tide-table: PLN on the devcon plate, fader gradient, black page

armada/tide-table/performance_notes.md

@@ -789,3 +789,10 @@ see the D1-3 under the lettering"**. The brand may sit on wired cells, never hid
 them. Wants the wave (`w`) and lettering (`l`) kept as toggles; recording on the
 laptop, no projector.
 
+
+Follow-up, same day: the translucent plate **still hid D1-D3's levels** ("the
+lettering hides the levels of d1-3 tho"). Fix he chose: no plate, the gradient
+goes INTO the letters. He also asked for each D fader to wear one gradient step
+(D1..D8 = corail -> cyan, "when all are up, we see more colors"), and rejected the
+navy page: it **"doesnt fit well the Rose Rouge bg"**, so black with colours
+popping. Rule of thumb: the brand decorates between readings, never over them.