diff --git a/grants/lacma-2026/demo-narration.md b/grants/lacma-2026/demo-narration.md
index 5cfd6f2669..0e354d10ed 100644
--- a/grants/lacma-2026/demo-narration.md
+++ b/grants/lacma-2026/demo-narration.md
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-# title: AC Native — full demo narration (intro → prompt → notepat → prompt → off → bye)
+# title: AC Native — demo narration (boot → notepat → shutdown)
 # voice: Daniel
 # rate: 175
 #
-# Subtitles only during the notepat section and the brief "type off"
-# moment. The intro (0:00–0:03) has its own boot TTS ("hi @jeffrey,
-# enjoy Los Angeles!"), and the shutdown animation (0:19.75+) has its
-# own TTS + chime baked into ac-native — no narration needed there.
+# Subtitles narrate only the instrument section. The boot (0:00–0:03)
+# has its own "hi @jeffrey" TTS baked into the recording; the shutdown
+# (0:17.75+) will have its own "bye @handle" TTS + chime from ac-native
+# once hardware-recaptured. Both left unnarrated to let native audio
+# stand on its own.
 
-[0:04] notepat - the default piece.
-[0:07] Thirty-two voices, 192 kilohertz.
-[0:11] Chord colors track what you play.
-[0:14] A Viennese waltz, played live.
-[0:18] Back to the prompt. Type 'off'.
-[0:20] --silence--
+[0:06] notepat - the default piece.
+[0:09] Thirty-two voices, 192 kilohertz.
+[0:13] Chord colors track what you play.
+[0:16] A Viennese waltz, played live.
+[0:18] --silence--
diff --git a/system/public/lacma-2026/index.html b/system/public/lacma-2026/index.html
index 7051696f63..56cb2fdeb3 100644
--- a/system/public/lacma-2026/index.html
+++ b/system/public/lacma-2026/index.html
@@ -617,11 +617,11 @@
     <div class="demo-pair">
       <div class="demo-frame">
         <video id="demo-video"
-          poster="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated-poster.jpg?v=4"
+          poster="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated-poster.jpg?v=5"
           autoplay muted loop playsinline controls preload="metadata">
-          <source src="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated.webm?v=4" type="video/webm">
-          <source src="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated.mp4?v=4" type="video/mp4">
-          Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. <a href="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated.mp4?v=4">Download the MP4</a>.
+          <source src="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated.webm?v=5" type="video/webm">
+          <source src="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated.mp4?v=5" type="video/mp4">
+          Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. <a href="https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026/ac-native-demo-narrated.mp4?v=5">Download the MP4</a>.
         </video>
       </div>
       <div class="demo-hardware">
@@ -637,16 +637,16 @@
     </div>
     <div class="demo-caption">
       <div class="sequence">
-        <span class="step">boot</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">notepat</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">waltz</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">prompt</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">type 'off'</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">bye @jeffrey</span>
+        <span class="step">boot</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">notepat</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">Viennese waltz</span><span class="arrow">→</span><span class="step">bye @jeffrey</span>
       </div>
-      <div class="byline">boot + notepat captured live · prompt + shutdown screens simulated pending hardware recapture</div>
+      <div class="byline">boot + notepat captured live on an AC Blank · shutdown strobe simulated (pending hardware recapture — on real hardware, prompt.mjs receives 'off' to trigger it)</div>
     </div>
     <script>
     (() => {
       const tabs = document.querySelectorAll(".demo-tab");
       const video = document.getElementById("demo-video");
       const ASSET_BASE = "https://assets.aesthetic.computer/lacma-2026";
-      const V = "?v=4";  // bump when videos are re-rendered
+      const V = "?v=5";  // bump when videos are re-rendered
       tabs.forEach(tab => tab.addEventListener("click", () => {
         if (tab.classList.contains("active")) return;
         tabs.forEach(t => t.classList.remove("active"));