diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.test.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e498875822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { act } from "react";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { FxParamRow } from "./propertyPanelFxControls";
+import type { HfAudioFxNumberParam } from "@hyperframes/core/audio-fx";
+
+(globalThis as unknown as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  document.body.innerHTML = "";
+});
+
+/** A frequency knob: wide range, so a clamp to the minimum is unmistakable. */
+const FREQUENCY: HfAudioFxNumberParam = {
+  kind: "number",
+  key: "frequency",
+  label: "Frequency",
+  min: 20,
+  max: 20000,
+  step: 1,
+  default: 1000,
+  unit: "Hz",
+};
+
+/** React tracks its own value on the node, so a plain assignment is ignored. */
+function setInputValue(input: HTMLInputElement, text: string): void {
+  const setter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLInputElement.prototype, "value")?.set;
+  setter?.call(input, text);
+  input.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+}
+
+function mount(value: number) {
+  const onChange = vi.fn();
+  const onCommit = vi.fn();
+  const host = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.append(host);
+  let root!: Root;
+  act(() => {
+    root = createRoot(host);
+    root.render(
+      <FxParamRow param={FREQUENCY} value={value} onChange={onChange} onCommit={onCommit} />,
+    );
+  });
+  const number = () => host.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".hf-fx-number")!;
+  const slider = () => host.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".hf-fx-slider")!;
+  const type = (text: string) => {
+    act(() => {
+      number().focus();
+      setInputValue(number(), text);
+    });
+  };
+  /** A new value arrives through the prop — a carve, or an undo. */
+  const receive = (next: number) => {
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <FxParamRow param={FREQUENCY} value={next} onChange={onChange} onCommit={onCommit} />,
+      );
+    });
+  };
+  return { host, number, slider, onChange, onCommit, type, receive };
+}
+
+describe("FxParamRow number field", () => {
+  it("shows what is being typed instead of snapping back to the stored value", () => {
+    // Every keystroke is clamped and written live, and the live write does not
+    // refresh the prop — so a field bound to the committed value put the old
+    // number straight back. Typing 5000 wrote 20 on the first keystroke and the
+    // knob could not be typed into at all, only dragged.
+    const { number, type } = mount(1000);
+    type("5");
+    expect(number().value).toBe("5");
+    type("5000");
+    expect(number().value).toBe("5000");
+  });
+
+  it("does not write the parameter minimum while the field is empty", () => {
+    // `Number("") === 0` passes Number.isFinite, so select-all + Delete before
+    // retyping used to clamp to the minimum and live-write it — 20 Hz here.
+    const { onChange, type } = mount(1000);
+    type("");
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    type("800");
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("frequency", 800);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("FxParamRow commit", () => {
+  it("stays quiet when a gesture changed nothing", () => {
+    // commit() hangs off pointerup, keyup and blur, all reachable without an
+    // edit. Firing then costs a source patch, a selection resync, a preview
+    // reload and an audio restart for a gesture that moved nothing.
+    const { slider, number, onCommit } = mount(1000);
+    act(() => slider().dispatchEvent(new Event("pointerup", { bubbles: true })));
+    act(() => number().dispatchEvent(new Event("blur", { bubbles: true })));
+    expect(onCommit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not re-persist a stale value over a change that arrived meanwhile", () => {
+    // The scenario: open an EQ row, run the carve (or press undo), which
+    // rewrites the chain so this row's value becomes 400. Then click the slider
+    // thumb and release without moving it. `latest` was seeded at mount and only
+    // written by an edit, so it still held 1000 — and the release wrote it back,
+    // undoing the carve with no gesture that looks like an edit.
+    const { slider, onCommit, type, receive } = mount(1000);
+    // An edit happened earlier in this row's life, so `latest` holds 1000.
+    type("1000");
+    act(() => slider().dispatchEvent(new Event("pointerup", { bubbles: true })));
+    onCommit.mockClear();
+
+    receive(400);
+    act(() => slider().dispatchEvent(new Event("pointerup", { bubbles: true })));
+    expect(onCommit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.tsx
index 4fd3254bdb..63d7bfd6da 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFxControls.tsx
@@ -132,6 +132,26 @@ export function FxParamRow({
    * write applied on the way down.
    */
   const [pending, setPending] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  /**
+   * What the number field is showing while it has focus.
+   *
+   * The field cannot be bound to the committed value: every keystroke is
+   * clamped into range and written live, and the live write does not refresh
+   * the prop — so React put the old number straight back and typing `5000` into
+   * a 20..20000 knob wrote 20 on the first keystroke and never got further. Held
+   * as TEXT, so a half-typed "-" or "" is a state the field can be in rather
+   * than a number to clamp and persist.
+   */
+  const [typing, setTyping] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  /**
+   * Did this gesture actually change anything?
+   *
+   * `commit()` hangs off pointerup, keyup and blur, all of which fire without
+   * an edit — clicking a slider thumb without moving it, or tabbing through the
+   * field. Committing then re-persisted whatever `latest` happened to hold and
+   * silently reverted any change that had arrived meanwhile.
+   */
+  const edited = useRef(false);
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!dragging) setLocal(value);
   }, [value, dragging]);
@@ -146,6 +166,7 @@ export function FxParamRow({
       const p = param as HfAudioFxNumberParam;
       const next = Math.min(p.max, Math.max(p.min, raw));
       latest.current = next;
+      edited.current = true;
       setLocal(next);
       onChange(param.key, next);
     },
@@ -154,6 +175,12 @@ export function FxParamRow({
 
   const commit = useCallback(() => {
     setDragging(false);
+    // Nothing was edited, so there is nothing to persist. Without this a bare
+    // focus/blur — or a click on the slider thumb that never moved — fired a
+    // full persisting write: source patch, selection resync, preview reload and
+    // an audio restart, for a gesture that changed no value.
+    if (!edited.current) return;
+    edited.current = false;
     if (typeof latest.current === "number") setPending(latest.current);
     onCommit?.(param.key, latest.current);
   }, [onCommit, param.key]);
@@ -228,13 +255,25 @@ export function FxParamRow({
         min={param.min}
         max={param.max}
         step={param.step}
-        value={display(param, current)}
+        value={typing ?? display(param, current)}
         disabled={locked}
+        onFocus={() => setTyping(display(param, current))}
         onChange={(e) => {
-          const next = Number(e.target.value);
+          const text = e.target.value;
+          setTyping(text);
+          // An empty field, a lone "-", or a trailing "." are all states on the
+          // way to a number, not numbers. `Number("")` is 0, which passes
+          // Number.isFinite — so clearing the field to retype used to clamp to
+          // the parameter MINIMUM and write it live: 20 Hz on a cutoff, -40 dB
+          // on a gain.
+          if (text.trim() === "") return;
+          const next = Number(text);
           if (Number.isFinite(next)) handleNumber(next);
         }}
-        onBlur={commit}
+        onBlur={() => {
+          commit();
+          setTyping(null);
+        }}
         onKeyDown={(e) => {
           if (e.key === "Enter") commit();
         }}