diff --git a/packages/core/controls.mjs b/packages/core/controls.mjs
index c9dc15b6..b9d8a257 100644
--- a/packages/core/controls.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/controls.mjs
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ const generic_params = [
   ['f', 'uid', ''],
   ['f', 'val', ''],
   ['f', 'cps', ''],
-  ['f', 'choke', ''],
+  ['f', 'clip', ''],
 ];
 
 // TODO: slice / splice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKhPdO0RKDQ&list=PL2lW1zNIIwj3bDkh-Y3LUGDuRcoUigoDs&index=13
diff --git a/packages/webaudio/webaudio.mjs b/packages/webaudio/webaudio.mjs
index 1730e6d2..8a13e30c 100644
--- a/packages/webaudio/webaudio.mjs
+++ b/packages/webaudio/webaudio.mjs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Pattern.prototype.out = function () {
       freq,
       s,
       sf,
-      choke = 0, // if 1, samples will be cut off when the hap ends
+      clip = 0, // if 1, samples will be cut off when the hap ends
       n = 0,
       note,
       gain = 1,
@@ -220,17 +220,17 @@ Pattern.prototype.out = function () {
       }
       bufferSource.playbackRate.value = Math.abs(speed) * bufferSource.playbackRate.value;
       // TODO: nudge, unit, cut, loop
-      let duration = soundfont || choke ? hap.duration : bufferSource.buffer.duration;
+      let duration = soundfont || clip ? hap.duration : bufferSource.buffer.duration;
       // let duration = bufferSource.buffer.duration;
       const offset = begin * duration;
       duration = ((end - begin) * duration) / Math.abs(speed);
-      if (soundfont || choke) {
+      if (soundfont || clip) {
         bufferSource.start(t, offset); // duration does not work here for some reason
       } else {
         bufferSource.start(t, offset, duration);
       }
       chain.push(bufferSource);
-      if (soundfont || choke) {
+      if (soundfont || clip) {
         const env = ac.createGain();
         const releaseLength = 0.1;
         env.gain.value = 0.6;
diff --git a/repl/src/prebake.mjs b/repl/src/prebake.mjs
index 1527a824..5eb64345 100644
--- a/repl/src/prebake.mjs
+++ b/repl/src/prebake.mjs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const maxPan = toMidi('C8');
 const panwidth = (pan, width) => pan * width + (1 - width) / 2;
 
 Pattern.prototype.piano = function () {
-  return this.choke(1)
+  return this.clip(1)
     .s('piano')
     .fmap((value) => {
       // pan by pitch
diff --git a/repl/src/tunes.mjs b/repl/src/tunes.mjs
index df1aa43b..ca35f5ea 100644
--- a/repl/src/tunes.mjs
+++ b/repl/src/tunes.mjs
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ x=>x.add(7).color('steelblue')
 .cutoff(sine.slow(7).range(200,4000))
 .resonance(10)
 //.hcutoff(400)
-.choke(1)
+.clip(1)
 .stack(s("bd:1*2,~ sd:0,[~ hh:0]*2"))
 .out()
 .pianoroll({vertical:1})`;