Make polish real post-processing; fix distortion, underline and dead MP3 click

Fix cursor flicker from a resizing modal; retire the bundled examples

Add playback polish; stop warm-up polluting generation time

Put generation progress front and centre, and lock the workspace

Real generation progress: wave bar, ETA, elapsed, tab title; taller log

Offer an MP3 download alongside the WAV

Replace the canvas waveform with wavesurfer.js + streaming RMS peaks

Style the import dialog's file picker

Add a Stop generation button

Give the Chorus wordmark a logomark and more presence

Clone dialog: multi-select Use as, longer read scripts, live recording pulse

Simplify the clone dialog: name first, no Use as pills

Add optional read-along scripts to the clone recorder

Add an Optimize audio option to the clone dialog

Make cloned voices a persistent, named personal voice library

Rework voice picking and cloning around the slot, not the grid

Icon affordances for the player: pop-out on the dock, x to close the stage

Collapse the composer after commit; add a Now Playing stage

Redesign the studio UI from the voice-studio prototype

Redesign the composer as a single input shell, not loose siblings

Add dropdown chevrons, grow the scenario field, harden voice preview

Add a target-length control for AI script generation

Redesign as an app shell: Chorus voice studio, cream/ink palette

Rebuild frontend as FastAPI + hand-built UI, replacing Gradio