I found the fader_table in data_waveforms.c and updated with sine mapping instead, works much better now (see below).
Let me know if you have other ideas.
const int16_t fader_table[257] = {
0, 201, 402, 603, 804, 1005, 1206, 1407, 1608, 1809,
2009, 2210, 2410, 2611, 2811...