diff --git a/python_payload/cap_touch_demo.py b/python_payload/cap_touch_demo.py
index 26b35f02845828620ca6c4df3c362b19dd642f12..70e99dfbcd290cd1c2a3a6b63a9f95794f58f541 100644
--- a/python_payload/cap_touch_demo.py
+++ b/python_payload/cap_touch_demo.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def set_chord(i):
         chord_index = i
         for j in range(40):
             hue = int(72*(i+0.5)) % 360
-            set_led_hsv(j, hue, 1, 0.5)
+            set_led_hsv(j, hue, 1, 0.2)
         chord = chords[i]
         print("set chord " +str(i))
         update_leds()
diff --git a/python_payload/main.py b/python_payload/main.py
index 0c8163c246c36f5448c3a443be6dbe7f67b130d6..59875e6e9559631f47c7165077068b7f318ec577 100644
--- a/python_payload/main.py
+++ b/python_payload/main.py
@@ -86,29 +86,27 @@ def run_menu():
 
     if long_bottom_petal_captouch_blocking(0,20):
         clear_all_leds()
-        highlight_bottom_petal(0,255,0,0)
+        highlight_bottom_petal(0,55,0,0)
         display_fill(background)
         display_update()
         foreground = cap_touch_demo.run
         time.sleep_ms(100)
         clear_all_leds()
-        captouch_autocalib()
         cap_touch_demo.foreground()
     if long_bottom_petal_captouch_blocking(1,20):
         clear_all_leds()
-        highlight_bottom_petal(1,255,0,0)
+        highlight_bottom_petal(1,55,0,0)
         display_fill(background)
         display_update()
         foreground = melodic_demo.run
         time.sleep_ms(100)
         clear_all_leds()
-        captouch_autocalib()
         melodic_demo.foreground()
 
 def foreground_menu():
     clear_all_leds()
-    highlight_bottom_petal(0,0,255,255);
-    highlight_bottom_petal(1,255,0,255);
+    highlight_bottom_petal(0,0,55,55);
+    highlight_bottom_petal(1,55,0,55);
     display_fill(background)
     draw_text_big(select, 0, 0)
     display_update()
diff --git a/python_payload/melodic_demo.py b/python_payload/melodic_demo.py
index dbce6ac4e4cb7aa161e6d70d8f0c19514ff7b4ee..8ffee2979dd158cbfcf233259d63686ca92316bb 100644
--- a/python_payload/melodic_demo.py
+++ b/python_payload/melodic_demo.py
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@ def change_playing_field_color(r,g,b):
     highlight_bottom_petal(1, r, g, b)
     highlight_bottom_petal(3, r, g, b)
     highlight_bottom_petal(4, r, g, b)
-    highlight_bottom_petal(2, 255, 0, 255)
-    set_led_rgb(18, 255, 0, 255)
-    set_led_rgb(19, 255, 0, 255)
-    set_led_rgb(27, 255, 0, 255)
-    set_led_rgb(28, 255, 0, 255)
+    highlight_bottom_petal(2, 55, 0, 55)
+    set_led_rgb(18, 55, 0, 55)
+    set_led_rgb(19, 55, 0, 55)
+    set_led_rgb(27, 55, 0, 55)
+    set_led_rgb(28, 55, 0, 55)
     update_leds()
 
 def adjust_playing_field_to_octave():
     global octave
     if(octave == -1):
-        change_playing_field_color(0,0,255)
+        change_playing_field_color(0,0,55)
     elif(octave == 0):
-        change_playing_field_color(0,127,127)
+        change_playing_field_color(0,27,27)
     elif(octave == 1):
-        change_playing_field_color(0,255,0)
+        change_playing_field_color(0,55,0)
 
 def run():
     global scale