diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d539389..9b3e0c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ dist/
 
 # Local-only settings: machine-specific, and not the project's business.
 .claude/settings.local.json
+
+# Recordings. This is a tool for working on someone's rushes, not a place to
+# keep them: a single take is bigger than the entire source tree, and it is
+# somebody's material. Test fixtures are generated into temp dirs, never here.
+*.wav