diff --git a/handoff/NOTES_LEVEL.md b/handoff/NOTES_LEVEL.md
index 201cb13..3fd1b48 100644
--- a/handoff/NOTES_LEVEL.md
+++ b/handoff/NOTES_LEVEL.md
@@ -1253,3 +1253,46 @@ ctx+0x188 writers to replace MULT placeholder with decomp value.
   6e40+15060 thunks, then bigkernel exp2 in-place on band (line 805-832).
 
 ### Commits: 9ffe60e (IIR3 fwd-only + retune), 1a616e1 (bidirectional + decode).
+
+## ============ UPDATE 2026-08-21c: FULL STRUCTURAL CORPUS (first honest numbers) ============
+### Harness: scripts/corpus_structural.py (render48k x all 62 cases, bridge-compare mode)
+Structural chain (48k/4096, LUT level-domain g=0.344 m=4.2, IIR3 bidi) vs bridge:
+  group   n  bridge  struct   delta
+  t1kq    7  0.226   0.768   +0.54 worse
+  t1k    11  1.801   2.114   +0.31 worse
+  al      6  0.638   0.986   +0.35 worse
+  res    11  0.628   0.437   -0.19 BETTER
+  dual   22  0.726   3.264   +2.54 MUCH worse
+  comb    5 10.149   6.116   -4.03 MUCH BETTER
+  TOTAL 62  1.594   2.286   +0.69 worse
+
+### KEY FINDINGS:
+1. **comb: structural ALREADY beats bridge by 4 dB** (6.1 vs 10.1) WITHOUT acc
+   wiring — per-band structural min() + warp closes part of the multiband gap.
+   Plan's "combine closes comb" partially pre-empted by the chain itself.
+2. **dual_*_500: constant -6.7 dB over-cut for ALL q** (q-independent!).
+   res[center] is q-independent (0.117) => systematic LEVEL offset at band
+   center on two-tone input, not shape. dual_*_2000 (off-center bin) BETTER
+   than bridge (-0.1..-0.4 vs +0.1..+2.3). At same xv, bridge-LUT cut ~-9.3 dB,
+   our exp2 path cuts ~-20 dB: real reduction SATURATES (~C_max~0.70 per
+   extracted LUT pts), exp2(-lvl) does not.
+3. al level-sweep error is MONOTONE in level (+0.88@lv3 -> -1.82@lv24): our
+   level->cut curve too steep mid-range; but t1k (loudest) flips back to
+   under-cut (+1.8) => NON-monotonic overall, no monotone LUT fixes all groups.
+4. gamma/MULT sweep (g in {0.15,0.22,0.30} x m in {4.2,5.0,5.8}, fresh builds,
+   12-case subset incl. dual/res/comb): ALL points worse than current
+   g=0.344/m=4.2; gradient points BACK to current optimum. Blind param space
+   EXHAUSTED around this parametrization.
+
+### CONCLUSION (Step 1 status): criterion "structural >= bridge on single-band"
+NOT met globally (regress on t1kq/t1k/al/dual; better on res). The missing
+piece is the REAL reduction curve saturation — needs either:
+  (a) Step 7 BandConfig ctx+0x188 live capture (A/B/gamma per config), or
+  (b) re-examination of bigkernel INPUT: maybe level into exp2 carries an
+      additional transform (log-domain offset / per-band depth scalar
+      0x540888 / offline 0x5e80+FUN_180323f20 ops) that saturates the cut.
+Do NOT tune MULT further — it is calibrated; the CURVE SHAPE is wrong.
+
+### FFT-conv priority DOWNGRADED: NOTES:18c shows window 0x540658 tail is
+near-flat (0.8->1.0 plateau at N/2>=2048), FIR-construction effect on mask
+shape minimal for N=4096. Step 4 stays P3.
diff --git a/scripts/corpus_structural.py b/scripts/corpus_structural.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..010ef34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/corpus_structural.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Structural-path full-corpus harness (render48k, 48000/4096 internal grid).
+
+Mirrors scripts/corpus.py but drives dsp/build/render48k (structural
+FUN_180529fe0 chain on the internal grid) instead of framed_test (bridge).
+Purpose: honest per-group comparison of the structural chain against the
+committed bridge baseline (BITEXACT_PLAN step-1 criterion: structural must
+not regress below bridge on single-band groups).
+
+Usage:
+  python3 scripts/corpus_structural.py [--out results.json]
+  python3 scripts/corpus_structural.py --vs-bridge scripts/baseline_bridge.json
+"""
+import json, sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, 'scripts')
+import corpus
+
+corpus.RB = '/home/m/re-tools/dsp/build/render48k'
+
+_orig_build_cases = corpus.build_cases
+
+
+def build_cases_structural():
+    cases = []
+    for name, inp, args, ref, f in _orig_build_cases():
+        # render48k parses only comma-form band args; join split dual args.
+        joined = [','.join(args)] if len(args) == 3 else args
+        cases.append((name, inp, joined, ref, f))
+    return cases
+
+
+corpus.build_cases = build_cases_structural
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    a = sys.argv[1:]
+    if a and a[0] == '--vs-bridge':
+        base = json.load(open(a[1]))
+        res, _ = corpus.run_all()
+        bs, cs = corpus.group_stats(base), corpus.group_stats(res)
+        print(f'{"group":>12} {"n":>3} {"bridge":>8} {"struct":>8} {"d":>8} {"max":>7}')
+        for g in ['t1kq', 't1k', 'al', 'res', 'dual', 'comb', 'TOTAL']:
+            if g not in cs:
+                continue
+            b = bs.get(g, {'mean_abs': float('nan')})['mean_abs']
+            s = cs[g]
+            print(f'{g:>12} {s["n"]:>3} {b:>8.3f} {s["mean_abs"]:>8.3f} '
+                  f'{s["mean_abs"] - b:>+8.3f} {s["max_abs"]:>7.3f}')
+        sys.exit(0)
+    sys.exit(corpus.main())