diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts b/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts
index a83709f..f2c0d0f 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ float smin(float a, float b, float k) {
 // edge; y is screen-row time as before. Loudness at this row sets the attached
 // half-width; loudness at neighbouring rows lets the metaball smooth-min coalesce
 // vertically into a continuous liquid column rather than discrete per-row slabs.
-float ribbonField(vec2 px, float nowY, float pixelsPerSecond, float maxHalfWidth, out float ampOut) {
+float ribbonField(vec2 px, float nowY, float pixelsPerSecond, float maxHalfWidth, float playheadFeed, out float ampOut) {
     float screenYTop = px.y;
     float screenX = px.x;
 
@@ -546,8 +546,10 @@ float ribbonField(vec2 px, float nowY, float pixelsPerSecond, float maxHalfWidth
         float dtRow = reach * maxHalfWidth / pixelsPerSecond; // xn-reach back to seconds
         float ampUp = sampleAt(t - dtRow);
         float ampDn = sampleAt(t + dtRow);
-        float up = sdRoundBox(vec2(xn, reach), vec2(max(ampUp, 0.001), reach), cornerR);
-        float dn = sdRoundBox(vec2(xn, -reach), vec2(max(ampDn, 0.001), reach), cornerR);
+        vec2 boxUp = vec2(max(ampUp, 0.001), reach);
+        vec2 boxDn = vec2(max(ampDn, 0.001), reach);
+        float up = sdRoundBox(vec2(xn,  reach), boxUp, min(cornerR, min(boxUp.x, boxUp.y) - 1e-3));
+        float dn = sdRoundBox(vec2(xn, -reach), boxDn, min(cornerR, min(boxDn.x, boxDn.y) - 1e-3));
         float k = BUBBLE_SMOOTHMIN_K * uBubblyness;
         attached = smin(attached, smin(up, dn, k), k);
     }
@@ -569,8 +571,8 @@ float ribbonField(vec2 px, float nowY, float pixelsPerSecond, float maxHalfWidth
             // Spawn column: spread across the ribbon width, biased by loudness presence.
             float colX = (seed * 2.0 - 1.0) * 0.8;
             // Loudness feeding this blob's column at the now line — a louder mix sheds
-            // bigger blobs. Sampled once at the playhead (not per-pixel-varying).
-            float feed = sampleAt(uPlayheadSeconds);
+            // bigger blobs. playheadFeed is pre-computed once in main() (fragment-invariant).
+            float feed = playheadFeed;
             float radius = (0.05 + 0.10 * seed) * (0.4 + 0.6 * feed) * uDetach;
             // Rise phase: 0→1 over the blob's life, looping. Different phase offset per
             // blob so they don't pulse in unison. Speed scales mildly with detach.
@@ -619,20 +621,25 @@ void main() {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Hoist the playhead-feed tap: sampleAt(uPlayheadSeconds) is fragment-invariant
+    // (depends only on a uniform) and would otherwise run inside the 7-iteration detach
+    // blob loop × 5 ribbonField calls = up to 35× per pixel. Compute it once here.
+    float playheadFeed = sampleAt(uPlayheadSeconds);
+
     // ── EFFECT 2+3 geometry: evaluate the liquid SDF + its gradient (surface normal). ──
     // The gradient of the SDF is the outward surface normal — we need it for the glass
     // (specular, Fresnel, refraction). Central differences cost 4 extra field evals; the
     // step is one device-pixel mapped into the field's xn/yTop frame.
     vec2 px = vec2(screenX, screenYTop);
     float amp;
-    float d = ribbonField(px, nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, amp);
+    float d = ribbonField(px, nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, playheadFeed, amp);
 
     float e = 1.0; // 1px central-difference step
     float ignore;
-    float dRx = ribbonField(px + vec2(e, 0.0), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, ignore);
-    float dLx = ribbonField(px - vec2(e, 0.0), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, ignore);
-    float dUy = ribbonField(px + vec2(0.0, e), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, ignore);
-    float dDy = ribbonField(px - vec2(0.0, e), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, ignore);
+    float dRx = ribbonField(px + vec2(e, 0.0), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, playheadFeed, ignore);
+    float dLx = ribbonField(px - vec2(e, 0.0), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, playheadFeed, ignore);
+    float dUy = ribbonField(px + vec2(0.0, e), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, playheadFeed, ignore);
+    float dDy = ribbonField(px - vec2(0.0, e), nowY, pixelsPerSecond, maxHalfWidth, playheadFeed, ignore);
     // Surface normal in screen space (points OUT of the liquid). y flipped because our
     // field y is screen-down. Guard the zero-length case at flat interiors.
     vec2 grad = vec2(dRx - dLx, dUy - dDy);