diff --git a/web/src/debug.ts b/web/src/debug.ts
index 7d975c4..6af32d6 100644
--- a/web/src/debug.ts
+++ b/web/src/debug.ts
@@ -5,20 +5,32 @@ import type { Features } from "./features";
 
 const KEYS: (keyof Features)[] = ["sub", "low", "mid", "high", "kick", "snare", "wobble", "drop"];
 
+/// Onsets counted since the overlay opened; also on `window.audioDebug` for scripts.
+const counts = { kicks: 0, snares: 0, frames: 0 };
+
 export function audioDebug(): (f: Features) => void {
+  (window as unknown as { audioDebug: typeof counts }).audioDebug = counts;
+  let lastAge = 99, lastSnare = 0;
   const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
   canvas.className = "audio-debug";
-  const w = (canvas.width = 240), h = (canvas.height = 110);
+  const w = (canvas.width = 240), h = (canvas.height = 124);
   document.body.append(canvas);
   const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")!;
   ctx.font = "10px system-ui, sans-serif";
   const bar = w / KEYS.length;
   return (f) => {
+    counts.frames++;
+    if (f.kickAge < lastAge) counts.kicks++;
+    if (f.snare > lastSnare + 0.5) counts.snares++;
+    lastAge = f.kickAge;
+    lastSnare = f.snare;
     ctx.clearRect(0, 0, w, h);
+    ctx.fillStyle = "#fff9";
+    ctx.fillText(`kicks ${counts.kicks} · snares ${counts.snares}`, 4, 11);
     KEYS.forEach((k, i) => {
       const v = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, f[k]));
       ctx.fillStyle = k === "kick" || k === "snare" ? "#ff4d6d" : k === "drop" ? "#ffb02e" : "#7fd4ff";
-      ctx.fillRect(i * bar + 3, h - 14 - v * (h - 20), bar - 6, v * (h - 20));
+      ctx.fillRect(i * bar + 3, h - 14 - v * (h - 30), bar - 6, v * (h - 30));
       ctx.fillStyle = "#fff9";
       ctx.fillText(k, i * bar + 3, h - 3);
     });
diff --git a/web/src/features.ts b/web/src/features.ts
index 04678a3..3df2ec9 100644
--- a/web/src/features.ts
+++ b/web/src/features.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const SNARE_DECAY = 0.12; // s
 const WOBBLE_SMOOTH = 0.12; // s
 const DROP_SHORT = 1; // s of low-end loudness …
 const DROP_LONG = 12; // … against this much
+const DROP_HEARD_DB = -70; // the low end counts as sounding above this
 const DROP_RISE_DB = 2.5; // dB above the long average where a drop starts
 const DROP_FULL_DB = 5; // dB above the start for a full drop
 const DROP_ATTACK = 0.25; // s
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ export class FeatureTracker {
   private wobblePeak = 1;
   private short = SILENCE_DB;
   private long = SILENCE_DB;
+  /// Seconds of sound heard so far: the long average covers no more than that, so
+  /// music that starts in the middle of a drop is the baseline, not a drop.
+  private heard = 0;
 
   /// One frame from the analyser.
   fromAnalyser(an: AnalyserNode, now: number, dt: number): Features {
@@ -172,10 +176,13 @@ export class FeatureTracker {
     this.wobblePeak = Math.max(1, speed, this.wobblePeak * Math.exp(-dt / 4));
     f.wobble += (clamp01(speed / this.wobblePeak) - f.wobble) * ease(dt, WOBBLE_SMOOTH);
 
-    // Start from the first sound heard, or every track would open with a drop.
-    if (this.long <= SILENCE_DB) this.short = this.long = lowDb;
+    if (this.heard === 0) {
+      if (lowDb < DROP_HEARD_DB) return;
+      this.short = this.long = lowDb;
+    }
+    this.heard += dt;
     this.short += (lowDb - this.short) * ease(dt, DROP_SHORT);
-    this.long += (lowDb - this.long) * ease(dt, DROP_LONG);
+    this.long += (lowDb - this.long) * ease(dt, Math.min(DROP_LONG, DROP_SHORT + this.heard));
     const target = clamp01((this.short - this.long - DROP_RISE_DB) / DROP_FULL_DB);
     f.drop += (target - f.drop) * ease(dt, target > f.drop ? DROP_ATTACK : DROP_RELEASE);
   }