diff --git a/crates/app/edn/sampler_keys.edn b/crates/app/edn/sampler_keys.edn
index dc8b9554..ef07497e 100644
--- a/crates/app/edn/sampler_keys.edn
+++ b/crates/app/edn/sampler_keys.edn
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 
 (@right select :sample-right)
 (@d     select :sample-right)
+
+(@r record/begin :sample)
diff --git a/crates/sampler/src/lib.rs b/crates/sampler/src/lib.rs
index 8229812b..23e49095 100644
--- a/crates/sampler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/sampler/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![feature(let_chains)]
+
 pub(crate) use ::tek_jack::{*, jack::*};
 pub(crate) use ::tek_midi::{*, midly::{*, live::*, num::*}};
 pub(crate) use ::tengri::{dsl::*, input::*, output::*, tui::{*, ratatui::prelude::*}};
diff --git a/crates/sampler/src/sampler_api.rs b/crates/sampler/src/sampler_api.rs
index 295f0cce..5720c17e 100644
--- a/crates/sampler/src/sampler_api.rs
+++ b/crates/sampler/src/sampler_api.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ expose! {
         [Option<Arc<RwLock<Sample>>>] => {}
         [PathBuf] => {}
         [f32] => {}
-        [u7] => {}
+        [u7] => {
+            ":sample"       => (self.note_pos() as u8).into(),
+        }
         [usize] => {
             ":sample-up"    => self.note_pos().min(119) + 8,
             ":sample-down"  => self.note_pos().max(8)   - 8,
diff --git a/crates/sampler/src/sampler_view.rs b/crates/sampler/src/sampler_view.rs
index 1faec29a..edc0d524 100644
--- a/crates/sampler/src/sampler_view.rs
+++ b/crates/sampler/src/sampler_view.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ impl Sampler {
         let cursor = self.cursor();
         let hi_fg = Color::Rgb(64, 64, 64);
         let hi_bg = if y == 0 { Color::Reset } else { Color::Rgb(64, 64, 64) /*prev*/ };
-        let tx_fg = Color::Rgb(255, 255, 255);
+        let tx_fg = if let Some((index, _)) = self.recording
+            && index % 8 == x as usize
+            && index / 8 == y as usize
+        {
+            Color::Rgb(255, 64, 0)
+        } else {
+            Color::Rgb(255, 255, 255)
+        };
         let tx_bg = if x as usize == cursor.0 && y as usize == cursor.1 {
             Color::Rgb(96, 96, 96)
         } else {
diff --git a/deps/tengri b/deps/tengri
index e32bb541..844681d6 160000
--- a/deps/tengri
+++ b/deps/tengri
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e32bb541e02abcaa3e463c4bf7ebf642593b1853
+Subproject commit 844681d6add6838a173ddc2a5c3bb9d51451d2e1