diff --git a/MuzikaGromche/Plugin.cs b/MuzikaGromche/Plugin.cs
index 02f8e19..4709a28 100644
--- a/MuzikaGromche/Plugin.cs
+++ b/MuzikaGromche/Plugin.cs
@@ -139,6 +139,33 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
         public static readonly Language RUSSIAN = new("RU", "Russian");
     }
 
+    public readonly record struct Easing(string Name, Func<float, float> Eval)
+    {
+        public static Easing Linear = new("Linear", static x => x);
+        public static Easing OutCubic = new("OutCubic", static x => 1 - Mathf.Pow(1f - x, 3f));
+        public static Easing InCubic = new("InCubic", static x => x * x * x);
+        public static Easing InOutCubic = new("InOutCubic", static x => x < 0.5f ? 4f * x * x * x : 1 - Mathf.Pow(-2f * x + 2f, 3f) / 2f);
+        public static Easing InExpo = new("InExpo", static x => x == 0f ? 0f : Mathf.Pow(2f, 10f * x - 10f));
+        public static Easing OutExpo = new("OutExpo", static x => x == 1f ? 1f : 1f - Mathf.Pow(2f, -10f * x));
+        public static Easing InOutExpo = new("InOutExpo", static x =>
+            x == 0f
+            ? 0f
+            : x == 1f
+            ? 1f
+            : x < 0.5f
+                ? Mathf.Pow(2f, 20f * x - 10f) / 2f
+                : (2f - Mathf.Pow(2f, -20f * x + 10f)) / 2f);
+
+        public static Easing[] All = [Linear, InCubic, OutCubic, InOutCubic, InExpo, OutExpo, InOutExpo];
+
+        public static string[] AllNames => [.. All.Select(easing => easing.Name)];
+
+        public static Easing FindByName(string Name)
+        {
+            return All.Where(easing => easing.Name == Name).DefaultIfEmpty(Linear).First();
+        }
+    }
+
     public record Palette(Color[] Colors)
     {
         public static Palette DEFAULT = new([Color.magenta, Color.cyan, Color.green, Color.yellow]);
@@ -203,6 +230,39 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
             _ => "",
         };
 
+        // Offset of beats. Bigger offset => colors will change later.
+        public float _BeatsOffset = 0f;
+        public float BeatsOffset
+        {
+            get => Config.BeatsOffsetOverride ?? _BeatsOffset;
+            set => _BeatsOffset = value;
+        }
+
+        // Duration of color transition, measured in beats.
+        public float _ColorTransitionIn = 0.25f;
+        public float ColorTransitionIn
+        {
+            get => Config.ColorTransitionInOverride ?? _ColorTransitionIn;
+            set => _ColorTransitionIn = value;
+        }
+
+        public float _ColorTransitionOut = 0.25f;
+        public float ColorTransitionOut
+        {
+            get => Config.ColorTransitionOutOverride ?? _ColorTransitionOut;
+            set => _ColorTransitionOut = value;
+        }
+
+        // Easing function for color transitions.
+        public Easing _ColorTransitionEasing = Easing.OutExpo;
+        public Easing ColorTransitionEasing
+        {
+            get => Config.ColorTransitionEasingOverride != null
+                ? Easing.FindByName(Config.ColorTransitionEasingOverride)
+                : _ColorTransitionEasing;
+            set => _ColorTransitionEasing = value;
+        }
+
         public float CalculateBeat(AudioSource start, AudioSource loop)
         {
             // If popped, calculate which beat the music is currently at.
@@ -227,15 +287,16 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
             var normalized = Mod.Positive(elapsed / LoadedLoop.length, 1f);
 
             var beat = normalized * (float)Beats;
+            var offset = Mod.Positive(beat - BeatsOffset, (float)Beats);
 #if DEBUG
             var color = ColorAtBeat(beat);
-            Debug.LogFormat("MuzikaGromche t={0,10:N4} d={1,7:N4} Start[{2}{3,8:N4} ==0f? {4}] Loop[{5}{6,8:N4}] norm={7,6:N4} beat={8,7:N4} color={9}",
+            Debug.LogFormat("MuzikaGromche t={0,10:N4} d={1,7:N4} Start[{2}{3,8:N4} ==0f? {4}] Loop[{5}{6,8:N4}] norm={7,6:N4} beat={8,7:N4} {9,7:N4} color={10}",
                    Time.realtimeSinceStartup, Time.deltaTime,
                    (start.isPlaying ? '+' : ' '), start.time, (start.time == 0f ? 'Y' : 'n'),
                    (loop.isPlaying ? '+' : ' '), loop.time,
-                   normalized, beat, color);
+                   normalized, beat, offset, color);
 #endif
-            return beat;
+            return offset;
         }
 
         public Palette _Palette = Palette.DEFAULT;
@@ -247,8 +308,64 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
 
         public Color ColorAtBeat(float beat)
         {
-            int beatIndex = Mod.Positive(Mathf.FloorToInt(beat), Beats);
-            return Mod.Index(Palette.Colors, beatIndex);
+            // Imagine the timeline as a sequence of clips without gaps where each clip is a whole beat long.
+            // Transition is when two adjacent clips need to be combined with some blend function(t)
+            //     where t is a factor in range 0..1 expressed as (time - Transition.Start) / Transition.Length;
+            //
+            // How to find a transition at a given time?
+            // First, we need to find the current clip's start and length.
+            // - Length is always 1 beat, and
+            // - start is just time rounded down.
+            //
+            // If time interval from the start of the clip is less than Transition.Out
+            // then blend between previous and current clips.
+            //
+            // Else if time interval to the end of the clip is less than Transition.In
+            // then blend between current and next clips.
+            //
+            // Otherwise there is no transition running at this time.
+            const float currentClipLength = 1f;
+            var currentClipStart = Mathf.Floor(beat);
+            var currentClipEnd = currentClipStart + currentClipLength;
+
+            float transitionLength = ColorTransitionIn + ColorTransitionOut;
+
+            if (Config.EnableColorAnimations.Value)
+            {
+                if (transitionLength > /* epsilon */ 0.01)
+                {
+                    if (beat - currentClipStart < ColorTransitionOut)
+                    {
+                        return ColorTransition(currentClipStart);
+                    }
+                    else if (currentClipEnd - beat < ColorTransitionIn)
+                    {
+                        return ColorTransition(currentClipEnd);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // default
+            return ColorAtWholeBeat(beat);
+
+            Color ColorTransition(float clipsBoundary)
+            {
+                var transitionStart = clipsBoundary - ColorTransitionIn;
+                var transitionEnd = clipsBoundary + ColorTransitionOut;
+                var x = (beat - transitionStart) / transitionLength;
+                var t = Mathf.Clamp(ColorTransitionEasing.Eval(x), 0f, 1f);
+                if (ColorTransitionIn == 0.0f)
+                {
+                    // Subtract an epsilon, so we don't use the same beat twice
+                    transitionStart -= 0.01f;
+                }
+                return Color.Lerp(ColorAtWholeBeat(transitionStart), ColorAtWholeBeat(transitionEnd), t);
+            }
+
+            Color ColorAtWholeBeat(float beat)
+            {
+                int beatIndex = Mod.Positive(Mathf.FloorToInt(beat), Beats);
+                return Mod.Index(Palette.Colors, beatIndex);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -376,14 +493,25 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
 
     public class Config : SyncedConfig2<Config>
     {
+        public static ConfigEntry<bool> EnableColorAnimations { get; private set; }
+
         public static ConfigEntry<float> AudioOffset { get; private set; }
 
         public static bool ShouldSkipWindingPhase { get; private set; } = false;
 
         public static Palette PaletteOverride { get; private set; } = null;
 
+        public static float? BeatsOffsetOverride { get; private set; } = null;
+        public static float? ColorTransitionInOverride { get; private set; } = null;
+        public static float? ColorTransitionOutOverride { get; private set; } = null;
+        public static string ColorTransitionEasingOverride { get; private set; } = null;
+
         public Config(ConfigFile configFile) : base(PluginInfo.PLUGIN_GUID)
         {
+            EnableColorAnimations = configFile.Bind("General", "Enable Color Animations", true,
+                new ConfigDescription("Smooth light color transitions are known to cause performance issues on some setups.\n\nTurn them off if you experience lag spikes."));
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(new BoolCheckBoxConfigItem(EnableColorAnimations, requiresRestart: false));
+
             AudioOffset = configFile.Bind("General", "Audio Offset", 0f, new ConfigDescription(
                 "Adjust audio offset (in seconds).\n\nIf you are playing with Bluetooth headphones and experiencing a visual desync, try setting this to about negative 0.2.\n\nIf your video output has high latency (like a long HDMI cable etc.), try positive values instead.",
                 new AcceptableValueRange<float>(-0.5f, 0.5f)));
@@ -392,6 +520,7 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
 #if DEBUG
             SetupEntriesToSkipWinding(configFile);
             SetupEntriesForPaletteOverride(configFile);
+            SetupEntriesForTimingsOverride(configFile);
 #endif
 
             var chanceRange = new AcceptableValueRange<int>(0, 100);
@@ -579,6 +708,110 @@ namespace MuzikaGromche
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        private void SetupEntriesForTimingsOverride(ConfigFile configFile)
+        {
+            const string section = "Timings";
+            var colorTransitionRange = new AcceptableValueRange<float>(0f, 1f);
+            // Declare and initialize early to avoid "Use of unassigned local variable"
+            SyncedEntry<bool> overrideTimingsSyncedEntry = null;
+            SyncedEntry<float> beatsOffsetSyncedEntry = null;
+            SyncedEntry<float> colorTransitionInSyncedEntry = null;
+            SyncedEntry<float> colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry = null;
+            SyncedEntry<string> colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry = null;
+
+            var loadButton = new GenericButtonConfigItem(section, "Load Timings from the Current Track",
+                "Override custom timings with the built-in timings of the current track.", "Load", load);
+            loadButton.ButtonOptions.CanModifyCallback = CanModifyIfHost;
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(loadButton);
+
+            overrideTimingsSyncedEntry = configFile.BindSyncedEntry(section, "Override Timings", false,
+                new ConfigDescription("If checked, custom timings override track's own built-in timings."));
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(new BoolCheckBoxConfigItem(overrideTimingsSyncedEntry.Entry, new BoolCheckBoxOptions
+            {
+                RequiresRestart = false,
+                CanModifyCallback = CanModifyIfHost,
+            }));
+            CSyncHackAddSyncedEntry(overrideTimingsSyncedEntry);
+            overrideTimingsSyncedEntry.Changed += (sender, args) => apply();
+            overrideTimingsSyncedEntry.SyncHostToLocal();
+
+            beatsOffsetSyncedEntry = configFile.BindSyncedEntry(section, "Beats Offset", 0f,
+                new ConfigDescription("How much to offset the whole beat. More is later", new AcceptableValueRange<float>(-0.5f, 0.5f)));
+            colorTransitionInSyncedEntry = configFile.BindSyncedEntry(section, "Color Transition In", 0.25f,
+                new ConfigDescription("Fraction of a beat *before* the whole beat when the color transition should start.", colorTransitionRange));
+            colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry = configFile.BindSyncedEntry(section, "Color Transition Out", 0.25f,
+                new ConfigDescription("Fraction of a beat *after* the whole beat when the color transition should end.", colorTransitionRange));
+            colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry = configFile.BindSyncedEntry(section, "Color Transition Easing", Easing.Linear.Name,
+                new ConfigDescription("Interpolation/easing method to use for color transitions", new AcceptableValueList<string>(Easing.AllNames)));
+
+            var floatSliderOptions = new FloatSliderOptions
+            {
+                RequiresRestart = false,
+                CanModifyCallback = CanModifyIfHost,
+            };
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(new FloatSliderConfigItem(beatsOffsetSyncedEntry.Entry, floatSliderOptions));
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(new FloatSliderConfigItem(colorTransitionInSyncedEntry.Entry, floatSliderOptions));
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(new FloatSliderConfigItem(colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry.Entry, floatSliderOptions));
+            LethalConfigManager.AddConfigItem(new TextDropDownConfigItem(colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry.Entry, new TextDropDownOptions
+            {
+                RequiresRestart = false,
+                CanModifyCallback = CanModifyIfHost,
+            }));
+
+            CSyncHackAddSyncedEntry(beatsOffsetSyncedEntry);
+            CSyncHackAddSyncedEntry(colorTransitionInSyncedEntry);
+            CSyncHackAddSyncedEntry(colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry);
+            CSyncHackAddSyncedEntry(colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry);
+
+            beatsOffsetSyncedEntry.SyncHostToLocal();
+            colorTransitionInSyncedEntry.SyncHostToLocal();
+            colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry.SyncHostToLocal();
+            colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry.SyncHostToLocal();
+
+            beatsOffsetSyncedEntry.Changed += (sender, args) => apply();
+            colorTransitionInSyncedEntry.Changed += (sender, args) => apply();
+            colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry.Changed += (sender, args) => apply();
+            colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry.Changed += (sender, args) => apply();
+
+            void load()
+            {
+                // if track is null, set everything to defaults
+                var track = Plugin.CurrentTrack;
+                if (track == null)
+                {
+                    beatsOffsetSyncedEntry.LocalValue = 0f;
+                    colorTransitionInSyncedEntry.LocalValue = 0f;
+                    colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry.LocalValue = 0f;
+                    colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry.LocalValue = Easing.Linear.Name;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    beatsOffsetSyncedEntry.LocalValue = track._BeatsOffset;
+                    colorTransitionInSyncedEntry.LocalValue = track._ColorTransitionIn;
+                    colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry.LocalValue = track._ColorTransitionOut;
+                    colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry.LocalValue = track._ColorTransitionEasing.Name;
+                }
+            }
+
+            void apply()
+            {
+                if (!overrideTimingsSyncedEntry.Value)
+                {
+                    BeatsOffsetOverride = null;
+                    ColorTransitionInOverride = null;
+                    ColorTransitionOutOverride = null;
+                    ColorTransitionEasingOverride = null;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    BeatsOffsetOverride = beatsOffsetSyncedEntry.Value;
+                    ColorTransitionInOverride = colorTransitionInSyncedEntry.Value;
+                    ColorTransitionOutOverride = colorTransitionOutSyncedEntry.Value;
+                    ColorTransitionEasingOverride = colorTransitionEasingSyncedEntry.Value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     // farAudio is during windup, Start overrides popGoesTheWeaselTheme