 samples, 105 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_fx_chop                 S  one-shot 0.5 fx  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_drones_1b               A  loopAt 1     drones  · an electric guitar
+--   n 2  02_drones_2b               B  loopAt 2     drones  · an electric guitar
+--   n 3  03_drones_chop             B  one-shot 0.3 drones  · an electric guitar
+-- d1 $ s "fred_iamaparty_fx*4" # n (irand 4)
+
+-- fred_iamaparty_hits  (2 samples, 105 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_snare_chop              A  one-shot 0.7 snare  · a snare drum
+--   n 1  01_kick_chop               B  one-shot 1.1 kick  · a kick drum
+-- d1 $ s "fred_iamaparty_hits*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_iamaparty_tonal  (3 samples, 105 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_synth_1b                B  loopAt 1     synth  · a synth lead
+--   n 1  01_synth_4b                B  loopAt 4     synth  · a synth lead
+--   n 2  02_synth_4b                B  loopAt 4     synth  · a synth lead
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_iamaparty_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_iamaparty_vox  (3 samples, 105 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.4 lv  · a spoken voice
+--   n 1  01_bv_chop                 A  one-shot 0.3 bv  · an electric guitar
+--   n 2  02_lv_1b                   B  loopAt 1     lv  · a spoken voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_iamaparty_vox*4" # n (irand 3)
+
+-- fred_marea_bass  (1 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_2b                 S  loopAt 2     bass  · a sub bass
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_marea_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_marea_drums  (12 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_kit_1b                  S  loopAt 1     kit  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_kit_1b                  S  loopAt 1     kit  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_kit_1b                  S  loopAt 1     kit  · a drum break
+--   n 3  03_perc_2b                 S  loopAt 2     perc  · a drum break
+--   n 4  04_marea_1b                S  loopAt 1     marea  · a spoken voice
+--   n 5  05_alldrums_4b             S  loopAt 4     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 6  06_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 7  07_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 8  08_perc_8b                 A  loopAt 8     perc  · a hi-hat
+--   n 9  09_perc_8b                 A  loopAt 8     perc  · a hi-hat
+--   n 10 10_marea_4b                A  loopAt 4     marea  · a spoken voice
+--   n 11 11_marea_4b                A  loopAt 4     marea  · a synth pad
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_marea_drums" # n 0
+
+-- fred_marea_hits  (2 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_kick_chop               S  one-shot 0.4 kick  · a kick drum
+--   n 1  01_clap_chop               A  one-shot 0.5 clap  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ s "fred_marea_hits*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_marea_tonal  (5 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_keys1_2b                S  loopAt 2     keys1  · a synth pad
+--   n 1  01_keys2_1b                S  loopAt 1     keys2  · a synth lead
+--   n 2  02_keys2_2b                S  loopAt 2     keys2  · a synth lead
+--   n 3  03_keys2_2b                S  loopAt 2     keys2  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 4  04_keys1_2b                A  loopAt 2     keys1  · a hammond organ
+-- d1 $ loopAt 2 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_marea_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_marea_vox  (8 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_tonivox_chop            S  one-shot 0.5 toni vox  · a saxophone
+--   n 1  01_makeitthruvox_chop      S  one-shot 0.5 make it thru vox  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_breaths_1b              S  loopAt 1     breaths  · a hi-hat
+--   n 3  03_makeitthruvox_2b        S  loopAt 2     make it thru vox  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 4  04_makeitthruvox_1b        A  loopAt 1     make it thru vox  · a sitar or eastern string instrument
+--   n 5  05_tonivox_2b              A  loopAt 2     toni vox  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 6  06_breaths_1b              B  loopAt 1     breaths  · a saxophone
+--   n 7  07_breaths_1b              B  loopAt 1     breaths  · a spoken voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_marea_vox*4" # n (irand 8)
+
+-- fred_me_bass  (1 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_1b                 B  loopAt 1     bass  · a sub bass
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_me_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_me_fx  (4 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_morph_chop              S  one-shot 0.6 morph  · a saxophone
+--   n 1  01_morph_4b                S  loopAt 4     morph  · an acid bassline
+--   n 2  02_morph_2b                S  loopAt 2     morph  · a saxophone
+--   n 3  03_textures_chop           S  one-shot 0.4 textures  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ s "fred_me_fx*4" # n (irand 4)
+
+-- fred_me_tonal  (1 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_keys_1b                 B  loopAt 1     keys  · a grand piano
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_me_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_me_vox  (2 samples, 152 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.6 lv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 1  01_voxtextures_chop        S  one-shot 0.3 vox textures  · a solo singing voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_me_vox*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_pleasemakeitbetter_hits  (2 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_toms_chop               S  one-shot 0.3 toms  · a kick drum
+--   n 1  01_kick_chop               S  one-shot 0.4 kick  · a kick drum
+-- d1 $ s "fred_pleasemakeitbetter_hits*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_pleasemakeitbetter_vox  (2 samples, 123 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.4 lv  · hand percussion
+--   n 1  01_bv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.4 bv  · hand percussion
+-- d1 $ s "fred_pleasemakeitbetter_vox*4" # n (irand 2)
+
+-- fred_yasminah_bass  (2 samples, 117 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_bass_4b                 B  loopAt 4     bass  · an acid bassline
+--   n 1  01_bass_2b                 B  loopAt 2     bass  · an acid bassline
+-- d1 $ loopAt 4 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_yasminah_bass" # n 0
+
+-- fred_yasminah_drums  (10 samples, 117 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_drumloop1_1b            S  loopAt 1     drum loop 1  · a drum break
+--   n 1  01_drumloop1_2b            S  loopAt 2     drum loop 1  · a drum break
+--   n 2  02_drumloop1_1b            S  loopAt 1     drum loop 1  · a drum break
+--   n 3  03_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 4  04_alldrums_1b             S  loopAt 1     all drums  · a drum break
+--   n 5  05_lodrums_4b              S  loopAt 4     lo drums  · a drum break
+--   n 6  06_hidrums_1b              S  loopAt 1     hi drums  · a kick drum
+--   n 7  07_hidrums_1b              S  loopAt 1     hi drums  · a hi-hat
+--   n 8  08_lodrums_8b              S  loopAt 8     lo drums  · a snare drum
+--   n 9  09_lodrums_2b              A  loopAt 2     lo drums  · a saxophone
+-- d1 $ loopAt 1 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_yasminah_drums" # n 0
+
+-- fred_yasminah_hits  (1 samples, 117 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_kick_chop               A  one-shot 0.5 kick  · a kick drum
+-- d1 $ s "fred_yasminah_hits*4" # n (irand 1)
+
+-- fred_yasminah_tonal  (1 samples, 117 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_keys_4b                 B  loopAt 4     keys  · a synth pad
+-- d1 $ loopAt 4 $ chop 8 $ s "fred_yasminah_tonal" # n 0
+
+-- fred_yasminah_vox  (6 samples, 117 bpm)
+--   n 0  00_lv_chop                 S  one-shot 0.5 lv  · a spoken voice
+--   n 1  01_bv_2b                   S  loopAt 2     bv  · a solo singing voice
+--   n 2  02_bv_chop                 A  one-shot 0.3 bv  · a drum break
+--   n 3  03_bv_1b                   A  loopAt 1     bv  · a flute
+--   n 4  04_lv_1b                   A  loopAt 1     lv  · a spoken voice
+--   n 5  05_lv_2b                   B  loopAt 2     lv  · a solo singing voice
+-- d1 $ s "fred_yasminah_vox*4" # n (irand 6)

tools/foundry/packs/fred/kitcheck.md

+# kit check — 150 samples, 144 clean, 6 flagged
+
+## `fred_angie_tonal`
+- ⚠ `03_padstuff_2b` — weak bar periodicity (0.00 < 0.05 for tonal) — bar-aligned but not a repeating unit
+
+## `fred_angieinterlude_bass`
+- ⚠ `00_pad_2b` — weak bar periodicity (0.03 < 0.05 for bass) — bar-aligned but not a repeating unit
+
+## `fred_bighen_tonal`
+- ⚠ `01_synth_2b` — weak bar periodicity (0.02 < 0.05 for tonal) — bar-aligned but not a repeating unit
+
+## `fred_marea_drums`
+- ⚠ `10_marea_4b` — weak bar periodicity (0.12 < 0.30 for drums) — bar-aligned but not a repeating unit
+- ⚠ `11_marea_4b` — weak bar periodicity (0.08 < 0.30 for drums) — bar-aligned but not a repeating unit
+
+## `fred_yasminah_tonal`
+- ⚠ `00_keys_4b` — weak bar periodicity (0.02 < 0.05 for tonal) — bar-aligned but not a repeating unit
+
+
+**Distinct sounds:** 150 of 150 (0 near-duplicates)
\ No newline at end of file

tools/foundry/tests/test_stempack.py

@@ -394,3 +394,35 @@ def test_children_are_started_at_idle_priority():
     nice, policy = out.stdout.split()
     assert int(nice) == 19, f"child ran at nice {nice}"
     assert int(policy) == os.SCHED_IDLE, f"child policy {policy}, wanted SCHED_IDLE"
+
+
+# ── the gate blocks on defects, not on properties ────────────────────────────
+def _gate_flags(cut, flags, family=None):
+    """Run kitgate's blocking-flag rule against a fabricated grade result."""
+    g = type("G", (), {"flags": flags, "metrics": {}})()
+    return _kitgate()._blocking_flags({**cut, "family": family or cut.get("family")}, g)
+
+
+def test_a_quiet_or_wide_sample_does_not_block_the_pack(tmp_path):
+    """The first version of this gate blocked all 150 samples on 20 `near-silent` and 17
+    `mono-incompatible` files, none of which was broken. A kit is gain-staged as a unit
+    and never boosted, so its quiet members are quiet ON PURPOSE, and low interchannel
+    correlation in a vox double is the width someone paid for. Blocking on a property is
+    not the safe direction — it is a gate nobody can pass and will learn to ignore."""
+    c = _cut("/x/00_bv_1b.wav", family="vox")
+    assert _gate_flags(c, ["near-silent"]) == []
+    assert _gate_flags(c, ["mono-incompatible"]) == []
+    assert _gate_flags(c, ["seam-click"]) == []
+
+
+def test_clipping_and_emptiness_do_block(tmp_path):
+    c = _cut("/x/00_kit_4b.wav")
+    assert _gate_flags(c, ["clipping"]) == ["clipping"]
+    assert _gate_flags(c, ["empty"]) == ["empty"]
+
+
+def test_mono_collapse_blocks_on_bass_only():
+    """Summed to mono on a house PA a wide bass loses its fundamental, which nobody
+    chose. The same measurement on a pad is the sound of the pad."""
+    assert _gate_flags(_cut("/x/00_bass_2b.wav"), ["mono-incompatible"], family="bass")
+    assert _gate_flags(_cut("/x/00_pad_2b.wav"), ["mono-incompatible"], family="tonal") == []