diff --git a/src/app/features/soundscape/device.ts b/src/app/features/soundscape/device.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ecdf1593..00000000
--- a/src/app/features/soundscape/device.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-export interface DeviceHints {
-  deviceMemory?: number;
-  hardwareConcurrency?: number;
-}
-
-/**
- * Off on weak phones. The thresholds are placeholders: no phone has been measured (grammar
- * section 7, item 4). Unknown hints (Safari reports neither) do not count as weak.
- */
-export const isWeakDevice = ({ deviceMemory, hardwareConcurrency }: DeviceHints): boolean =>
-  (deviceMemory !== undefined && deviceMemory < 4) ||
-  (hardwareConcurrency !== undefined && hardwareConcurrency < 4);
diff --git a/src/app/features/soundscape/frame.ts b/src/app/features/soundscape/frame.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d7b2476..00000000
--- a/src/app/features/soundscape/frame.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-// The activity frame of Aqua's soundscape grammar (AquaSynth docs/soundscape-grammar.md at aeae510,
-// section 2). The Heimdall session produces it; this file only reads it. Shape follows
-// heimdall-body:follow_up:ratatoskr-creature-projection-v2 as the grammar relays it.
-
-export type Estate = 'human' | 'mind' | 'persona';
-export type Kind = 'Idle' | 'Reading' | 'Thinking' | 'Working' | 'Speaking' | 'Waiting' | 'Alert';
-export type Energy = 'Low' | 'Mid' | 'High' | 'Peak';
-export type Size = 'S' | 'M' | 'L';
-export type Override = 'None' | 'Muted';
-
-export interface ActivityFrame {
-  mind: string;
-  estate: Estate;
-  kind: Kind;
-  energy: Energy;
-  size: Size;
-  neutral: boolean;
-  override: Override;
-  seq: number;
-  /** Producer observation time, whole seconds (grammar: 1 s resolution). */
-  at: number;
-}
-
-const ESTATES: readonly Estate[] = ['human', 'mind', 'persona'];
-const KINDS: readonly Kind[] = [
-  'Idle',
-  'Reading',
-  'Thinking',
-  'Working',
-  'Speaking',
-  'Waiting',
-  'Alert',
-];
-const ENERGIES: readonly Energy[] = ['Low', 'Mid', 'High', 'Peak'];
-const SIZES: readonly Size[] = ['S', 'M', 'L'];
-
-/** Grammar S2 (proposed, unmeasured): a frame older than this is absent. */
-export const STALE_AFTER_S = 10;
-
-const oneOf = <T extends string>(set: readonly T[], v: unknown): T | undefined =>
-  set.find((s) => s === v);
-
-/** Grammar estate rule: a consumer clamps a human's energy to Low/Mid/High. */
-export const clampEnergy = (estate: Estate, energy: Energy): Energy =>
-  estate === 'human' && energy === 'Peak' ? 'High' : energy;
-
-/**
- * Read an untrusted frame. Only the grammar's fields survive: any other key (a weight, a vote, a
- * room id) is dropped, so a consumer cannot be steered by data the grammar does not define (A3).
- * Returns undefined for anything malformed; the caller treats that as no frame (A4).
- */
-export const readFrame = (raw: unknown): ActivityFrame | undefined => {
-  if (typeof raw !== 'object' || raw === null) return undefined;
-  const r = raw as Record<string, unknown>;
-  const estate = oneOf(ESTATES, r.estate);
-  const kind = oneOf(KINDS, r.kind);
-  const energy = oneOf(ENERGIES, r.energy);
-  const size = oneOf(SIZES, r.size);
-  const override =
-    r.override === undefined ? 'None' : oneOf(['None', 'Muted'] as const, r.override);
-  if (!estate || !kind || !energy || !size || !override) return undefined;
-  if (typeof r.mind !== 'string' || r.mind === '' || typeof r.neutral !== 'boolean')
-    return undefined;
-  if (!Number.isInteger(r.seq) || !Number.isFinite(r.at)) return undefined;
-  return {
-    mind: r.mind,
-    estate,
-    kind,
-    energy: clampEnergy(estate, energy),
-    size,
-    neutral: r.neutral,
-    override,
-    seq: r.seq as number,
-    at: r.at as number,
-  };
-};
-
-/** Latest frame per mind (S1: consumers drop seq <= last). */
-export class FrameTable {
-  private frames = new Map<string, ActivityFrame>();
-
-  offer(raw: unknown): boolean {
-    const f = readFrame(raw);
-    if (!f) return false;
-    const last = this.frames.get(f.mind);
-    if (last && f.seq <= last.seq) return false;
-    this.frames.set(f.mind, f);
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  /** Frames not stale at `nowS`; a missing or stale frame is simply absent (A4), not neutral. */
-  fresh(nowS: number): ActivityFrame[] {
-    return [...this.frames.values()].filter((f) => nowS - f.at <= STALE_AFTER_S);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/app/features/soundscape/scene.ts b/src/app/features/soundscape/scene.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 027cc27a..00000000
--- a/src/app/features/soundscape/scene.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import type { ActivityFrame, Size } from './frame';
-
-/** Placeholders owned by the orbit renderer, not the frame (grammar, Estate section). Unmeasured. */
-export const PLACEHOLDER_SIZE_SCALE: Record<Size, number> = { S: 0.7, M: 1, L: 1.4 };
-
-/** O1: a neutral participant gets no orbit. There is no neutral pose; it is not in the list. */
-export const drawnCreatures = (frames: readonly ActivityFrame[]): ActivityFrame[] =>
-  frames.filter((f) => !f.neutral);
diff --git a/src/app/features/soundscape/socket.ts b/src/app/features/soundscape/socket.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e1d23010..00000000
--- a/src/app/features/soundscape/socket.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import { FrameTable } from './frame';
-import { drawnCreatures } from './scene';
-import { planVoices, type SoundscapePrefs, type VoiceCommand } from './voices';
-import { isWeakDevice, type DeviceHints } from './device';
-
-/**
- * Where frames come from is `ratatoskr:question:activity-feed-source`, still open. Until the
- * Heimdall session feed exists the only source is `silentSource`. A source never reads a room's
- * member list (A1): being in a room says nothing about being active.
- */
-export interface ActivitySource {
-  subscribe(onFrame: (raw: unknown) => void): () => void;
-}
-const noop = () => undefined;
-export const silentSource: ActivitySource = { subscribe: () => noop };
-
-/** Receives the plan. No audio assets exist yet, so nothing in this repo sounds. */
-export interface VoiceSink {
-  play(commands: readonly VoiceCommand[]): void;
-}
-
-export interface AudioSocketDeps {
-  source: ActivitySource;
-  sink: VoiceSink;
-  prefs: () => SoundscapePrefs;
-  device: () => DeviceHints;
-  /** Whole seconds. */
-  nowS: () => number;
-}
-
-export const createAudioSocket = (deps: AudioSocketDeps) => {
-  const table = new FrameTable();
-  const unsubscribe = deps.source.subscribe((raw) => table.offer(raw));
-  return {
-    /** Called by the scheduler tick; a hidden page simply stops calling it (S5). */
-    tick(): VoiceCommand[] {
-      const prefs = deps.prefs();
-      const effective = { ...prefs, enabled: prefs.enabled && !isWeakDevice(deps.device()) };
-      const commands = planVoices(table.fresh(deps.nowS()), effective);
-      deps.sink.play(commands);
-      return commands;
-    },
-    /** What the orbit renderer draws: the same table, neutral removed. */
-    drawn: () => drawnCreatures(table.fresh(deps.nowS())),
-    close: unsubscribe,
-  };
-};
diff --git a/src/app/features/soundscape/soundscape.test.ts b/src/app/features/soundscape/soundscape.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e07db5b9..00000000
--- a/src/app/features/soundscape/soundscape.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { FrameTable, readFrame, STALE_AFTER_S, type ActivityFrame } from './frame';
-import { drawnCreatures, PLACEHOLDER_SIZE_SCALE } from './scene';
-import { DEFAULT_VOICE_CAP, planVoices, type SoundscapePrefs } from './voices';
-import { isWeakDevice } from './device';
-import { createAudioSocket, silentSource, type ActivitySource } from './socket';
-
-const frame = (o: Partial<ActivityFrame> = {}): ActivityFrame => ({
-  mind: 'void',
-  estate: 'mind',
-  kind: 'Working',
-  energy: 'Mid',
-  size: 'M',
-  neutral: false,
-  override: 'None',
-  seq: 1,
-  at: 100,
-  ...o,
-});
-const noop = () => undefined;
-const on: SoundscapePrefs = { enabled: true, muted: false, volume: 0.5, voiceCap: 4 };
-
-describe('neutral overrides everything', () => {
-  it('draws nothing and sounds nothing for any kind, energy, size or estate', () => {
-    const cases = (['human', 'mind', 'persona'] as const).flatMap((estate) =>
-      (['Speaking', 'Alert', 'Working'] as const).flatMap((kind) =>
-        (['High', 'Peak'] as const).flatMap((energy) =>
-          (['S', 'M', 'L'] as const).map((size) =>
-            frame({ neutral: true, estate, kind, energy, size })
-          )
-        )
-      )
-    );
-    expect(cases).toHaveLength(54);
-    cases.forEach((f) => {
-      expect(drawnCreatures([f])).toEqual([]);
-      expect(planVoices([f], on)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-  });
-  it('is not the same as an absent frame: absent reads as idle, neutral as hidden', () => {
-    const t = new FrameTable();
-    t.offer(frame({ at: 100 }));
-    expect(drawnCreatures(t.fresh(100 + STALE_AFTER_S + 1))).toEqual([]);
-    expect(drawnCreatures(t.fresh(100)).length).toBe(1);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('human energy is clamped to three buckets by the consumer', () => {
-  it('turns Peak into High for humans only', () => {
-    expect(readFrame(frame({ estate: 'human', energy: 'Peak' }))?.energy).toBe('High');
-    expect(readFrame(frame({ estate: 'mind', energy: 'Peak' }))?.energy).toBe('Peak');
-    expect(readFrame(frame({ estate: 'persona', energy: 'Peak' }))?.energy).toBe('Peak');
-  });
-  it('keeps the clamp through the voice plan', () => {
-    const t = new FrameTable();
-    t.offer(frame({ estate: 'human', energy: 'Peak' }));
-    expect(planVoices(t.fresh(100), on)[0].energy).toBe('High');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('activity is a stub, never the room member list', () => {
-  it('the silent source and the socket yield nothing, however many members a room has', () => {
-    const members = ['@a:x', '@b:x', '@c:x'];
-    const sock = createAudioSocket({
-      source: silentSource,
-      sink: { play: noop },
-      prefs: () => on,
-      device: () => ({}),
-      nowS: () => 100,
-    });
-    expect(members.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect(sock.tick()).toEqual([]);
-    expect(sock.drawn()).toEqual([]);
-  });
-  it('only frames the source pushes produce voices', () => {
-    const pushes: ((raw: unknown) => void)[] = [];
-    const source: ActivitySource = {
-      subscribe: (cb) => {
-        pushes.push(cb);
-        return noop;
-      },
-    };
-    const sock = createAudioSocket({
-      source,
-      sink: { play: noop },
-      prefs: () => on,
-      device: () => ({}),
-      nowS: () => 100,
-    });
-    pushes[0](frame({ mind: 'aqua' }));
-    expect(sock.tick().map((v) => v.mind)).toEqual(['aqua']);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('no vote weights', () => {
-  it('drops fields the grammar does not define, and the plan carries only user volume as gain', () => {
-    const f = readFrame({ ...frame(), weight: 9, votes: 40, roomId: '!r:x', brief: 'secret' });
-    expect(Object.keys(f ?? {}).sort()).toEqual(
-      ['at', 'energy', 'estate', 'kind', 'mind', 'neutral', 'override', 'seq', 'size'].sort()
-    );
-    const t = new FrameTable();
-    t.offer({ ...frame(), weight: 9 });
-    expect(planVoices(t.fresh(100), on)[0].gain).toBe(0.5);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('size scales are placeholders', () => {
-  it('live in the renderer table, not in the frame, and change nothing about voices', () => {
-    expect(PLACEHOLDER_SIZE_SCALE).toEqual({ S: 0.7, M: 1, L: 1.4 });
-    const s = planVoices([frame({ size: 'S' })], on);
-    const l = planVoices([frame({ size: 'L' })], on);
-    expect(s).toEqual(l);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('socket defaults and limits', () => {
-  it('ships off, muted, with the proposed cap', async () => {
-    vi.stubGlobal('localStorage', { getItem: () => null });
-    const { getSettings } = await import('../../state/settings');
-    const s = getSettings();
-    expect(s.soundscapeEnabled).toBe(false);
-    expect(s.soundscapeMuted).toBe(true);
-    expect(s.soundscapeVoiceCap).toBe(DEFAULT_VOICE_CAP);
-  });
-  it('master mute, disabled flag and zero volume all silence', () => {
-    const f = [frame()];
-    expect(planVoices(f, { ...on, muted: true })).toEqual([]);
-    expect(planVoices(f, { ...on, enabled: false })).toEqual([]);
-    expect(planVoices(f, { ...on, volume: 0 })).toEqual([]);
-  });
-  it('caps voices, dropping the lowest energy first', () => {
-    const f = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'].map((mind, i) =>
-      frame({ mind, energy: (['Low', 'Mid', 'High', 'Peak', 'Mid'] as const)[i] })
-    );
-    const voices = planVoices(f, { ...on, voiceCap: 4 }).map((v) => v.mind);
-    expect(voices).toHaveLength(4);
-    expect(voices).not.toContain('a');
-  });
-  it('Muted silences the voice but the creature is still drawn; Idle/Waiting are silent', () => {
-    const f = [frame({ override: 'Muted' }), frame({ mind: 'x', kind: 'Idle' })];
-    expect(planVoices(f, on)).toEqual([]);
-    expect(drawnCreatures(f)).toHaveLength(2);
-  });
-  it('is off on weak phones even when the flag is on, and unknown hints are not weak', () => {
-    expect(isWeakDevice({ deviceMemory: 2 })).toBe(true);
-    expect(isWeakDevice({ hardwareConcurrency: 2 })).toBe(true);
-    expect(isWeakDevice({})).toBe(false);
-    const played: number[] = [];
-    const sock = createAudioSocket({
-      source: {
-        subscribe: (cb) => {
-          cb(frame());
-          return noop;
-        },
-      },
-      sink: { play: (c) => played.push(c.length) },
-      prefs: () => on,
-      device: () => ({ deviceMemory: 1 }),
-      nowS: () => 100,
-    });
-    expect(sock.tick()).toEqual([]);
-    expect(played).toEqual([0]);
-  });
-  it('drops frames with seq <= last, and malformed frames', () => {
-    const t = new FrameTable();
-    expect(t.offer(frame({ seq: 5 }))).toBe(true);
-    expect(t.offer(frame({ seq: 5 }))).toBe(false);
-    expect(t.offer(frame({ seq: 4 }))).toBe(false);
-    expect(t.offer({ ...frame(), kind: 'Dancing' })).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/features/soundscape/voices.ts b/src/app/features/soundscape/voices.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d20e55ad..00000000
--- a/src/app/features/soundscape/voices.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import type { ActivityFrame, Energy, Kind } from './frame';
-
-/** Grammar V3 (proposed, unmeasured): voices audible at once. */
-export const DEFAULT_VOICE_CAP = 4;
-
-/** Local listener preferences. Never written back into a frame (O3). */
-export interface SoundscapePrefs {
-  /** The feature flag. Default off. */
-  enabled: boolean;
-  /** Master mute. Default on. */
-  muted: boolean;
-  /** 0..1 */
-  volume: number;
-  voiceCap: number;
-}
-
-export interface VoiceCommand {
-  mind: string;
-  kind: Kind;
-  energy: Energy;
-  gain: number;
-}
-
-const ENERGY_RANK: Record<Energy, number> = { Low: 0, Mid: 1, High: 2, Peak: 3 };
-/** Grammar section 3: Idle and Waiting default silent. */
-const SILENT_KINDS: ReadonlySet<Kind> = new Set<Kind>(['Idle', 'Waiting']);
-
-const clamp01 = (v: number) => (Number.isFinite(v) ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, v)) : 0);
-
-/**
- * Which voices speak now. Neutral overrides everything (O1); `Muted` silences one Mind (O2);
- * over the cap the lowest energy drops first (V3, ties by mind id so the result is stable).
- * Identity is the mind id only (V1); `gain` is the user's volume, not a vote weight.
- * Lead exemption in V3 is not implemented: the grammar does not say how a lead is chosen.
- */
-export const planVoices = (
-  frames: readonly ActivityFrame[],
-  prefs: SoundscapePrefs
-): VoiceCommand[] => {
-  if (!prefs.enabled || prefs.muted) return [];
-  const gain = clamp01(prefs.volume);
-  if (gain === 0) return [];
-  const cap = Math.max(0, Math.floor(prefs.voiceCap));
-  return frames
-    .filter((f) => !f.neutral && f.override !== 'Muted' && !SILENT_KINDS.has(f.kind))
-    .sort((a, b) => ENERGY_RANK[b.energy] - ENERGY_RANK[a.energy] || a.mind.localeCompare(b.mind))
-    .slice(0, cap)
-    .map((f) => ({ mind: f.mind, kind: f.kind, energy: f.energy, gain }));
-};
diff --git a/src/app/state/settings.ts b/src/app/state/settings.ts
index d4deb39c..6a894350 100644
--- a/src/app/state/settings.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/settings.ts
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ export interface Settings {
   dateFormatString: string;
 
   developerTools: boolean;
-
-  /** Soundscape flag: default off, and muted by default even when on. */
-  soundscapeEnabled: boolean;
-  soundscapeMuted: boolean;
-  soundscapeVolume: number;
-  soundscapeVoiceCap: number;
 }
 
 const defaultSettings: Settings = {
@@ -87,11 +81,6 @@ const defaultSettings: Settings = {
   dateFormatString: 'D MMM YYYY',
 
   developerTools: false,
-
-  soundscapeEnabled: false,
-  soundscapeMuted: true,
-  soundscapeVolume: 0.5,
-  soundscapeVoiceCap: 4,
 };
 
 export const getSettings = () => {