diff --git a/packages/core/cyclist.mjs b/packages/core/cyclist.mjs
index 072e97ab..f28dc604 100644
--- a/packages/core/cyclist.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/cyclist.mjs
@@ -22,44 +22,38 @@ export class Cyclist {
     this.started = false;
     this.beforeStart = beforeStart;
     this.cps = 0.5;
-    this.time_at_last_tick_message = 0;
-    this.cycle = 0;
+    this.num_ticks_since_cps_change = 0;
+    this.lastTick = 0; // absolute time when last tick (clock callback) happened
+    this.lastBegin = 0; // query begin of last tick
+    this.lastEnd = 0; // query end of last tick
     this.getTime = getTime; // get absolute time
     this.num_cycles_at_cps_change = 0;
     this.seconds_at_cps_change; // clock phase when cps was changed
-    this.num_ticks_since_cps_change = 0;
     this.onToggle = onToggle;
     this.latency = latency; // fixed trigger time offset
-
-    this.interval = interval;
-
     this.clock = createClock(
       getTime,
       // called slightly before each cycle
-      (phase, duration, _, time) => {
-        if (this.started === false) {
-          return;
+      (phase, duration, _, t) => {
+        if (this.num_ticks_since_cps_change === 0) {
+          this.num_cycles_at_cps_change = this.lastEnd;
+          this.seconds_at_cps_change = phase;
         }
-        const num_seconds_since_cps_change = this.num_ticks_since_cps_change * duration;
-        const tickdeadline = phase - time;
-        const lastTick = time + tickdeadline;
-        const num_cycles_since_cps_change = num_seconds_since_cps_change * this.cps;
-        const begin = this.num_cycles_at_cps_change + num_cycles_since_cps_change;
-        const secondsSinceLastTick = time - lastTick - duration;
-        const eventLength = duration * this.cps;
-        const end = begin + eventLength;
-        this.cycle = begin + secondsSinceLastTick * this.cps;
+        this.num_ticks_since_cps_change++;
+        const seconds_since_cps_change = this.num_ticks_since_cps_change * duration;
+        const num_cycles_since_cps_change = seconds_since_cps_change * this.cps;
 
-        //account for latency and tick duration when using cycle calculations for audio downstream
-        const cycle_gap = (this.latency - duration) * this.cps;
+        try {
+          const begin = this.lastEnd;
+          this.lastBegin = begin;
+          const end = this.num_cycles_at_cps_change + num_cycles_since_cps_change;
+          this.lastEnd = end;
+          this.lastTick = phase;
 
-        const haps = this.pattern.queryArc(begin, end, { _cps: this.cps });
-        haps.forEach((hap) => {
-          if (hap.hasOnset()) {
-            let targetTime = (hap.whole.begin - this.num_cycles_at_cps_change) / this.cps;
-            targetTime = targetTime + this.latency + tickdeadline + time - num_seconds_since_cps_change;
-            const duration = hap.duration / this.cps;
-            onTrigger?.(hap, tickdeadline, duration, this.cps, targetTime, this.cycle - cycle_gap);
+          if (phase < t) {
+            // avoid querying haps that are in the past anyway
+            console.log(`skip query: too late`);
+            return;
           }
 
           // query the pattern for events
@@ -96,25 +90,17 @@ export class Cyclist {
     if (!this.started) {
       return 0;
     }
-    const gap = (this.getTime() - this.time_at_last_tick_message) * this.cps;
-    return this.cycle + gap;
+    const secondsSinceLastTick = this.getTime() - this.lastTick - this.clock.duration;
+    return this.lastBegin + secondsSinceLastTick * this.cps; // + this.clock.minLatency;
   }
-
-  setCycle = (cycle) => {
-    this.num_ticks_since_cps_change = 0;
-    this.num_cycles_at_cps_change = cycle;
-  };
   setStarted(v) {
     this.started = v;
-
-    this.setCycle(0);
     this.onToggle?.(v);
   }
   async start() {
     await this.beforeStart?.();
     this.num_ticks_since_cps_change = 0;
     this.num_cycles_at_cps_change = 0;
-
     if (!this.pattern) {
       throw new Error('Scheduler: no pattern set! call .setPattern first.');
     }
@@ -143,8 +129,6 @@ export class Cyclist {
     if (this.cps === cps) {
       return;
     }
-    const num_seconds_since_cps_change = this.num_ticks_since_cps_change * this.interval;
-    this.num_cycles_at_cps_change = this.num_cycles_at_cps_change + num_seconds_since_cps_change * cps;
     this.cps = cps;
     this.num_ticks_since_cps_change = 0;
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/repl.mjs b/packages/core/repl.mjs
index d5cab857..dcc5fcba 100644
--- a/packages/core/repl.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/repl.mjs
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ export const getTrigger =
     // TODO: get rid of deadline after https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel/pulls/1004
     try {
       if (!hap.context.onTrigger || !hap.context.dominantTrigger) {
-        await defaultOutput(hap, deadline, duration, cps, t, cycle);
+        await defaultOutput(hap, deadline, duration, cps, t);
       }
       if (hap.context.onTrigger) {
         // call signature of output / onTrigger is different...
-        await hap.context.onTrigger(getTime() + deadline, hap, getTime(), cps, t, cycle);
+        await hap.context.onTrigger(getTime() + deadline, hap, getTime(), cps, t);
       }
     } catch (err) {
       logger(`[cyclist] error: ${err.message}`, 'error');
diff --git a/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs b/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
index c59a5c0d..e4296c6b 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
+++ b/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th
 import './feedbackdelay.mjs';
 import './reverb.mjs';
 import './vowel.mjs';
-import { clamp, nanFallback, _mod, cycleToSeconds } from './util.mjs';
+import { clamp, nanFallback, _mod, cycleToSeconds, secondsToCycle } from './util.mjs';
 import workletsUrl from './worklets.mjs?audioworklet';
 import { createFilter, gainNode, getCompressor, getWorklet } from './helpers.mjs';
 import { map } from 'nanostores';
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ export const superdough = async (value, t, hapDuration, cps = 0.5) => {
     amdepth = 1,
     amskew = 0.5,
     amphase = 0,
+    amshape = 1,
     s = getDefaultValue('s'),
     bank,
     source,
@@ -707,19 +708,35 @@ export const superdough = async (value, t, hapDuration, cps = 0.5) => {
   crush !== undefined && chain.push(getWorklet(ac, 'crush-processor', { crush }));
   shape !== undefined && chain.push(getWorklet(ac, 'shape-processor', { shape, postgain: shapevol }));
   distort !== undefined && chain.push(getWorklet(ac, 'distort-processor', { distort, postgain: distortvol }));
-  am !== undefined &&
-    chain.push(
-      getWorklet(ac, 'am-processor', {
-        speed: am,
-        depth: amdepth,
-        skew: amskew,
-        phaseoffset: amphase,
-        // shape: amshape,
+  // am !== undefined &&
+  //   chain.push(
+  //     getWorklet(ac, 'am-processor', {
+  //       speed: am,
+  //       depth: amdepth,
+  //       skew: amskew,
+  //       phaseoffset: amphase,
+  //       // shape: amshape,
 
-        cps,
-        cycle,
-      }),
-    );
+  //       cps,
+  //       cycle,
+  //     }),
+  //   );
+
+  if (am !== undefined) {
+    const amGain = new GainNode(ac, { gain: 1 });
+    const frequency = cycleToSeconds(am, cps)
+    const phaseoffset = cycleToSeconds(amphase, cps)
+    const lfo = getLfo(ac, t, t + hapDuration, {
+      skew: amskew, 
+      frequency: am * cps,
+       depth: amdepth, 
+      //  dcoffset: 0, 
+       shape: amshape, 
+       phaseoffset
+      })
+    lfo.connect(amGain.gain)
+    chain.push(amGain)
+  }
 
   compressorThreshold !== undefined &&
     chain.push(
diff --git a/packages/superdough/util.mjs b/packages/superdough/util.mjs
index ea63a16f..f4d59024 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/util.mjs
+++ b/packages/superdough/util.mjs
@@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ export const getSoundIndex = (n, numSounds) => {
 export function cycleToSeconds(cycle, cps) {
   return cycle / cps;
 }
+
+export function secondsToCycle(t, cps) {
+  return t * cps;
+}