diff --git a/native_bridge/juce_fx/JuceFxLoop.cpp b/native_bridge/juce_fx/JuceFxLoop.cpp
index d62249c..79bd005 100644
--- a/native_bridge/juce_fx/JuceFxLoop.cpp
+++ b/native_bridge/juce_fx/JuceFxLoop.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,64 @@ int run_juce_fx_loop(const std::string& jobPath, const std::string& shmName,
         }
     });
 
+    // M3: ctrl ring reader (engine → bridge, poll 2ms). Key "ed.*" = editor
+    // command (Reaper-style: engine điều khiển editor của CHÍNH instance DSP
+    // trong graph — không instance 2). Dispatch qua engine.requestEditor
+    // (thread-safe queue); GUI tick 30ms pumpEditorQueue thực thi. Key khác
+    // (SET_PARAM cũ: param name) — JuceFxEngine chưa có param API (params đi
+    // trong chain JSON) → consume + bỏ qua an toàn (ring không đầy, không chặn
+    // producer). w/h mã hoá trong value: w*4096 + h — chính xác tuyệt đối với
+    // w,h <= 4095 (float 24-bit mantissa); value <= 0 → editor preferred size
+    // (engine chỉ setSize khi w,h > 0).
+    std::thread ctrl([&]() {
+        while (ipc->h.running && ipc->h.state == FXRT_STATE_READY) {
+            while (ipc->h.ctrlRead < ipc->h.ctrlWrite) {
+                const uint32_t cs = ipc->h.ctrlRead & (FXRT_CTRL_SLOTS - 1);
+                const FxCtrlCmd& cmd = ipc->ctrl[cs];
+                const uint32_t slot = cmd.slot;
+                char key[17];
+                std::memcpy(key, cmd.key, 16);
+                key[16] = '\0';
+                const float value = cmd.value;
+                MemoryBarrier();
+                ipc->h.ctrlRead++;  // consume trước dispatch — không block ring
+                if (std::strncmp(key, "ed.", 3) != 0)
+                    continue;  // SET_PARAM cũ — no-op (xem comment trên)
+                JuceFxEngine::EditorAction act;
+                bool known = true;
+                if (std::strcmp(key, "ed.open") == 0)
+                    act = JuceFxEngine::EditorAction::Open;
+                else if (std::strcmp(key, "ed.close") == 0)
+                    act = JuceFxEngine::EditorAction::Close;
+                else if (std::strcmp(key, "ed.show") == 0)
+                    act = JuceFxEngine::EditorAction::Show;
+                else if (std::strcmp(key, "ed.hide") == 0)
+                    act = JuceFxEngine::EditorAction::Hide;
+                else if (std::strcmp(key, "ed.resize") == 0)
+                    act = JuceFxEngine::EditorAction::Resize;
+                else if (std::strcmp(key, "ed.capture") == 0)
+                    act = JuceFxEngine::EditorAction::Capture;
+                else
+                    known = false;
+                if (!known) {
+                    std::cerr << "[JuceFxLoop] ctrl ed.* lạ: " << key
+                              << " slot=" << slot << std::endl;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                int w = 0, h = 0;
+                if (value > 0.0f) {
+                    const int v = (int)(value + 0.5f);
+                    w = v / 4096;
+                    h = v % 4096;
+                }
+                engine.requestEditor(slot, act, w, h);
+                std::cerr << "[JuceFxLoop] ctrl " << key << " slot=" << slot
+                          << " w=" << w << " h=" << h << std::endl;
+            }
+            sleepMs(2);
+        }
+    });
+
     const uint32_t n = curBlock;
     const uint32_t inMask = ipc->h.inSlots - 1;
     const uint32_t outMask = ipc->h.outSlots - 1;
@@ -286,6 +344,7 @@ int run_juce_fx_loop(const std::string& jobPath, const std::string& shmName,
     }
     ipc->h.state = FXRT_STATE_STARTING;
     hb.join();
+    ctrl.join();  // dừng trước shutdown — không còn lệnh editor mới
     guiHost.runOnGui([&] { engine.shutdown(); });  // graph clear trên GUI thread
     guiHost.stop();      // M2: đóng editor (GUI thread) + dừng GUI thread + join
     fxshm::closeShm(v);