diff --git a/Controls/AudioDock.xaml b/Controls/AudioDock.xaml
index 775ced8..979d72c 100644
--- a/Controls/AudioDock.xaml
+++ b/Controls/AudioDock.xaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
                                        Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurface}"/>
                         </Grid>
                         <controls:SegmentMeter Grid.Row="1" Height="10" Margin="0,6,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal"
+                                               MaxWidth="320" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                                                Level="{Binding MicMeterFraction}" Segments="24"/>
                         <DockPanel Grid.Row="2" Margin="0,6,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
                             <Button DockPanel.Dock="Left" Width="24" Height="20" Margin="0,0,6,0"
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
                         </Grid>
 
                         <controls:SegmentMeter Grid.Row="1" Height="10" Margin="0,6,0,4" Orientation="Horizontal"
+                                               MaxWidth="320" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                                                Level="{Binding GameMeterFraction}" Segments="24"/>
 
                         <!-- Desktop volume, directly beneath its meter. -->
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@
                         </Grid>
 
                         <controls:SegmentMeter Grid.Row="1" Height="10" Margin="0,6,0,4" Orientation="Horizontal"
+                                               MaxWidth="320" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                                                Level="{Binding TraxMeterFraction}" Segments="24"/>
 
                         <DockPanel Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Center">
@@ -229,18 +232,24 @@
                                    Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.Attention}"/>
                     </Border>
 
-                    <!-- Centre: MASTER + the long meter + its reading. -->
-                    <StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
-                        <TextBlock Text="MASTER" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                    <!-- Centre: MASTER + the long meter + its reading. The ladder stretches with the
+                         window between 420 and 760 px — always longer than the 320-capped bay meters. -->
+                    <Grid Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
+                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
+                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                        <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="MASTER" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                    Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurface}"/>
-                        <controls:SegmentMeter Width="420" Height="14" Margin="12,0,0,0"
+                        <controls:SegmentMeter Grid.Column="1" Height="14" Margin="12,0,0,0" MinWidth="420" MaxWidth="760"
                                                Orientation="Horizontal" Segments="32"
                                                Level="{Binding MasterMeterFraction}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
-                        <TextBlock Width="72" Margin="10,0,0,0" FontSize="12"
+                        <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Width="72" Margin="10,0,0,0" FontSize="12"
                                    FontFamily="{StaticResource FontFamily.Mono}" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                    Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurface}"
                                    Text="{Binding MasterLevelLabel}"/>
-                    </StackPanel>
+                    </Grid>
 
                     <!-- Right: MONO (accessibility, remembered) + the session clock. -->
                     <StackPanel Grid.Column="2" Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Center">