diff --git a/src/editor/soundfx/GainPanel.ts b/src/editor/soundfx/GainPanel.ts
index c36e6423..7ab2ad6c 100644
--- a/src/editor/soundfx/GainPanel.ts
+++ b/src/editor/soundfx/GainPanel.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ const DARK_ARC = 0x3b1a06;
 export class GainPanel extends Widget {
   private readonly plate = new Graphics();
   readonly knob: Knob;
-  private readonly title: { ink: Text; edge: Text };
   private readonly caption: { ink: Text; edge: Text };
 
   constructor(host: GainHost) {
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ export class GainPanel extends Widget {
     this.minWidth = GAIN_PANEL.w;
     this.minHeight = GAIN_PANEL.h;
     this.addChild(this.plate);
-    this.title = engrave(this, 'GAIN', 14);
     this.caption = engrave(this, 'DB', 11);
     const row = GAIN_ROW;
     this.knob = new Knob('', row.default, {
@@ -70,13 +68,11 @@ export class GainPanel extends Widget {
   }
 
   override layout(): void {
-    const L = GAIN_LAYOUT;
-    const spot = L.knob;
+    const spot = GAIN_LAYOUT.knob;
     const size = this.knob.measure();
     this.knob.position.set(Math.round(spot.x - size.w / 2), Math.round(spot.y - spot.size / 2));
     this.knob.resize(size.w, size.h);
     placeEngraving(this.caption, spot.x, spot.y - spot.size / 2 - KNOB_CAPTION);
-    placeEngraving(this.title, L.title.x, L.title.y + 6);
   }
 
   override redraw(): void {
diff --git a/src/editor/soundfx/hardwareView.ts b/src/editor/soundfx/hardwareView.ts
index cc4fb448..1c4a3976 100644
--- a/src/editor/soundfx/hardwareView.ts
+++ b/src/editor/soundfx/hardwareView.ts
@@ -74,12 +74,15 @@ export const PANEL_LAYOUT: PanelLayout = {
   screws: screwsOf(PANEL),
 };
 
-/** The Gain as a device (#384): an orange plate with one big knob. */
-export const GAIN_PANEL = { w: 160, h: 220 };
+/** The Gain as a device (#384): an orange plate with one big knob and no name, as low as it allows. */
+export const GAIN_PANEL = { w: 160, h: 160 };
+
+/** The air in a caption's line above its capitals, and the hair a tucked number hangs below the dial. */
+export const CAPTION_AIR = 4;
 
 export const GAIN_LAYOUT = {
-  title: { x: GAIN_PANEL.w / 2, y: 14 },
-  knob: { x: GAIN_PANEL.w / 2, y: 120, size: BIG_DIAL },
+  // Its number hangs in the dial's open bottom (#382), so the caption's ink and the dial are what to centre.
+  knob: { x: GAIN_PANEL.w / 2, y: (GAIN_PANEL.h + KNOB_CAPTION - CAPTION_AIR) / 2, size: BIG_DIAL },
   screws: screwsOf(GAIN_PANEL),
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/editor/hardware-view.test.ts b/tests/editor/hardware-view.test.ts
index 33a5c165..bc1f86ef 100644
--- a/tests/editor/hardware-view.test.ts
+++ b/tests/editor/hardware-view.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import {
   type Box,
   brushStrokes,
+  CAPTION_AIR,
   GAIN_LAYOUT,
+  KNOB_CAPTION,
   GAIN_PANEL,
   GAIN_TAPER,
   gainReduction,
@@ -140,14 +142,18 @@ describe('the Gain (#384)', () => {
   const L = GAIN_LAYOUT;
   const knob = knobBox(L.knob);
 
-  it('holds its knob inside the plate, clear of the screws and below the title', () => {
+  it('holds its knob in the middle of the plate, clear of the screws', () => {
     expect(knob.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
     expect(knob.x + knob.w).toBeLessThanOrEqual(GAIN_PANEL.w);
-    expect(knob.y + knob.h).toBeLessThanOrEqual(GAIN_PANEL.h);
-    expect(knob.y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(L.title.y + 30);
+    // Its number hangs inside the dial (#382): from the caption down to the dial's edge is all it shows.
+    const top = L.knob.y - L.knob.size / 2 - KNOB_CAPTION;
+    const bottom = L.knob.y + L.knob.size / 2;
+    expect(top).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(top + CAPTION_AIR).toBe(GAIN_PANEL.h - bottom);
     expect(knob.x + knob.w / 2).toBe(GAIN_PANEL.w / 2);
+    const shown = { ...knob, y: top, h: bottom - top };
     for (const screw of L.screws)
-      expect(overlap(knob, { x: screw.x - 7, y: screw.y - 7, w: 14, h: 14 })).toBe(false);
+      expect(overlap(shown, { x: screw.x - 7, y: screw.y - 7, w: 14, h: 14 })).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('turns 0 dB straight up and the quiet tail by in a fifth of the turn', () => {
diff --git a/tools/e2e/34-sound.mjs b/tools/e2e/34-sound.mjs
index 1d21b937..fc427de4 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/34-sound.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/34-sound.mjs
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ export async function sound(t) {
     'a Gain node shows its panel with one knob between its ports; a drag turns it as one undo step, the wheel zooms the graph, a double-click resets it without a tab',
     gainShown.shown &&
       gainShown.size.w === 160 &&
-      gainShown.size.h === 220 &&
+      gainShown.size.h === 160 &&
       gainShown.knob.number === '-6' &&
       gainShown.knob.enabled &&
       Object.values(gainShown.inputs).length === 3 &&