diff --git a/Meetingnotes.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Meetingnotes.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f50587d..e67df1f 100644
--- a/Meetingnotes.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Meetingnotes.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 38;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 39;
 				DEVELOPMENT_ASSET_PATHS = "\"meetingnotes/Preview Content\"";
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = G9LVHZAJNX;
 				ENABLE_HARDENED_RUNTIME = YES;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 15.0;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.1.26;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.1.27;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = NO;
 				OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS = "$(inherited) -D ENABLE_TCC_SPI";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = net.jamesbone.meetingnotes;
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 38;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 39;
 				DEVELOPMENT_ASSET_PATHS = "\"meetingnotes/Preview Content\"";
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = G9LVHZAJNX;
 				ENABLE_HARDENED_RUNTIME = YES;
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 15.0;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.1.26;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.1.27;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS = "$(inherited) -D ENABLE_TCC_SPI";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = net.jamesbone.meetingnotes;
diff --git a/meetingnotes/ProcessTap/ProcessTap.swift b/meetingnotes/ProcessTap/ProcessTap.swift
index f623aa0..7ad82fc 100644
--- a/meetingnotes/ProcessTap/ProcessTap.swift
+++ b/meetingnotes/ProcessTap/ProcessTap.swift
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ final class ProcessTap {
             tapDescription = CATapDescription(stereoMixdownOfProcesses: [process.objectID])
             logger.debug("Configuring tap for single process objectID: \(process.objectID)")
         case .systemAudio:
-            // Keep the HAL tap's buffer layout consistent with the default
-            // output stream. AudioManager performs the stereo-to-mono mix when
-            // it converts the captured audio to the 16 kHz transcription file.
-            tapDescription = CATapDescription(stereoGlobalTapButExcludeProcesses: [])
-            logger.debug("Configuring a stereo global system audio tap.")
+            // The transcription file is mono, so ask Core Audio for a mono
+            // mixdown at the source. This avoids interpreting a stereo HAL
+            // buffer as half as many frames before the 16 kHz conversion.
+            tapDescription = CATapDescription(monoGlobalTapButExcludeProcesses: [])
+            logger.info("Configuring a mono global system audio tap.")
         }
         
         tapDescription.uuid = UUID()