diff --git a/life.pd b/life.pd
index c5fe900..a21bbd8 100644
--- a/life.pd
+++ b/life.pd
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
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-#X obj 94 170 +;
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+#X obj 119 525 unpack f f;
+#X obj 119 568 +;
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-#X text 370 7 this could all be optimised \, but I went for a "simple"
-solution \, and I'm bad at patching. TODO optimise drawing \, implement
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 #X obj 11 30 inlet;
@@ -166,7 +155,7 @@ of triggers that cells are on this generation;
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 #X connect 34 0 35 0;
 #X restore 333 467 pd life-frame;
-#X text 39 22 grid I/O;
+#X text 66 424 grid I/O;
 #X obj 333 429 metro 200;
 #X obj 333 401 r playing;
 #X obj 393 129 t b b, f 13;
@@ -175,23 +164,16 @@ of triggers that cells are on this generation;
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-#X obj 808 473 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty reset 17 7 0 10 -262144
--1 -1;
-#X obj 94 221 v page;
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 (page 0);
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-#X obj 94 246 pack f f;
-#X obj 94 195 t b f, f 8;
-#X text 156 246 packs to page \, index;
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+#X obj 119 593 t b f, f 8;
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@@ -282,7 +264,7 @@ of triggers that cells are on this generation;
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 #X connect 18 3 14 0;
 #X connect 20 0 19 0;
-#X restore 94 324 pd life-page;
+#X restore 119 722 pd life-page;
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@@ -417,7 +399,7 @@ the row of the item;
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-#X obj 94 271 route 0 1;
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-#X connect 22 0 21 0;
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diff --git a/sampler-abstraction.pd b/sampler-abstraction.pd
index 80785b2..3b266df 100644
--- a/sampler-abstraction.pd
+++ b/sampler-abstraction.pd
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
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