diff --git a/Controls/AudioDock.xaml b/Controls/AudioDock.xaml
index 5a04678..b20c613 100644
--- a/Controls/AudioDock.xaml
+++ b/Controls/AudioDock.xaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                                        TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" Text="{Binding MicSourceName, TargetNullValue='No microphone'}"
                                        Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurface}"/>
                         </Grid>
-                        <controls:SegmentMeter Grid.Row="1" Height="10" Margin="0,6,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal"
+                        <controls:SegmentMeter Grid.Row="1" Height="10" Margin="0,6,0,4" Orientation="Horizontal"
                                                Level="{Binding MicMeterFraction}" Segments="24"/>
                         <DockPanel Grid.Row="2" Margin="0,6,0,0">
                             <Button DockPanel.Dock="Left" Width="24" Height="20" Margin="0,0,6,0"
@@ -179,28 +179,29 @@
                             <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                             <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-                        <!-- One line up (creator ruling 2026-11-01): the offset slider rides on the
-                             header line, beside the badge and the reading — not on a line of its own
-                             underneath it. The presets are what remains below. -->
+                        <!-- Row alignment across the dock (creator ruling 2026-11-01): every bay is
+                             header / meter / controls, so the ladders sit on one horizontal line and the
+                             volume bars on another. Lip-sync has no ladder, so it holds an empty row the
+                             height of one (10px meter + 6/4 margins = 20) to keep its slider level with
+                             the other three. -->
                         <Grid Grid.Row="0">
                             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                                 <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                                 <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                            <Border Background="{StaticResource Brush.SurfaceContainerHighest}" CornerRadius="{StaticResource Radius.Sm}" Padding="5,1"
-                                    VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                            <Border Background="{StaticResource Brush.SurfaceContainerHighest}" CornerRadius="{StaticResource Radius.Sm}" Padding="5,1">
                                 <TextBlock Text="LIP-SYNC" FontSize="9" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurfaceVariant}"/>
                             </Border>
                             <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Margin="6,0,0,0" FontSize="10" VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                                       FontFamily="{StaticResource FontFamily.Mono}"
+                                       FontFamily="{StaticResource FontFamily.Mono}" TextAlignment="Right"
                                        Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.Tertiary}" Text="{Binding SyncOffsetLabel}"/>
-                            <Slider Grid.Column="2" Margin="8,0,0,0" Minimum="-200" Maximum="200" SmallChange="5" LargeChange="25"
+                        </Grid>
+                        <Border Grid.Row="1" Height="20"/>
+                        <StackPanel Grid.Row="2">
+                            <Slider Minimum="-200" Maximum="200" SmallChange="5" LargeChange="25"
                                     TickFrequency="5" IsSnapToTickEnabled="True"
                                     Value="{Binding AudioSyncOffsetMs, Mode=TwoWay}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
-                        </Grid>
-                        <StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,6,0,0">
-                            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
+                            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,2,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
                                 <Button Content="0" Width="26" Height="16" FontSize="9" Padding="0" Margin="0,0,4,0"
                                         Style="{StaticResource YtButtonSecondary}" Click="SyncPreset_Click" Tag="0"/>
                                 <Button Content="+50" Width="30" Height="16" FontSize="9" Padding="0" Margin="0,0,4,0"