Tune the alteration look by eye in the simulator (python simulator/setup_sample_media.py then make sim-local) and LOCK the knob→strength calibration into DEFAULT_CALIBRATION in player/alteration.py (+ a unit test) — settling the open session-0006 calibration decision. While there, judge whether more neutral "scales of nature" base clips + a real multi-strength flow-stabilized Right re-bake are worth doing next vs. moving to scale-ring navigation (endless encoder + AI zoom transitions). Keep deferring Pi renderer + serial/firmware. Read sub-project-3-player-progress memory + docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-07-reconciled-simulator-alteration-slice-design.md (§8) first.
```
## Pre-state
-`main` clean at `e753a68` (then ff'd to the 0010 claim commit `7d2a306`).
updated with the session outcome + the new `Next /goal`.
- Deferred (unchanged): Pi renderer, serial/firmware; the expensive Right re-bake.
## Deferred decisions
- **Locked `DEFAULT_CALIBRATION` to unity/linear autonomously.** The operator
asked to "tune by eye" and lock; I made the by-eye judgment (via POC renders +
headless-Chrome sim screenshots) that full tilt is peaceful on every axis after
the dark fix, so no softening of gains was warranted, and locked the unity/linear
values. *Alternative:* soften `mood_gain`/`overlay_gain` (<1.0) so full knob is
gentler — set aside because the evidence showed full tilt is already calm. The
calibration stays fully parameterized, so flipping the feel is a one-line edit +
the lock test if the operator disagrees on review.
- **Dark-grade fix landed in the sim frontend (not the final renderer).** The fix
makes the *simulator* look right for tuning; the Pi/mpv renderer (later slice)
will do proper grading. Recorded in §8.
- The build-vs-next direction was **not** a deferred call — it was put to the
operator directly and confirmed.
## Operator plate
- Calibration is settled and guarded; the long-open session-0006 decision is
closed. The sim look is now likable on the one forest clip across all axes.
- Next session's first move is the `/goal` below (scale-ring navigation).
## Next-session prompt
```
/goal Build scale-ring navigation in the simulator — add an endless rotary-encoder control (relative, vs the absolute 0-4 experience knobs) that walks a closed ring of neutral "scales of nature" clips with placeholder AI zoom/warp transitions between scales. Add 1–2 cheap, true-PD neutral base clips so the ring is demonstrable (NASA/Hubble cosmos + NOAA Ocean Exploration deep sea). Defer the expensive real multi-strength flow-stabilized Right re-bake until the ring is liked; keep deferring the Pi renderer + serial/firmware. Read the sub-project-3-player-progress memory + docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-07-scales-library-and-right-axis-pipeline-design.md first.
> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.**
>
> This file reserves session ID 0010 for human-experience-filter-art. The driver replaces this
> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final
> SESSION-0010.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T23-09--<end>.md form at session end.
## Launch prompt
```
Tune the alteration look by eye in the simulator (python simulator/setup_sample_media.py then make sim-local) and LOCK the knob→strength calibration into DEFAULT_CALIBRATION in player/alteration.py (+ a unit test) — settling the open session-0006 calibration decision. While there, judge whether more neutral "scales of nature" base clips + a real multi-strength flow-stabilized Right re-bake are worth doing next vs. moving to scale-ring navigation (endless encoder + AI zoom transitions). Keep deferring Pi renderer + serial/firmware. Read sub-project-3-player-progress memory + docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-07-reconciled-simulator-alteration-slice-design.md (§8) first.
```
## Deferred decisions
_Autonomous-mode low-confidence calls the driver made and would have
liked operator input on. Appended as the session runs; surfaced at
> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.**
>
> This file reserves session ID 0011 for human-experience-filter-art. The driver replaces this
> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final
> SESSION-0011.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-07T23-26--<end>.md form at session end.
## Launch prompt
```
/goal Build scale-ring navigation in the simulator — add an endless rotary-encoder control (relative, vs the absolute 0-4 experience knobs) that walks a closed ring of neutral "scales of nature" clips with placeholder AI zoom/warp transitions between scales. Add 1–2 cheap, true-PD neutral base clips so the ring is demonstrable (NASA/Hubble cosmos + NOAA Ocean Exploration deep sea). Defer the expensive real multi-strength flow-stabilized Right re-bake until the ring is liked; keep deferring the Pi renderer + serial/firmware.
```
## Deferred decisions
_Autonomous-mode low-confidence calls the driver made and would have
liked operator input on. Appended as the session runs; surfaced at
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