diff --git a/midi2taud.py b/midi2taud.py
index e03eddf..22184a7 100644
--- a/midi2taud.py
+++ b/midi2taud.py
@@ -1526,10 +1526,29 @@ class Patch:
                           'default_cutoff':     cut_s,
                           'default_resonance':  res_s,
                           'initial_attenuation': att_s}
-        if filt_s is not None and filt_differs:
-            d['filter_env'] = filt_s
-        if pit_s is not None and pit_s != pit_c:
-            d['pitch_env'] = pit_s
+        if filt_differs:
+            if filt_s is not None:
+                d['filter_env'] = filt_s
+            elif filt_c is not None:
+                # This patch has NO filter env but the base/canonical zone DOES. Without an
+                # explicit override the voice INHERITS the base record's filter env (the
+                # engine's resolveActiveEnvelopes falls a patch through to the base pf-slots),
+                # and since the canonical of a shared layer is the most-HIT drum (e.g. the
+                # kick, ~6kHz me2filt sweep), an unfiltered patch like the open hi-hat gets
+                # that sweep applied → "incredibly lowpassed". Emit an absent filter-env block
+                # (PRESENT bit clear) so the engine sets hasFilterEnv=false and, with this
+                # patch's 'x' cutoff already = off, bypasses the filter entirely.
+                d['filter_env'] = {'loop': ENV_PF_FILTER, 'sustain': 0,
+                                   'nodes': [(0, 0)] * 25}
+        if pit_s != pit_c:
+            if pit_s is not None:
+                d['pitch_env'] = pit_s
+            elif pit_c is not None:
+                # Same inherited-env hazard as the filter leg above: a patch with no pitch
+                # env must explicitly override the base's, or it inherits the canonical's
+                # modEnvToPitch sweep (e.g. an 808 tom's pitch drop bleeding onto a co-layered
+                # drum). Absent pitch-env block: m-bit clear (pitch role) + PRESENT bit clear.
+                d['pitch_env'] = {'loop': 0, 'sustain': 0, 'nodes': [(0, 0)] * 25}
         return d
 
 
diff --git a/taud_common.py b/taud_common.py
index e4fd60d..9fbfbc8 100644
--- a/taud_common.py
+++ b/taud_common.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ duplicate verbatim.
 """
 
 import gzip as _gzip
+import math
 import struct
 import sys
 
@@ -263,22 +264,113 @@ def d_arg_to_col(arg: int):
     return (SEL_UP, hi)
 
 
-def resample_linear(data: bytes, ratio: float) -> bytes:
-    """Resample bytes by ratio (< 1 = downsample) using linear interpolation."""
-    if not data:
+_SINC_TABLE_CACHE = {}
+_KAISER_BETA = 8.0          # ~-70 dB stop-band, near-flat pass-band to the corner
+
+def _bessel_i0(x: float) -> float:
+    """Modified Bessel function of the first kind, order 0 (for the Kaiser window)."""
+    s = 1.0
+    t = 1.0
+    k = 1
+    while True:
+        t *= (x * x) / (4.0 * k * k)
+        s += t
+        if t < 1e-12 * s:
+            return s
+        k += 1
+
+def _windowed_sinc_table(cutoff: float, half_width: int, phases: int):
+    """Precompute a polyphase Kaiser-windowed-sinc kernel.
+
+    `cutoff` is the low-pass corner in cycles/input-sample (<= 0.5); for a
+    downsample it is half the TARGET rate so the kernel doubles as the
+    anti-alias filter. Each of `phases` sub-sample positions gets a row of
+    `2*half_width` taps, DC-normalised to unity gain so a constant signal
+    (e.g. the u8 128 silence bias, or any DC offset) passes through unchanged.
+    Cached: the same (cutoff, width, phases) recurs across a whole sample pool.
+    """
+    key = (round(cutoff, 6), half_width, phases)
+    cached = _SINC_TABLE_CACHE.get(key)
+    if cached is not None:
+        return cached
+    n_taps = 2 * half_width
+    inv_i0 = 1.0 / _bessel_i0(_KAISER_BETA)
+    table  = []
+    for p in range(phases):
+        frac = p / phases
+        row  = [0.0] * n_taps
+        s    = 0.0
+        for k in range(n_taps):
+            t = k - (half_width - 1)            # tap index relative to left sample
+            x = t - frac                        # distance from the output position
+            a = 2.0 * cutoff * x
+            sinc = 1.0 if a == 0.0 else math.sin(math.pi * a) / (math.pi * a)
+            # Kaiser window over [-half_width, +half_width]
+            r   = x / half_width                # -1..1
+            win = _bessel_i0(_KAISER_BETA * math.sqrt(max(0.0, 1.0 - r * r))) * inv_i0
+            c = sinc * win
+            row[k] = c
+            s += c
+        inv = 1.0 / s if s else 1.0
+        table.append([c * inv for c in row])
+    _SINC_TABLE_CACHE[key] = table
+    return table
+
+
+def resample_bandlimited(data: bytes, ratio: float) -> bytes:
+    """Resample u8 bytes by `ratio` (< 1 = downsample) with a band-limited
+    windowed-sinc kernel.
+
+    Replaces the old linear interpolator, whose triangular kernel has a sinc^2
+    response that rolled off the top octave (~3.4 dB @ 15 kHz, worse near the
+    source Nyquist) and audibly muffled bright percussion and any SF2 sample
+    downsampled to the 65535-frame / 32 kHz fit — e.g. the GeneralUser-GS open
+    hi-hat, ~3.6% spectral-centroid loss on a single pass, compounding on the
+    sub-32 kHz fit and 8 MB-pool re-resample paths. The windowed sinc stays
+    flat to the post-resample Nyquist and anti-aliases on the way down (cutoff
+    follows `ratio`). DC-normalised so the u8 128 bias is preserved; output is
+    CLAMPED (not wrapped like the old `& 0xFF`) because sinc ringing can
+    overshoot 0..255.
+    """
+    if not data or ratio == 1.0:
         return data
-    n_out = max(1, int(len(data) * ratio))
-    out   = bytearray(n_out)
+    n_in  = len(data)
+    n_out = max(1, int(n_in * ratio))
+    cutoff = 0.5 * min(1.0, ratio)              # anti-alias corner (== target Nyquist)
+    # More taps when downsampling so the (wider) sinc keeps the same lobe count and the
+    # stop-band stays steep at the lower corner. 16 half-taps at unity matches a scipy
+    # polyphase resample to within ~0.3% spectral centroid; capped for the rare 8 MB pass.
+    half_width = max(8, min(24, round(12.0 / min(1.0, ratio))))
+    PHASES = 512                                # power of two → cheap phase index
+    table  = _windowed_sinc_table(cutoff, half_width, PHASES)
+    out    = bytearray(n_out)
+    inv_ratio = 1.0 / ratio
+    last   = n_in - 1
+    n_taps = 2 * half_width
     for i in range(n_out):
-        src  = i / ratio
+        src  = i * inv_ratio
         i0   = int(src)
         frac = src - i0
-        i1   = min(i0 + 1, len(data) - 1)
-        v    = data[i0] * (1.0 - frac) + data[i1] * frac
-        out[i] = int(v + 0.5) & 0xFF
+        row  = table[int(frac * PHASES) & (PHASES - 1)]
+        base = i0 - (half_width - 1)
+        acc  = 0.0
+        for k in range(n_taps):
+            idx = base + k
+            if idx < 0:
+                idx = 0
+            elif idx > last:
+                idx = last
+            acc += data[idx] * row[k]
+        v = int(acc + 0.5)
+        out[i] = 0 if v < 0 else (255 if v > 255 else v)
     return bytes(out)
 
 
+# Back-compat alias: every *2taud converter imports `resample_linear` by name.
+# It is now band-limited (the name is kept to avoid churn across six converters).
+resample_linear = resample_bandlimited
+
+
 def rescale_offset_effects(pat_bin: bytes, ratio: float) -> bytes:
     """Scale TOP_O sample-offset args in raw pattern bytes by `ratio`.