diff --git a/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.test.ts b/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.test.ts
index cc1a57f5..32388198 100644
--- a/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.test.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,65 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { planOrbitDriftCorrection, stepRateToward, type DriftCorrectionInput } from './driftCorrectionPlan';
-import { RATE_STEP } from './driftCorrectionConstants';
+import { RATE_MAX, RATE_MIN, RATE_STEP } from './driftCorrectionConstants';
 
 function input(over: Partial<DriftCorrectionInput> = {}): DriftCorrectionInput {
   return { driftMs: 0, hostIsPlaying: true, ...over };
 }
 
-// Speed correction is disabled (audible wobble in practice). The planner now
-// only holds 1.0× or surfaces the manual Catch-Up button past a moderate drift.
-describe('planOrbitDriftCorrection (speed correction disabled)', () => {
+// Proportional speed correction is re-enabled (SPEED_CORRECTION_ENABLED = true)
+// for another round of live testing. These cover the active controller.
+describe('planOrbitDriftCorrection (proportional)', () => {
   it('holds when the host is paused', () => {
-    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -9000, hostIsPlaying: false }))).toEqual({ action: 'hold' });
+    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -3000, hostIsPlaying: false }))).toEqual({ action: 'hold' });
   });
 
-  it('holds for small and moderate drift — never nudges the rate', () => {
-    for (const d of [-2900, -1500, -1000, 0, 1000, 2900]) {
-      expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: d }))).toEqual({ action: 'hold' });
-    }
+  it('holds inside the deadband', () => {
+    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -900 }))).toEqual({ action: 'hold' }); // < 1000
+    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: 900 }))).toEqual({ action: 'hold' });
   });
 
-  it('surfaces the catch-up button (seek) once drift passes the threshold', () => {
-    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -3100 }))).toEqual({ action: 'seek' });
-    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: 4000 }))).toEqual({ action: 'seek' });
-    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: 13000 }))).toEqual({ action: 'seek' });
+  it('reaches the full cap at the full-scale drift', () => {
+    // FULL_SCALE = 4000: behind 4 s → +10%, ahead 4 s → −10%.
+    const behind = planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -4000 }));
+    expect(behind).toEqual({ action: 'correct', targetRate: RATE_MAX });
+    const ahead = planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: 4000 }));
+    expect(ahead).toEqual({ action: 'correct', targetRate: RATE_MIN });
   });
 
-  it('never proposes a speed correction while disabled', () => {
-    for (const d of [-50000, -3000, -1600, 1600, 3000, 50000]) {
-      expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: d })).action).not.toBe('correct');
+  it('scales gently for a mid drift (no full whack near synced)', () => {
+    // Halfway between deadband (1000) and full-scale (4000) → ~half the cap.
+    const p = planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -2500 }));
+    expect(p.action).toBe('correct');
+    if (p.action !== 'correct') return;
+    // (2500-1000)/(4000-1000) = 0.5 → 1 + 0.10×0.5 = 1.05
+    expect(p.targetRate).toBeCloseTo(1.05, 5);
+  });
+
+  it('is continuous across the deadband edge — a tiny over-deadband drift gets a tiny nudge', () => {
+    const p = planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -1001 }));
+    expect(p.action).toBe('correct');
+    if (p.action !== 'correct') return;
+    expect(p.targetRate).toBeGreaterThan(1.0);
+    expect(p.targetRate).toBeLessThan(1.001); // essentially neutral right at the edge
+  });
+
+  it('clamps beyond full-scale to the cap', () => {
+    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -7000 }))).toEqual({ action: 'correct', targetRate: RATE_MAX });
+  });
+
+  it('seeks (manual button) only past the hard threshold', () => {
+    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: -9000 }))).toEqual({ action: 'seek' }); // > 8000
+    expect(planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: 9000 }))).toEqual({ action: 'seek' });
+  });
+
+  it('never proposes a rate outside the ±10% cap', () => {
+    for (const d of [-50000, -3000, 3000, 50000]) {
+      const p = planOrbitDriftCorrection(input({ driftMs: d }));
+      if (p.action === 'correct') {
+        expect(p.targetRate).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(RATE_MIN - 1e-9);
+        expect(p.targetRate).toBeLessThanOrEqual(RATE_MAX + 1e-9);
+      }
     }
   });
 });
@@ -36,12 +67,15 @@ describe('planOrbitDriftCorrection (speed correction disabled)', () => {
 describe('stepRateToward', () => {
   it('moves at most one step and snaps on arrival', () => {
     let rate = 1.0;
+    const seq = [rate];
     for (let i = 0; i < 50 && rate !== 1.1; i += 1) {
       const next = stepRateToward(rate, 1.1);
       expect(Math.abs(next - rate)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(RATE_STEP + 1e-9);
       rate = next;
+      seq.push(rate);
     }
     expect(rate).toBeCloseTo(1.1, 9);
+    expect(seq.length).toBe(11);
   });
 
   it('ramps back to exactly 1.0× without float dust', () => {
@@ -49,4 +83,13 @@ describe('stepRateToward', () => {
     for (let i = 0; i < 50 && rate !== 1.0; i += 1) rate = stepRateToward(rate, 1.0);
     expect(rate).toBe(1.0);
   });
+
+  it('tracks a lowered target mid-ramp (no overshoot)', () => {
+    // Heading to 1.10 but the target drops to 1.03 — should settle at 1.03.
+    let rate = 1.0;
+    rate = stepRateToward(rate, 1.1); // 1.01
+    rate = stepRateToward(rate, 1.1); // 1.02
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10 && rate !== 1.03; i += 1) rate = stepRateToward(rate, 1.03);
+    expect(rate).toBeCloseTo(1.03, 9);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.ts b/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.ts
index 4952c270..d5390524 100644
--- a/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.ts
+++ b/src/utils/orbit/driftCorrectionPlan.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ import {
 } from './driftCorrectionConstants';
 
 /**
- * Automatic speed nudging is **disabled**: in practice every pitch-preserving
- * rate change is audible (tempo wobble / DSP distortion), and the host's sync
- * at track change plus the manual Catch-Up button keep the guest aligned well
- * enough. The proportional controller below is kept behind this flag in case the
- * preserve-pitch DSP improves enough to revisit it.
+ * Toggle for the automatic proportional speed nudging. We disabled it once
+ * because every pitch-preserving rate change was audible in practice (tempo
+ * wobble / DSP distortion); it's re-enabled now for another round of live
+ * testing. Flip to `false` to fall back to "hold 1.0× + manual Catch-Up button
+ * past DRIFT_CATCHUP_BUTTON_MS" without touching the controller below.
  */
-const SPEED_CORRECTION_ENABLED = false;
+const SPEED_CORRECTION_ENABLED = true;
 
 export interface DriftCorrectionInput {
   /** Smoothed, signed drift: `> 0` guest ahead (slow down), `< 0` behind (speed up). */