diff --git a/website/src/pages/workshop/first-effects.mdx b/website/src/pages/workshop/first-effects.mdx
index d82fd580..4a152224 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/workshop/first-effects.mdx
+++ b/website/src/pages/workshop/first-effects.mdx
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ By the way, inside Mini-Notation, `fast` is `*` and `slow` is `/`.
 
 <MiniRepl client:visible tune={`sound("[bd*4,~ rim ~ cp]*<1 [2 4]>")`} />
 
-## automation with signals
+## modulation with signals
 
 Instead of changing values stepwise, we can also control them with signals:
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ What happens if you flip the range values?
 
 </Box>
 
-We can change the automation speed with slow / fast:
+We can change the modulation speed with slow / fast:
 
 <MiniRepl
   client:visible
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ We can change the automation speed with slow / fast:
 
 <Box>
 
-The whole automation will now take 8 cycles to repeat.
+The whole modulation will now take 8 cycles to repeat.
 
 </Box>