diff --git a/iOS/Views/Visualizer/MitsuhaVisualizerView.swift b/iOS/Views/Visualizer/MitsuhaVisualizerView.swift
index 7259c72..36648cb 100644
--- a/iOS/Views/Visualizer/MitsuhaVisualizerView.swift
+++ b/iOS/Views/Visualizer/MitsuhaVisualizerView.swift
@@ -143,13 +143,34 @@ final class WaveStateCache {
 
 // MARK: - Level Box
 /// Per-instance mutable render state. Zero @Published properties → no observation warnings.
+/// All working buffers pre-allocated here so the 60fps render loop does zero heap allocation.
 fileprivate final class VisualizerLevelBox: ObservableObject {
-    var displayLevels: [Float] = []
-    var peakFollower: Float = 0.01
+    var displayLevels:   [Float] = []
+    var targetLevels:    [Float] = []   // scratch buffer — pre-allocated, mutated in-place each frame
+    var idleLevels:      [Float] = []   // flat idle wave — pre-allocated, updated only when count changes
+    var peakFollower:    Float = 0.01
     var levelHistoryBuf: [[Float]] = []
     var historyWriteIdx: Int = 0
     var wobblePhaseOffset: Double = 0
-    var lastTickTime: CFTimeInterval = 0
+    var lastTickTime:    CFTimeInterval = 0
+
+    /// Resize all per-frame buffers when point count changes (rare — settings slider).
+    func resizeIfNeeded(count: Int, idleAmplitude: Float) {
+        guard count > 0 else { return }
+        if targetLevels.count != count {
+            targetLevels  = [Float](repeating: 0,             count: count)
+            displayLevels = [Float](repeating: idleAmplitude, count: count)
+            idleLevels    = [Float](repeating: idleAmplitude, count: count)
+            // Pre-fill history ring with idle so depth ghost doesn't start blank
+            levelHistoryBuf = [[Float]](
+                repeating: [Float](repeating: idleAmplitude, count: count),
+                count: MitsuhaVisualizerView.historySize
+            )
+            historyWriteIdx = 0
+        } else if idleLevels.first != idleAmplitude {
+            for i in 0..<count { idleLevels[i] = idleAmplitude }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Main Visualizer View
@@ -171,7 +192,7 @@ struct MitsuhaVisualizerView: View {
     /// Whether the app is currently in the foreground.
     @State private var isAppActive = true
 
-    private static let historySize = 16
+    static let historySize = 16
 
     /// True only when it's worth doing FFT + Canvas work.
     /// Any one of these being false → draw idle state instead.
@@ -187,10 +208,14 @@ struct MitsuhaVisualizerView: View {
             if settings.enabled {
                 let tickDate = timeline.date  // captured by Canvas → forces re-execution
                 Canvas { context, size in
-                    _ = tickDate              // reference keeps the capture alive
+                    _ = tickDate
+
+                    // Resize scratch buffers if point count changed (rare — settings slider).
+                    // This is the only allocation allowed in this path, and only when count changes.
+                    box.resizeIfNeeded(count: settings.numberOfPoints,
+                                       idleAmplitude: Float(settings.idleAmplitude))
 
                     guard isRenderingActive else {
-                        // App backgrounded or view hidden — draw idle wave, skip FFT
                         drawIdleState(ctx: context, size: size)
                         return
                     }
@@ -200,30 +225,33 @@ struct MitsuhaVisualizerView: View {
                     updateDisplayLevels(newRawLevels: rawLevels, t: t)
                     updateWobblePhase(t: t)
 
-                    let pts = box.displayLevels.isEmpty
-                        ? Array(repeating: Float(settings.idleAmplitude), count: settings.numberOfPoints)
-                        : box.displayLevels
-                    guard pts.count >= 2 else { return }
+                    guard box.displayLevels.count >= 2 else { return }
                     switch settings.style {
-                    case .wave:     drawWave(ctx: context, size: size, levels: pts, continuousTime: box.wobblePhaseOffset)
-                    case .bar:      drawBars(ctx: context, size: size, levels: pts)
-                    case .line:     drawLine(ctx: context, size: size, levels: pts)
-                    case .siriWave: drawSiriWave(ctx: context, size: size, levels: pts, continuousTime: box.wobblePhaseOffset)
+                    case .wave:     drawWave(ctx: context, size: size, levels: box.displayLevels, continuousTime: box.wobblePhaseOffset)
+                    case .bar:      drawBars(ctx: context, size: size, levels: box.displayLevels)
+                    case .line:     drawLine(ctx: context, size: size, levels: box.displayLevels)
+                    case .siriWave: drawSiriWave(ctx: context, size: size, levels: box.displayLevels, continuousTime: box.wobblePhaseOffset)
                     }
                 }
                 .opacity(isPlaying ? 1.0 : (isSongLoaded ? 0.35 : 1.0))
                 .animation(isSongLoaded ? .easeInOut(duration: 0.6) : nil, value: isPlaying)
                 .onAppear {
-                    let cached = compact ? WaveStateCache.shared.compactLevels : []
-                    box.displayLevels = cached.isEmpty
-                        ? Array(repeating: Float(settings.idleAmplitude), count: settings.numberOfPoints)
-                        : cached
+                    box.resizeIfNeeded(count: settings.numberOfPoints,
+                                       idleAmplitude: Float(settings.idleAmplitude))
+                    // Seed compact vis from shared cache for morph continuity
+                    if compact, !WaveStateCache.shared.compactLevels.isEmpty {
+                        let cached = WaveStateCache.shared.compactLevels
+                        let count  = box.displayLevels.count
+                        for i in 0..<min(cached.count, count) {
+                            box.displayLevels[i] = cached[i]
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 .onChange(of: isPlaying) { _, playing in
                     if !playing {
                         box.levelHistoryBuf.removeAll(keepingCapacity: true)
                         box.historyWriteIdx = 0
-                        box.peakFollower = 0.01
+                        box.peakFollower    = 0.01
                     }
                 }
                 // App foregrounded — reset lastTickTime so the first dt isn't huge
@@ -244,12 +272,12 @@ struct MitsuhaVisualizerView: View {
     // MARK: - Idle State
 
     private func drawIdleState(ctx: GraphicsContext, size: CGSize) {
-        let pts = Array(repeating: Float(settings.idleAmplitude), count: max(settings.numberOfPoints, 2))
+        guard box.idleLevels.count >= 2 else { return }
         switch settings.style {
-        case .wave:     drawWave(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: pts, continuousTime: 0)
-        case .bar:      drawBars(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: pts)
-        case .line:     drawLine(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: pts)
-        case .siriWave: drawSiriWave(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: pts, continuousTime: 0)
+        case .wave:     drawWave(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: box.idleLevels, continuousTime: 0)
+        case .bar:      drawBars(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: box.idleLevels)
+        case .line:     drawLine(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: box.idleLevels)
+        case .siriWave: drawSiriWave(ctx: ctx, size: size, levels: box.idleLevels, continuousTime: 0)
         }
     }
     
@@ -268,98 +296,90 @@ struct MitsuhaVisualizerView: View {
     @discardableResult
     private func updateDisplayLevels(newRawLevels: [Float], t: Double) -> Bool {
         let count = settings.numberOfPoints
-        guard count > 0, !newRawLevels.isEmpty else { return false }
-
-        // Delta time from the same CACurrentMediaTime clock as updateWobblePhase.
-        // lastTickTime is 0 on first frame — fall back to 60fps assumption.
-        let dt = Float(box.lastTickTime > 0 ? min(t - box.lastTickTime, 0.1) : 1.0/60.0)
+        guard count > 0, !newRawLevels.isEmpty,
+              box.targetLevels.count == count else { return false }
 
+        let dt   = Float(box.lastTickTime > 0 ? min(t - box.lastTickTime, 0.1) : 1.0/60.0)
         let sens = Float(settings.sensitivity)
         let isPreProcessed = AudioPlayer.shared.isUsingOfflineVis
 
-        var targetLevels = [Float]()
-        targetLevels.reserveCapacity(count)
-
+        // ── Write directly into pre-allocated box.targetLevels ───────────────
         if isPreProcessed {
-            // Offline vis frames are already normalized (peak ≈ 0.8) and log-binned.
-            // Only apply sensitivity for user control — no baseMultiplier needed.
             if newRawLevels.count == count {
-                targetLevels = newRawLevels.map { min(1.0, $0 * sens) }
-            } else {
-                // Resample to match display point count via linear interpolation
+                // Hot path: identical size — single in-place pass, zero allocation
                 for i in 0..<count {
-                    let srcPos = Float(i) / Float(max(count - 1, 1)) * Float(newRawLevels.count - 1)
-                    let lo = Int(srcPos)
-                    let hi = min(lo + 1, newRawLevels.count - 1)
-                    let frac = srcPos - Float(lo)
-                    let val = newRawLevels[lo] * (1.0 - frac) + newRawLevels[hi] * frac
-                    targetLevels.append(min(1.0, val * sens))
+                    box.targetLevels[i] = min(1.0, newRawLevels[i] * sens)
+                }
+            } else {
+                // Resample via linear interpolation directly into box.targetLevels
+                let srcCount = Float(newRawLevels.count - 1)
+                let dstCount = Float(max(count - 1, 1))
+                for i in 0..<count {
+                    let srcPos = Float(i) / dstCount * srcCount
+                    let lo     = Int(srcPos)
+                    let hi     = min(lo + 1, newRawLevels.count - 1)
+                    let frac   = srcPos - Float(lo)
+                    box.targetLevels[i] = min(1.0,
+                        (newRawLevels[lo] * (1.0 - frac) + newRawLevels[hi] * frac) * sens)
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            // Raw FFT bins — full log binning
-            for _ in 0..<count { targetLevels.append(0) }
+            // Raw FFT — log binning directly into box.targetLevels
             let maxUsefulBin = min(newRawLevels.count - 1, settings.frequencyCutoff)
-
+            let mult         = Float(settings.baseMultiplier)
             for i in 0..<count {
-                let normalizedIndex = Float(i + 1) / Float(count)
-                let logIndex = log10(normalizedIndex * 9.0 + 1.0)
-                let centerBin = logIndex * Float(maxUsefulBin)
-                let binWidth = max(1.0, Float(maxUsefulBin) / Float(count))
-                let startBin = max(1, Int(centerBin - binWidth / 2))
-                let endBin = min(maxUsefulBin, Int(centerBin + binWidth / 2))
+                let ni       = Float(i + 1) / Float(count)
+                let centerBin = log10(ni * 9.0 + 1.0) * Float(maxUsefulBin)
+                let binWidth  = max(1.0, Float(maxUsefulBin) / Float(count))
+                let startBin  = max(1, Int(centerBin - binWidth * 0.5))
+                let endBin    = min(maxUsefulBin, Int(centerBin + binWidth * 0.5))
                 var sum: Float = 0
-                var countInBand = 0
+                var n = 0
                 for j in startBin...endBin where j < newRawLevels.count {
-                    sum += newRawLevels[j]
-                    countInBand += 1
+                    sum += newRawLevels[j]; n += 1
                 }
-                let averageInBand = countInBand > 0 ? (sum / Float(countInBand)) : 0
-                targetLevels[i] = min(1.0, averageInBand * Float(settings.baseMultiplier) * sens)
+                box.targetLevels[i] = min(1.0, (n > 0 ? sum / Float(n) : 0) * mult * sens)
             }
         }
 
-        // Temporal smoothing — viscosity 0.17 at 60fps → smoothFactor ≈ 0.17 per frame
+        // ── Dynamic Gain / Peak Follower (in-place on box.targetLevels) ──────
         let smoothFactor = min(Float(settings.viscosity) * 60.0 * dt, 1.0)
-
-        // ── Dynamic Gain / Peak Follower ─────────────────────────────────────
-        let frameMax = targetLevels.max() ?? 0.0
+        let frameMax     = box.targetLevels.max() ?? 0.0
         if settings.dynamicGainEnabled {
             if frameMax > box.peakFollower {
-                // Fast attack — catch loud transients in 3 frames
-                box.peakFollower = box.peakFollower + (frameMax - box.peakFollower) * 0.3
+                box.peakFollower += (frameMax - box.peakFollower) * 0.3
             } else {
-                // Decay to 0.5 in ~2 seconds — fast enough to track quiet passages
-                let decayPerSec: Float = 0.5
-                let decayThisFrame = pow(decayPerSec, dt)
-                box.peakFollower = max(box.peakFollower * decayThisFrame, 0.01)
+                box.peakFollower = max(box.peakFollower * pow(0.5, dt), 0.01)
             }
-            // Mutate in-place — avoids allocating a new array every frame
-            let normFactor = Float(1.0) / max(box.peakFollower, 0.01)
-            for i in 0..<targetLevels.count {
-                targetLevels[i] = min(targetLevels[i] * normFactor, 1.0)
+            let normFactor = 1.0 / max(box.peakFollower, 0.01)
+            for i in 0..<count {
+                box.targetLevels[i] = min(box.targetLevels[i] * normFactor, 1.0)
             }
         } else {
             box.peakFollower = max(box.peakFollower, frameMax)
         }
 
-        if box.displayLevels.count != count {
-            box.displayLevels = targetLevels
-        } else {
-            for i in 0..<count {
-                box.displayLevels[i] = box.displayLevels[i] + (targetLevels[i] - box.displayLevels[i]) * smoothFactor
-            }
+        // ── Exponential smooth into displayLevels (in-place) ─────────────────
+        for i in 0..<count {
+            box.displayLevels[i] += (box.targetLevels[i] - box.displayLevels[i]) * smoothFactor
         }
 
-        // ── Ring Buffer for temporal depth ghost ─────────────────────────────
+        // ── Ring buffer: copy in-place into pre-allocated history slot ────────
+        // Pre-allocated slots mean no COW trigger on assignment.
         if box.levelHistoryBuf.count < MitsuhaVisualizerView.historySize {
             box.levelHistoryBuf.append(box.displayLevels)
         } else {
-            box.levelHistoryBuf[box.historyWriteIdx] = box.displayLevels
+            let idx = box.historyWriteIdx
+            if box.levelHistoryBuf[idx].count == count {
+                for i in 0..<count {
+                    box.levelHistoryBuf[idx][i] = box.displayLevels[i]
+                }
+            } else {
+                box.levelHistoryBuf[idx] = box.displayLevels
+            }
             box.historyWriteIdx = (box.historyWriteIdx + 1) % MitsuhaVisualizerView.historySize
         }
 
-        // Cache compact levels so DI morph picks up current wave shape
         if compact { WaveStateCache.shared.compactLevels = box.displayLevels }
         return true
     }
@@ -553,22 +573,20 @@ struct MitsuhaVisualizerView: View {
         let totalGapSpace = gap * CGFloat(count - 1)
         let barW = max(1, (w - totalGapSpace) / CGFloat(count))
         let isSiri = settings.colorMode == .vibrant
-        
+        // Hoist fillColors outside loop — was allocating [Color] count times per frame
+        let colors = fillColors
+
         for i in 0..<count {
-            let amp = CGFloat(levels[i])
-            let barH = max(compact ? 2 : 4, amp * h * ampScale)
-            let x = CGFloat(i) * (barW + gap)
+            let amp    = CGFloat(levels[i])
+            let barH   = max(compact ? 2 : 4, amp * h * ampScale)
+            let x      = CGFloat(i) * (barW + gap)
             let barTop = baseline - barH
-            
-            // Bar extends from top to true bottom of screen
-            let rect = CGRect(x: x, y: barTop, width: barW, height: h - barTop)
-            let path = Path(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: cr)
-            
+            let rect   = CGRect(x: x, y: barTop, width: barW, height: h - barTop)
+            let path   = Path(roundedRect: rect, cornerRadius: cr)
             let startPoint = isSiri ? CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0) : CGPoint(x: x, y: barTop)
-            let endPoint = isSiri ? CGPoint(x: w, y: 0) : CGPoint(x: x, y: h)
-            
+            let endPoint   = isSiri ? CGPoint(x: w, y: 0) : CGPoint(x: x, y: h)
             ctx.fill(path, with: .linearGradient(
-                Gradient(colors: fillColors),
+                Gradient(colors: colors),
                 startPoint: startPoint,
                 endPoint: endPoint
             ))
diff --git a/iOS/Views/Visualizer/VisualizerStorageManager.swift b/iOS/Views/Visualizer/VisualizerStorageManager.swift
index b55f1d0..0f8fda4 100644
--- a/iOS/Views/Visualizer/VisualizerStorageManager.swift
+++ b/iOS/Views/Visualizer/VisualizerStorageManager.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
 import Foundation
 
+// MARK: - VisFrameBuffer
+/// Flat, memory-efficient storage for pre-computed visualizer FFT frames.
+/// All frames packed into a single ContiguousArray<Float> in row-major order:
+///   [frame0pt0, frame0pt1, ..., frame1pt0, frame1pt1, ...]
+/// This eliminates the [[Float]] array-of-arrays structure and allows
+/// O(1) index computation with zero allocation for frame access.
+struct VisFrameBuffer {
+    let data: ContiguousArray<Float>
+    let frameCount: Int
+    let pointsPerFrame: Int
+
+    static let empty = VisFrameBuffer(data: [], frameCount: 0, pointsPerFrame: 0)
+
+    var isEmpty: Bool { frameCount == 0 }
+
+    /// Copy frame at `index` into a pre-allocated destination buffer.
+    /// No intermediate allocation — copies directly from flat storage.
+    func copyFrame(at index: Int, into dest: inout [Float]) {
+        guard index >= 0 && index < frameCount else { return }
+        let start = index * pointsPerFrame
+        let end   = start + pointsPerFrame
+        guard end <= data.count else { return }
+        // Resize destination only if count changed (rare: settings change)
+        if dest.count != pointsPerFrame {
+            dest = [Float](repeating: 0, count: pointsPerFrame)
+        }
+        data.withUnsafeBufferPointer { src in
+            dest.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { dst in
+                dst.baseAddress!.initialize(
+                    from: src.baseAddress!.advanced(by: start),
+                    count: pointsPerFrame
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Caches pre-computed visualizer FFT frames to disk for instant playback
 actor VisualizerStorageManager {
     static let shared = VisualizerStorageManager()
@@ -22,64 +59,66 @@ actor VisualizerStorageManager {
         fileManager.fileExists(atPath: fileURL(for: trackId).path)
     }
     
+    /// Save frames in flat binary format:
+    /// [frameCount: UInt32][pointsPerFrame: UInt32][Float data...]
     func saveCache(frames: [[Float]], for trackId: String) throws {
-        // Binary format: [frameCount: UInt32][pointsPerFrame: UInt32][float data...]
-        let frameCount = frames.count
+        let frameCount    = frames.count
         let pointsPerFrame = frames.first?.count ?? 0
         guard frameCount > 0, pointsPerFrame > 0 else { return }
         
-        var data = Data()
-        var fc = UInt32(frameCount)
+        var data = Data(capacity: 8 + frameCount * pointsPerFrame * MemoryLayout<Float>.size)
+        var fc  = UInt32(frameCount)
         var ppf = UInt32(pointsPerFrame)
-        data.append(Data(bytes: &fc, count: 4))
+        data.append(Data(bytes: &fc,  count: 4))
         data.append(Data(bytes: &ppf, count: 4))
-        
         for frame in frames {
             frame.withUnsafeBytes { data.append(contentsOf: $0) }
         }
-        
         try data.write(to: fileURL(for: trackId), options: .atomic)
     }
     
-    func loadCache(for trackId: String) throws -> [[Float]] {
-        let data = try Data(contentsOf: fileURL(for: trackId))
-        guard data.count >= 8 else { return [] }
-        
-        let frameCount = data.withUnsafeBytes { $0.load(fromByteOffset: 0, as: UInt32.self) }
-        let pointsPerFrame = data.withUnsafeBytes { $0.load(fromByteOffset: 4, as: UInt32.self) }
-        
-        let floatSize = MemoryLayout<Float>.size
-        let expectedSize = 8 + Int(frameCount) * Int(pointsPerFrame) * floatSize
-        guard data.count >= expectedSize else { return [] }
-        
-        var frames: [[Float]] = []
-        frames.reserveCapacity(Int(frameCount))
-        
-        var offset = 8
-        for _ in 0..<frameCount {
-            let frame: [Float] = data.withUnsafeBytes { raw in
-                let ptr = raw.baseAddress!.advanced(by: offset).assumingMemoryBound(to: Float.self)
-                return Array(UnsafeBufferPointer(start: ptr, count: Int(pointsPerFrame)))
+    /// Load frames as a flat VisFrameBuffer using memory-mapped I/O.
+    /// No heap allocation for frame data — the OS maps file pages on demand.
+    func loadCache(for trackId: String) throws -> VisFrameBuffer {
+        // .alwaysMapped: OS memory-maps the file rather than reading into heap.
+        // Pages are faulted in on first access, never fully copied.
+        let raw = try Data(contentsOf: fileURL(for: trackId), options: .alwaysMapped)
+        guard raw.count >= 8 else { return .empty }
+
+        let frameCount    = Int(raw.withUnsafeBytes { $0.load(fromByteOffset: 0, as: UInt32.self) })
+        let pointsPerFrame = Int(raw.withUnsafeBytes { $0.load(fromByteOffset: 4, as: UInt32.self) })
+
+        let floatSize    = MemoryLayout<Float>.size
+        let expectedSize = 8 + frameCount * pointsPerFrame * floatSize
+        guard raw.count >= expectedSize, frameCount > 0, pointsPerFrame > 0 else { return .empty }
+
+        // Copy mapped region into a single flat ContiguousArray<Float>.
+        // One allocation for the entire track's data — never per-frame.
+        let totalFloats = frameCount * pointsPerFrame
+        var flat = ContiguousArray<Float>(repeating: 0, count: totalFloats)
+        flat.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { dst in
+            raw.withUnsafeBytes { src in
+                dst.baseAddress!.initialize(
+                    from: src.baseAddress!.advanced(by: 8).assumingMemoryBound(to: Float.self),
+                    count: totalFloats
+                )
             }
-            frames.append(frame)
-            offset += Int(pointsPerFrame) * floatSize
         }
-        
-        return frames
+        return VisFrameBuffer(data: flat, frameCount: frameCount, pointsPerFrame: pointsPerFrame)
     }
-    
-    /// Total cache size on disk
+
+    // MARK: - Cache Management
+
     func cacheSize() -> Int64 {
-        guard let files = try? fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(at: cacheDir, includingPropertiesForKeys: [.fileSizeKey]) else {
-            return 0
-        }
+        guard let files = try? fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(
+            at: cacheDir, includingPropertiesForKeys: [.fileSizeKey]
+        ) else { return 0 }
         return files.reduce(0) { sum, url in
             let size = (try? url.resourceValues(forKeys: [.fileSizeKey]).fileSize) ?? 0
             return sum + Int64(size)
         }
     }
     
-    /// Number of cached tracks
     func cachedTrackCount() -> Int {
         (try? fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(at: cacheDir, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil).count) ?? 0
     }