macOS · Apple silicon & Intel
Your Choicer Voicer packs, now on your Mac.
Rerecord the scene. Badly. On purpose. Bad Takes loads the voice packs you already have, records your own take on every line, then plays the scene back in your voice.
Unmodified Choicer Voicer packs load as‑is. No conversion, no re‑export.
Can you run Choicer Voicer on a Mac?
Not directly — Choicer Voicer is a Windows‑only game, and there is no official macOS
version. Bad Takes is the Mac alternative: a native macOS app that recreates
Choicer Voicer's dub mode and reads the same community voice packs without any
conversion. If you already have packs — or a packs_voice folder from a Windows
install — Bad Takes opens them on macOS and lets you record and export your dub.
Works on
macOS 11 or later, Apple silicon and Intel
Pack compatibility
Existing Choicer Voicer packs, unmodified
Price
$10, one time — no subscription
Other platforms
Linux and Windows builds coming soon
Bad Takes is an independent recreation of the dub mode. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or distributing anything from Choicer Voicer.
Compatibility
Your Choicer Voicer packs already work.
Drop a .zip anywhere on the window, or point Bad Takes at the
packs_voice folder of an existing Choicer Voicer install. Every pack shows up
in the library with its poster, credits, cast and readme intact — nothing is rewritten,
and nothing is copied into a new format.
.zip files here- Reads the original layout — one
.inior.txtper line beside its audio. - Mixed audio formats —
.ogg,.mp3,.wavand.flacall play. - Tolerates the messy ones — extensionless icon refs, stray whitespace, orphan metadata files.
- Soundboard packs too — clip collections with no scene timestamps load as impression practice.
A pack folder, unchanged
my-pack/
├─ _pack_info.ini title, cast, readme
├─ _backing_track.ogg scene without dialog
├─ dub_video.ogv optional scene video
├─ 01_open_12-400.ini caption + timestamp
├─ 01_open_12-400.ogg the original line
├─ 01_open_12-400.png the still
└─ …Packs stay pristine. Your recordings are written outside the pack folder, so a pack you dubbed is still a pack you can share.
The call sheet
Four rooms, in order.
A dub runs like a shoot. Bad Takes is laid out the same way.
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SC. 01
Casting call
Pick a pack from the library. Poster, credits, scene length, and the cast with line counts — plus every full scene you've already saved, ready to replay.
No character to choose. Record whatever you like.
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SC. 02
The table read
Play the scene through with the original voices first. The script panel follows along; click any line — or the waveform — to jump to it.
Learn the rhythm before the mic is hot.
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SC. 03
The booth
One cue card at a time: the still, the caption, the character, the timecode. Hear the original, hit the red button, hear yourself back. Unlimited retakes.
Enter walks the loop. Backspace steps back.
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SC. 04
The screening room
Roll the whole dub with your takes mixed over the backing track at each line's timestamp. Flip any character between your take and the original mid‑playback.
Export to
.wavor.mp4.
In the booth
Built for takes, not clicks.
Sample‑accurate replay
Every take is scheduled against the backing track with the Web Audio API, so your line lands exactly where the original did.
Waveform compare
Your take draws over the original in the booth. Timing problems are visible before you play them back.
Per‑character toggles
Swap anyone between your take and the original while the scene rolls. Skipped characters just keep their original audio.
Scene history
Every playthrough from the top auto‑saves as a finished mix, so a session survives even after you re‑record its lines.
Adjustable lead‑in
Set how much room you get before and after each line. Existing takes keep the padding they were recorded with.
Dark booth, light matinee
Two themes, one click apart. The whole app is built for long sessions at night.
Availability
Mac first.
Bad Takes is built on Electron, so Linux and Windows builds are a matter of finishing and testing them — not rewriting the app.
Admission
Ten dollars. Once.
Admit one Mac
$10
One‑time purchase · no subscription
- The macOS build, Apple silicon and Intel
- Unlimited packs, unlimited takes
.wavand.mp4export- Updates to the Mac app
- Linux and Windows builds when they land
Voice packs are made by the community and are not included. Bring your own.
BAD TAKES
macOS
$10.00
ADMIT ONE
Questions
Choicer Voicer on macOS, answered.
Is there a Choicer Voicer for Mac?
There's no official macOS version of Choicer Voicer — it's a Windows‑only game. Bad Takes is an independent Mac app that recreates its dub mode and loads the same community voice packs, so you get the dubbing experience on macOS without Boot Camp, Parallels, Wine or a Windows PC.
Do my existing Choicer Voicer voice packs work?
Yes — that's the point. Bad Takes reads the original pack folder format directly,
including the quirks real community packs are full of. Point it at your
packs_voice folder, or drag pack .zip files onto the window.
What's the difference between Bad Takes and Choicer Voicer?
Bad Takes recreates the dub mode specifically: load a scene, record your take on
every line, and play the whole thing back with your voice mixed over the backing
track. It runs natively on macOS, adds scene history, waveform comparison and
.wav/.mp4 export, and it isn't made by the Choicer Voicer
developers.
Are any voice packs included?
No. Packs are community‑made and contain copyrighted movie and TV audio, so none ship with the app. Bad Takes is the booth; you supply the packs.
Does it work on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. The build ships for both Apple silicon (M‑series) and Intel Macs, and needs macOS 11 Big Sur or later.
Do I need ffmpeg?
Only for scene video. Pack videos are Theora .ogv, which modern browsers
can't decode, so the app transcodes them once with ffmpeg and caches the result.
Without it everything still works — you get each line's still image instead of the
video.
macOS blocked the app on first launch.
If Gatekeeper stops the first run, right‑click Bad Takes in Applications, choose Open, then confirm — you only need to do that once. If it still won't open, email support and I'll sort it out.
Where do my recordings live?
In the app's own data folder, never inside a pack. Pack folders stay pristine and shareable. Each full playthrough is also saved as a self‑contained scene mix you can replay or export later.
What do I get for $10?
The packaged macOS app for both Apple silicon and Intel, updates to the Mac version, and the Linux and Windows builds when they're ready. One payment — no subscription, no per‑pack fees. You sign in once with your purchase email (or a Google or Apple account on that address) to activate, and the app runs on one machine at a time — signing in on a new machine moves it automatically.
When are the Linux and Windows versions coming?
No date yet. The app already runs on all three platforms in development — what's left is packaging and testing each one properly. Buying now covers those builds.