diff --git a/tracker/layout.go b/tracker/layout.go
index a2737f9..c19f578 100644
--- a/tracker/layout.go
+++ b/tracker/layout.go
@@ -22,30 +22,17 @@ func (t *Tracker) layoutTracker(gtx layout.Context) layout.Dimensions {
 	flexTracks := make([]layout.FlexChild, len(t.song.Tracks))
 	t.playRowPatMutex.RLock()
 	defer t.playRowPatMutex.RUnlock()
-	playRow := int(t.PlayRow)
-	if t.DisplayPattern != t.PlayPattern {
-		playRow = -1
-	}
 
 	for i, trk := range t.song.Tracks {
-		sumLen := 0
-		for _, patIndex := range trk.Sequence {
-			sumLen += len(trk.Patterns[patIndex])
-		}
-		notes := make([]byte, sumLen)
-		window := notes
-		for _, patIndex := range trk.Sequence {
-			elementsCopied := copy(window, trk.Patterns[patIndex])
-			window = window[elementsCopied:]
-		}
-		songCursorRow := t.CursorRow + t.DisplayPattern*t.song.PatternRows()
-		songPlayRow := playRow + t.PlayPattern*t.song.PatternRows()
 		flexTracks[i] = layout.Rigid(Lowered(t.layoutTrack(
-			notes,
+			trk.Patterns,
+			trk.Sequence,
 			t.ActiveTrack == i,
-			songCursorRow,
+			t.CursorRow,
+			t.DisplayPattern,
 			t.CursorColumn,
-			songPlayRow,
+			t.PlayRow,
+			t.PlayPattern,
 		)))
 	}
 	return layout.Flex{Axis: layout.Horizontal}.Layout(gtx,
diff --git a/tracker/theme.go b/tracker/theme.go
index c2b7d3f..6d0f069 100644
--- a/tracker/theme.go
+++ b/tracker/theme.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var neutral = color.RGBA{R: 73, G: 117, B: 130, A: 255}
 var light = color.RGBA{R: 138, G: 219, B: 243, A: 255}
 var dark = color.RGBA{R: 24, G: 40, B: 44, A: 255}
 var white = color.RGBA{R: 255, G: 255, B: 255, A: 255}
+var gray = color.RGBA{R: 127, G: 127, B: 127, A: 255}
 var black = color.RGBA{R: 0, G: 0, B: 0, A: 255}
 var yellow = color.RGBA{R: 255, G: 255, B: 130, A: 255}
 var red = color.RGBA{R: 255, G: 0, B: 0, A: 255}
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ var inactiveTrackColor = black
 
 var trackerFont = fontCollection[6].Font
 var trackerFontSize = unit.Px(16)
+var trackerInactiveTextColor = gray
 var trackerTextColor = white
 var trackerActiveTextColor = yellow
 var trackerPlayColor = red
diff --git a/tracker/track.go b/tracker/track.go
index 4540b11..b916d32 100644
--- a/tracker/track.go
+++ b/tracker/track.go
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ package tracker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"strings"
+
 	"gioui.org/f32"
 	"gioui.org/layout"
 	"gioui.org/op"
 	"gioui.org/op/clip"
 	"gioui.org/op/paint"
 	"gioui.org/widget"
-	"image"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 const trackRowHeight = 16
 const trackWidth = 100
 
-func (t *Tracker) layoutTrack(notes []byte, active bool, cursorRow, cursorCol, playingRow int) layout.Widget {
+func (t *Tracker) layoutTrack(patterns [][]byte, sequence []byte, active bool, cursorRow, cursorPattern, cursorCol, playRow, playPattern int) layout.Widget {
 	return func(gtx layout.Context) layout.Dimensions {
 		gtx.Constraints.Min.X = trackWidth
 		gtx.Constraints.Max.X = trackWidth
@@ -43,20 +44,31 @@ func (t *Tracker) layoutTrack(notes []byte, active bool, cursorRow, cursorCol, p
 				s.Pop()
 			}
 		}
-		op.Offset(f32.Pt(0, (-1*trackRowHeight)*float32(cursorRow))).Add(gtx.Ops)
-		for i, c := range notes {
-			if i == playingRow {
-				paint.FillShape(gtx.Ops, trackerPlayColor, clip.Rect{Max: image.Pt(trackWidth, trackRowHeight)}.Op())
+		// TODO: this is a time bomb; as soon as one of the patterns is not the same length as rest. Find a solution
+		// to fix the pattern lengths to a constant value
+		cursorSongRow := cursorPattern*len(patterns[0]) + cursorRow
+		playSongRow := playPattern*len(patterns[0]) + playRow
+		op.Offset(f32.Pt(0, (-1*trackRowHeight)*float32(cursorSongRow))).Add(gtx.Ops)
+		for i, s := range sequence {
+			for j, c := range patterns[s] {
+				songRow := i*len(patterns[0]) + j
+				if songRow == playSongRow {
+					paint.FillShape(gtx.Ops, trackerPlayColor, clip.Rect{Max: image.Pt(trackWidth, trackRowHeight)}.Op())
+				}
+				if songRow == cursorSongRow {
+					paint.ColorOp{Color: trackerActiveTextColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
+				} else {
+					if cursorPattern == i {
+						paint.ColorOp{Color: trackerTextColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
+					} else {
+						paint.ColorOp{Color: trackerInactiveTextColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
+					}
+				}
+				widget.Label{}.Layout(gtx, textShaper, trackerFont, trackerFontSize, valueAsNote(c))
+				op.Offset(f32.Pt(trackWidth/2, 0)).Add(gtx.Ops)
+				widget.Label{}.Layout(gtx, textShaper, trackerFont, trackerFontSize, strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%02x", c)))
+				op.Offset(f32.Pt(-trackWidth/2, trackRowHeight)).Add(gtx.Ops)
 			}
-			if i == cursorRow {
-				paint.ColorOp{Color: trackerActiveTextColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
-			} else {
-				paint.ColorOp{Color: trackerTextColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
-			}
-			widget.Label{}.Layout(gtx, textShaper, trackerFont, trackerFontSize, valueAsNote(c))
-			op.Offset(f32.Pt(trackWidth/2, 0)).Add(gtx.Ops)
-			widget.Label{}.Layout(gtx, textShaper, trackerFont, trackerFontSize, strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%02x", c)))
-			op.Offset(f32.Pt(-trackWidth/2, trackRowHeight)).Add(gtx.Ops)
 		}
 		return layout.Dimensions{Size: gtx.Constraints.Max}
 	}