diff --git a/src/components/beat-loader.js b/src/components/beat-loader.js
index 94f82dc..163f508 100644
--- a/src/components/beat-loader.js
+++ b/src/components/beat-loader.js
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('beat-loader', {
         this.twister.components.twister.pulse(event._value);
         break;
       case 9:
-        this.twister.components.twister.zoom(event._value);
+        // zoom was a bit disturbing
+        this.twister.components.twister.pulse(event._value);
         break;
       case 12:
         this.leftStageLasers.components['stage-lasers'].pulse(event._value);
diff --git a/src/components/stage-lasers.js b/src/components/stage-lasers.js
index 13ed409..93996c1 100644
--- a/src/components/stage-lasers.js
+++ b/src/components/stage-lasers.js
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('stage-lasers', {
   },
 
   pulse: function (speed) {
-    this.speed = speed / 5;
+    this.speed = speed / 8;
   },
 
   tick: function (time, delta) {
     if (this.speed === 0) { return; }
     delta /= 1000;
     if (!this.data.enabled) {
-      this.speed *= 0.96;
+      this.speed *= 0.97;
       if (Math.abs(this.speed) < 0.01) {
         this.speed = 0;
         return;
       }
     }
     this.lasers[0].rotation.z += this.speed * delta;
-    this.lasers[1].rotation.z -= this.speed * delta * 1.04;
-    this.lasers[2].rotation.z += this.speed * delta * 1.1;
+    this.lasers[1].rotation.z -= this.speed * delta * 1.01;
+    this.lasers[2].rotation.z += this.speed * delta * 1.02;
   }
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/twister.js b/src/components/twister.js
index 25b0083..3fc51f2 100644
--- a/src/components/twister.js
+++ b/src/components/twister.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('twister', {
     enabled: {default: false},
     twist: {default: 0},
     vertices: {default: 4, type: 'int'},
-    count: {default: 20, type: 'int'},
-    positionIncrement: {default: 2},
-    radiusIncrement: {default: 0.5},
-    thickness: {default: 0.4}
+    count: {default: 12, type: 'int'},
+    positionIncrement: {default: 1.4},
+    radiusIncrement: {default: 0.40},
+    thickness: {default: 0.37}
   },
 
   init: function () {
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('twister', {
 
   pulse: function (twist) {
     if (!this.data.enabled) { return; }
-    if (twist == 0) { twist = 0.05 + Math.random() * 0.15; }
-    else twist = Math.min(twist * 0.5, 0.5);
+    if (twist == 0) { twist = 0.03 + Math.random() * 0.25; }
+    else twist = Math.min(twist * 0.4, 0.4);
     twist *= Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1; // random direction
     this.el.setAttribute('twister', {twist: twist});
   },
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('twister', {
   },
 
   update: function (oldData) {
-    var radius = 4;
+    var radius = 6;
     var segment;
     var lastSegment;
 
diff --git a/src/templates/stage.html b/src/templates/stage.html
index 42b62ac..642e821 100644
--- a/src/templates/stage.html
+++ b/src/templates/stage.html
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
     position="0 0 -50"
     scale="20 20 20"></a-entity>
 
-  <a-entity id="twister" position="0 0 -60" rotation="90 0 0" bind__twister="enabled: isPlaying"></a-entity>
+  <a-entity id="twister" position="0 0 -35" rotation="90 0 0" bind__twister="enabled: isPlaying"></a-entity>
 
   <a-entity
     id="audioColumns"
-    audio-columns="analyser: #audioAnalyser; height: 28; mirror: 10; scale: 10; thickness: 0.4; separation: 0.45"
-    position="0 -17 1"></a-entity>
+    audio-columns="analyser: #audioAnalyser; height: 28; mirror: 10; scale: 6; thickness: 0.4; separation: 0.45"
+    position="0 -19 1"></a-entity>
 
   <a-mixin id="corridor" geometry="skipCache: true" vertex-colors-buffer="baseColor: #010101" visible="false"></a-mixin>
   <a-entity id="stageCorridor" buffer-geometry-merger material="shader: flat; flatShading: true; vertexColors: vertex">