diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/transmitter.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/transmitter.ts
index 8bea79e..ca4f9cf 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/transmitter.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/transmitter.ts
@@ -50,16 +50,8 @@ export class VoiceTransmitter {
       "-ar", "48000",          // Output sample rate: 48kHz
       "-ac", "2",              // Output channels: stereo
       "-application", "lowdelay", // Low delay mode for real-time
-      "-frame_duration", "10", // 10ms frames (smaller = less latency)
+      "-frame_duration", "20", // 20ms frames
       "-packet_loss", "0",     // No packet loss expected
-      "-compression_level", "0", // Fastest compression (lowest CPU latency)
-      "-cutoff", "20000",      // Audio cutoff frequency
-      "-vsync", "0",           // No video sync
-      "-fflags", "nobuffer",   // No buffering
-      "-flags", "low_delay",   // Low delay processing
-      "-strict", "experimental",
-      "-analyzeduration", "0", // No analysis duration
-      "-probesize", "32",      // Minimal probe size
       "pipe:1",                // Write to stdout
     ], {
       stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
diff --git a/services/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useAudioTransmit.ts b/services/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useAudioTransmit.ts
index d80076b..5496484 100644
--- a/services/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useAudioTransmit.ts
+++ b/services/frontend/src/shared/hooks/useAudioTransmit.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function useAudioTransmit(socketRef: {
     const processor = audioContext.createScriptProcessor(1024, 1, 1);
     processorRef.current = processor;
     source.connect(processor);
-    // Don't connect processor to destination (no monitoring feedback)
+    processor.connect(audioContext.destination);
     processor.onaudioprocess = (event) => {
       if (!socketRef.current || socketRef.current.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN)
         return;
@@ -70,14 +70,13 @@ export function useAudioTransmit(socketRef: {
       for (let i = 0; i < inputData.length; i++)
         pcmData[i] = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, inputData[i])) * 32767;
 
-      // Fast base64 using Uint8Array + btoa
-      const uint8 = new Uint8Array(pcmData.buffer);
-      let base64 = '';
-      const chunkSize = 8192;
-      for (let i = 0; i < uint8.length; i += chunkSize) {
-        const chunk = uint8.subarray(i, i + chunkSize);
-        base64 += btoa(String.fromCharCode(...chunk));
+      // Base64 encode
+      const bytes = new Uint8Array(pcmData.buffer);
+      let binary = '';
+      for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
+        binary += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
       }
+      const base64 = btoa(binary);
 
       socketRef.current.send(JSON.stringify({
         type: 'voice_transmit',