diff --git a/piston.tidal b/piston.tidal
index 9628991..5499aa3 100644
--- a/piston.tidal
+++ b/piston.tidal
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ d'drum $ s "{[k*2 [~ k*2] k ~ k*2 ~ k*2 ~]/8, [~ sn]/2}"
 -- p3perc @ 5
 
 -- @p3shard
-d'shard $ -- iter 5 . density 2 $ -- (1)
+d'shard $ -- iter 4 . density 2 $ -- (1)
   -- (p2sharda)
   (0.5 <~) $ ((1/16) <~) $ chop 16 $ s "[ice [~ ice] ~ ~]/4"
   # gain 0.7 -- (0) 0.7 (1) 0.6
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ d'perc $
 -- @p4shard
 d'shard $
   -- whenmod 7 3 (density (5/4)) $ -- (1)
-  within (0.5, 0.75) (iter 5) $ whenmod 3 2 (slow 2) $ slow 8 $ every 2 rev $
+  within (0.5, 0.75) (iter 4) $ whenmod 3 2 (slow 2) $ slow 8 $ every 2 rev $
   striate 128 $ s "[ice plode]*2" -- (2) ice wtsn
   # cutoff 441 -- 0.02 * (44100/2)
   # resonance 0.001
diff --git a/snippets/p3shard b/snippets/p3shard
index b6a5f2b..20f1109 100644
--- a/snippets/p3shard
+++ b/snippets/p3shard
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # expand-env: (yas-indent-line fixed)
 # --
 -- @p3shard
-d'shard $ -- iter 5 . density 2 $ -- (1)
+d'shard $ -- iter 4 . density 2 $ -- (1)
   -- (p2sharda)
   (0.5 <~) $ ((1/16) <~) $ chop 16 $ s "[${1:ice} [~ $1] ~ ~]/4"
   # gain 0.7 -- (0) 0.7 (1) 0.6
diff --git a/snippets/p4shard b/snippets/p4shard
index ac724a3..2bebf4a 100644
--- a/snippets/p4shard
+++ b/snippets/p4shard
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -- @p4shard
 d'shard $
   -- whenmod 7 3 (density (5/4)) $ -- (1)
-  within (0.5, 0.75) (iter 5) $ whenmod 3 2 (slow 2) $ slow 8 $ every 2 rev $
+  within (0.5, 0.75) (iter 4) $ whenmod 3 2 (slow 2) $ slow 8 $ every 2 rev $
   striate 128 $ s "[${1:ice} ${2:plode}]*2" -- (2) ice wtsn
   # cutoff 441 -- 0.02 * (44100/2)
   # resonance 0.001