diff --git a/docs/_static/audio/synth_banjo.wav b/docs/_static/audio/synth_banjo.wav
index 49e50ba..ca11e43 100644
Binary files a/docs/_static/audio/synth_banjo.wav and b/docs/_static/audio/synth_banjo.wav differ
diff --git a/docs/generate_audio.py b/docs/generate_audio.py
index 71e7b0a..b84e7c3 100644
--- a/docs/generate_audio.py
+++ b/docs/generate_audio.py
@@ -667,10 +667,10 @@ def gen_synth_banjo():
     # Strum into a picking lick
     p.strum("G", Duration.WHOLE, velocity=80)
     p.strum("C", Duration.WHOLE, velocity=78)
-    # Bluegrass lick
+    # Bluegrass lick — 16th note picking
     for n in ["G4", "B4", "D5", "G5", "D5", "B4", "A4", "G4",
               "D4", "G4", "B4", "D5", "B4", "G4", "D4", "G4"]:
-        p.add(n, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=82)
+        p.add(n, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
     render("synth_banjo", score)
 
 def gen_synth_mandolin():
diff --git a/pytheory/play.py b/pytheory/play.py
index 6c5accc..5da55a6 100644
--- a/pytheory/play.py
+++ b/pytheory/play.py
@@ -4607,12 +4607,6 @@ def _render_notes_to_buf(notes, buf, samples_per_beat, total_samples,
                     vel_cutoff = vel_to_filter * vel_scale + 1000
                     mixed = _apply_lowpass(mixed, vel_cutoff, q=filter_q)
                 end = min(start + len(mixed), total_samples)
-                # Choke: fade out any existing signal at this point
-                # so new notes don't pile up on previous tails
-                choke_len = min(int(SAMPLE_RATE * 0.003), start)
-                if choke_len > 0:
-                    fade = numpy.linspace(1.0, 0.0, choke_len).astype(numpy.float32)
-                    buf[start - choke_len:start] *= fade
                 buf[start:end] += mixed[:end - start] * volume * vel_scale
                 # Spread detuned oscillators into stereo L/R
                 if detune_up is not None and stereo_buf is not None: