    :root {
        --paper: rgb(41,41,41);
        --paper-panel: #ffffffde;
        --ink: rgba(245, 229, 209, 1);
        --walnut: #dfcec3;
        --walnut-dk: rgb(155,155,155);
        --rust: rgb(155, 71, 54);
        --teal: #c5c5c5;
        --mustard: #748067;
        --cream-line: rgba(38, 32, 25, 0.14);
        --shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(38, 32, 25, 0.16);
        --radius: 6px;
        --maxw: 1120px;
    }

    * {
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }

    html {
        scroll-behavior: smooth;
    }

    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
        html {
            scroll-behavior: auto;
        }

        * {
            animation-duration: 0.001ms !important;
            animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
            transition-duration: 0.001ms !important;
        }
    }

    body {
        margin: 0;
        background: var(--paper);
        color: var(--ink);
        font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
        line-height: 1.5;
        -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    }

    /* film-grain overlay */
    body::before {
        content: "";
        position: fixed;
        inset: 0;
        pointer-events: none;
        z-index: 999;
        opacity: 0.10;
        mix-blend-mode: multiply;
        background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='120' height='120'><filter id='n'><feTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.9' numOctaves='2' stitchTiles='stitch'/></filter><rect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)'/></svg>");
        background-size: 160px 160px;
    }

    a {
        color: inherit;
    }

    h1,
    h2,
    h3 {
        font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
        margin: 0;
        font-weight: 450;
    }

    .mono {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
    }

    .eyebrow {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.72rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.18em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--rust);
    }

    .wrap {
        max-width: var(--maxw);
        margin: 0 auto;
        margin-top: 0.5cm;
        margin-bottom: 0.5cm;
        padding: 0 28px;
    }

    /* ---------- NAV ---------- */
    header.site-nav {
        position: sticky;
        top: 0;
        z-index: 50;
        background: #000000eb;
        backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        color: #ffffffde;
    }

    .nav-inner {
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: space-between;
        padding: 14px 28px;
        max-width: var(--maxw);
        margin: 0 auto;
    }

    .nav-mark {
        font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
        font-style: italic;
        font-size: 1.15rem;
    }

    strong {
        font-family: 'Fraunces';
        font-style: italic;
        font-weight: 900;
        font-size: 1.15rem;
    }

    .nav-links {
        display: flex;
        gap: 26px;
        list-style: none;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }

    .nav-links a {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.74rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.08em;
        text-decoration: none;
        color: #262019;
        display: flex;
        gap: 6px;
        align-items: baseline;
        border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
        padding-bottom: 2px;
        transition: border-color 0.2s, color 0.2s;
    }

    .nav-links a:hover {
        color: var(--paper-panel);
        border-color: var(--rust);
    }

    .nav-links .ch {
        color: var(--teal);
        opacity: 0.75;
    }

    @media (max-width:640px) {
        .nav-links {
            gap: 14px;
        }

        .nav-links span.label {
            display: none;
        }
    }

    /* ---------- HERO ---------- */
    .hero {
        padding: 76px 23px;
        display: block;
        align-items: center;
        font-weight: 900;
        position: fixed;
    }

    @media (max-width:860px) {
        .hero {
            padding-top: 48px;
        }
    }

    .hero-title {
        font-size: clamp(8rem, 6.4vw, 4.6rem);
        font-weight: 900;
        line-height: 0.98;
        letter-spacing: -0.01em;
        /* mix-blend-mode: difference; */

        
    }

    .hero-title em {
        font-style: italic;
        font-weight: 900;
        color: var(--rust);
    }

    .hero-role {
        margin-top: 18px;
        font-size: 1.05rem;
        color: var(--walnut);
    }

    .hero-role .sep {
        color: var(--mustard);
        margin: 0 10px;
    }

    .hero-meta {
        margin-top: 26px;
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.78rem;
        color: var(--walnut);
        display: flex;
        gap: 18px;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        letter-spacing: 0.02em;
        mix-blend-mode: difference;
        

    }

    .hero-meta span {
        padding-left: 14px;
        border-left: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        
    }

    .hero-meta span:first-child {
        padding-left: 0;
        border-left: none;
    }

    /* VU meter */
    .vu-panel {
        background: linear-gradient(180deg, #3f2c20, var(--walnut-dk));
        border-radius: 12px;
        padding: 26px 22px 18px;
        box-shadow: var(--shadow);
        position: relative;
    }

    .vu-panel::after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        inset: 0;
        border-radius: 12px;
        box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
        pointer-events: none;
    }

    .vu-screen {
        background: var(--paper-panel);
        border-radius: 8px;
        padding: 18px 20px 10px;
        position: relative;
        overflow: hidden;
    }

    .vu-screen svg {
        display: block;
        width: 100%;
        height: auto;
    }

    .vu-needle {
        transform-origin: 150px 150px;
        animation: sweep 3.4s ease-in-out infinite;
    }

    @keyframes sweep {

        0%,
        100% {
            transform: rotate(-32deg);
        }

        45% {
            transform: rotate(24deg);
        }

        55% {
            transform: rotate(20deg);
        }

        75% {
            transform: rotate(-6deg);
        }
    }

    .vu-caption {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
        align-items: center;
        margin-top: 12px;
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.68rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.12em;
        color: #cbbfa5;
    }

    .peak-led {
        width: 8px;
        height: 8px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        background: var(--rust);
        display: inline-block;
        margin-right: 6px;
        box-shadow: 0 0 6px var(--rust);
        animation: blink 2.6s steps(1) infinite;
    }

    @keyframes blink {

        0%,
        88%,
        100% {
            opacity: 0.25;
            box-shadow: none;
        }

        90%,
        96% {
            opacity: 1;
            box-shadow: 0 0 8px var(--rust);
        }
    }

    .vu-dials {
        display: flex;
        gap: 10px;
        margin-top: 14px;
    }

    .dial {
        width: 26px;
        height: 26px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%, #6d6d6d, #4a4a4a 70%);
        box-shadow: 0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
        position: relative;
    }

    .dial::after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        top: 3px;
        left: 50%;
        width: 2px;
        height: 8px;
        background: var(--mustard);
        transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(20deg);
        transform-origin: 1px 10px;
    }

    /* ---------- SECTION SHELL ---------- */
    section {
        padding: 74px 0;
    }

    /* .section-ruler is the full-bleed "window": it breaks out of .wrap's
       max-width so the ruler reads as a bar running edge-to-edge, and it
       carries no background of its own — the opaque paper fill sits on the
       separate .paper-mask layer in index.html, which is cut with clip-path
       exactly at each ruler's position, letting the fixed hero canvas show
       through here like a lit VU-meter strip. */
    .section-ruler {
        position: relative;
        width: 100vw;
        left: 50%;
        right: 50%;
        margin-left: -50vw;
        margin-right: -50vw;
        margin-bottom: 38px;
        border-top: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        background-color: rgba(156, 156, 156, 0.25);
        z-index: 50;
    }

    .section-head {
        max-width: var(--maxw);
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 30px 28px;
        display: flex;
        align-items: baseline;
        gap: 20px;
        z-index: 1;
    }

    .section-head h2 {
        font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
        /* font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 4.4rem); */
        font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 4.4rem);
        font-weight: 600;
        letter-spacing: -0.01em;
        line-height: 1;
        /* mix-blend-mode: difference; */
    }

    .section-head .tag {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.8rem;
        color: var(--teal);
        letter-spacing: 0.12em;
        mix-blend-mode: difference;
    }

    /* ---------- ABOUT ---------- */
    .about-grid {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 0.85fr 1.15fr;
        gap: 48px;
        align-items: start;
    }

    @media (max-width:820px) {
        .about-grid {
            grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        }
    }

    .reel {
        background: var(--paper-panel);
        border: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        padding: 24px;
        box-shadow: var(--shadow);
    }

    .reel-title {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.7rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.14em;
        color: var(--paper);
        margin-bottom: 16px;
    }

    .timeline {
        list-style: none;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        border-left: 2px solid var(--cream-line);
        margin-left: 6px;
    }

    .timeline li {
        position: relative;
        padding: 0 0 22px 22px;
    }

    .timeline li:last-child {
        padding-bottom: 0;
    }

    .timeline li::before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        left: -7px;
        top: 3px;
        width: 12px;
        height: 12px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        background: var(--rust);
        border: 2px solid var(--paper-panel);
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--rust);
    }

    .timeline .yr {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.72rem;
        color: var(--paper);
        letter-spacing: 0.06em;
        display: block;
        margin-bottom: 3px;
    }

    .timeline .ev {
        font-size: 0.92rem;
        color: var(--paper);
    }

    .about-copy p {
        font-size: 1.06rem;
        color: var(--paper-panel);
        margin: 0 0 18px;
    }

    .about-copy p:last-child {
        margin-bottom: 0;
    }

    .pull {
        font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
        font-style: italic;
        font-size: 2rem;
        color: var(--walnut);
        border-left: 3px solid var(--mustard);
        padding-left: 18px;
        margin: 26px 0;
    }

    /* ---------- WORK / SESSION LOG ---------- */
    .log-grid {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
        gap: 22px;
    }

    @media (max-width:900px) {
        .log-grid {
            grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        }
    }

    .tape-card {
        background: var(--paper-panel);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        border: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        padding: 22px;
        box-shadow: var(--shadow);
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        gap: 12px;
        position: relative;
        color: #000;
    }

    .tape-card::before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        top: 14px;
        right: 16px;
        width: 34px;
        height: 34px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        border: 3px solid var(--cream-line);
        background:
            radial-gradient(circle, var(--walnut) 0 4px, transparent 4.5px);
    }

    .tape-card .idx {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.7rem;
        color: var(--rust);
        letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    }

    .tape-card h3 {
        font-size: 1.28rem;
        padding-right: 40px;
    }

    .tape-card .kind {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.66rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.1em;
        color: 'black';
        text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    .tape-card p {
        margin: 0;
        font-size: 0.92rem;
        color: #4a4033;
    }

    .tape-card .roles {
        display: flex;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        gap: 6px;
        margin-top: auto;
        padding-top: 10px;
        
    }

    .tape-card .roles span {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.63rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.04em;
        background: rgba(44, 102, 89, 0.1);
        color: #262019;
        padding: 4px 8px;
        border-radius: 3px;
    }

    .stage-note {
        margin-top: 26px;
        display: flex;
        gap: 16px;
        flex-wrap:initial;
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.78rem;
        color: var(--walnut);
        background: var(--paper-panel);
        border: 1px dashed var(--cream-line);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        padding: 16px 18px;
    }

    .stage-note b {
        color: var(--rust);
    }

    /* ---------- LISTEN ---------- */
    .receiver {
        background: linear-gradient(180deg, #3c3c3c, var(--walnut-dk));
        border-radius: 14px;
        padding: 30px;
        box-shadow: var(--shadow);
        position: relative;
    }

    .receiver::after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        inset: 0;
        border-radius: 14px;
        box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
        pointer-events: none;
    }

    .receiver-top {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
        align-items: center;
        margin-bottom: 18px;
    }

    .receiver-brand {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.7rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.18em;
        color: #cbbfa5;
        text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    .receiver-dials {
        display: flex;
        gap: 10px;
    }

    .screens {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
        gap: 18px;
    }

    @media (max-width:760px) {
        .screens {
            grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        }
    }

    .screen {
        background: var(--paper-panel);
        border-radius: 8px;
        padding: 14px;
    }

    .screen-label {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.68rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.1em;
        color: var(--walnut);
        margin-bottom: 10px;
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
    }

    .screen iframe {
        width: 100%;
        border: none;
        display: block;
        border-radius: 4px;
        background: #fff;
    }

    .embed-note {
        grid-column: 1 / -1;
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.68rem;
        color: #cbbfa5;
        opacity: 0.8;
        margin-top: 2px;
    }

    /* ---------- WATCH / MONITOR ---------- */
    .video-panel .screen {
        padding-bottom: 16px;
    }

    .video-frame {
        position: relative;
        width: 100%;
        padding-top: 56.25%;
        /* 16:9 */
        border-radius: 4px;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: #000;
    }

    .video-frame iframe {
        position: absolute;
        inset: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        border: none;
    }

    /* ---------- CHANNELS / RANGE ---------- */
    .channels {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(96px, 1fr));
        gap: 16px;
    }

    .channel {
        background: var(--paper-panel);
        border: 1px solid var(--cream-line);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        padding: 14px 10px 16px;
        text-align: center;
        box-shadow: var(--shadow);
    }

    .fader-track {
        width: 6px;
        height: 100px;
        background: rgba(38, 32, 25, 0.12);
        border-radius: 3px;
        margin: 0 auto 12px;
        position: relative;
    }

    .fader-cap {
        position: absolute;
        left: 50%;
        width: 22px;
        height: 12px;
        background: var(--paper);
        border-radius: 2px;
        transform: translate(-50%, 0);
        box-shadow: 0 2px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
        transition: top 1.1s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1);
    }

    .led-row {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: center;
        gap: 3px;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
    }

    .led-row i {
        width: 5px;
        height: 5px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        background: var(--teal);
        opacity: 0.35;
        display: inline-block;
    }

    .channel.in-view .led-row i {
        opacity: 1;
    }

    .channel-name {
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.66rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.04em;
        color: var(--paper);
    }

    /* ---------- CONTACT / FOOTER ---------- */
    footer {
        background: #000000eb;
        color: var(--ink);
        padding: 60px 0 30px;
        z-index: 15;
        position: inherit;
    }

    .footer-inner {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
        align-items: flex-start;
        gap: 30px;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        position: relative;
    }

    .footer-title {
        font-size: 2rem;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
        color: var(--ink)
    }

    .footer-links {
        list-style: none;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        display: flex;
        gap: 22px;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
    }

    .footer-links a {
        text-decoration: none;
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.78rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.05em;
        border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(233, 226, 208, 0.3);
        padding-bottom: 2px;
        transition: border-color 0.2s, color 0.2s;
    }

    .footer-links a:hover {
        color: var(--mustard);
        border-color: var(--mustard);
    }

    .footer-bottom {
        margin-top: 46px;
        padding-top: 18px;
        border-top: 1px solid rgba(233, 226, 208, 0.14);
        font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
        font-size: 0.68rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.06em;
        color: #a8977f;
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        gap: 10px;
    }
