diff --git a/src/animata/Controller.java b/src/animata/Controller.java
index af0ae0d..b47b2d7 100644
--- a/src/animata/Controller.java
+++ b/src/animata/Controller.java
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public boolean setJoint(String joint, float x, float y, float z) {
 	}
 
 	public boolean setBoneTempo(Scene scene, String name, Float tempo) {
+		if(scene == null){
+			System.out.println("tried to access bone info before scene was added");
+			return false;
+		}
 		ArrayList<Bone> bones = scene.findBones(name);
 		for (Bone bone : bones) {
 			bone.setTempo(tempo);
diff --git a/src/animata/Scene.java b/src/animata/Scene.java
index e704796..ccc196a 100644
--- a/src/animata/Scene.java
+++ b/src/animata/Scene.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class Scene implements Observer {
 	private Layer layer;
 	private Animator animator;
 	public ArrayList<Bone> bones;
+	public ArrayList<Layer> layers;
 
 	public Scene(XMLElement element, MidiInput in, PApplet applet, Layer layer) {
 		this.in = in;
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ public Scene(XMLElement element, MidiInput in, PApplet applet, Layer layer) {
 
 		bones = new ArrayList<Bone>();
 		layer.getAllBones(bones);
+
+		layers = new ArrayList<Layer>();
+		layer.getAllLayers(layers);
+
 	}
 
 	private void setupToggle() {
diff --git a/src/animata/controls/BoneTempoKeys.java b/src/animata/controls/BoneTempoKeys.java
index e8ed046..983e60c 100644
--- a/src/animata/controls/BoneTempoKeys.java
+++ b/src/animata/controls/BoneTempoKeys.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public BoneTempoKeys(MidiInput in, int low, int high, String bone, float tempo,
 		this.high = high;
 		this.bone = bone;
 		this.tempo = tempo;
-		Controller.getInstance().setBoneTempo(scene,bone, 0f);
+//		Controller.getInstance().setBoneTempo(scene,bone, 0f);
 	}
 
 	public BoneTempoKeys(XMLElement element, MidiInput in) {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public BoneTempoKeys(XMLElement element, MidiInput in) {
 		high = NoteParser.getNote(element.getStringAttribute("high", "100"));
 		bone = element.getStringAttribute("bone");
 		tempo = element.getFloatAttribute("tempo");
-		Controller.getInstance().setBoneTempo(scene,bone, 0f);
+//		Controller.getInstance().setBoneTempo(scene,bone, 0f);
 	}
 
 	public void noteOnReceived(Note n) {
diff --git a/src/animata/controls/LayerRotator.java b/src/animata/controls/LayerRotator.java
index 8c4b4d6..a890227 100644
--- a/src/animata/controls/LayerRotator.java
+++ b/src/animata/controls/LayerRotator.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public void controllerChangeReceived(Controller controller){
 		if(controller.getChannel() != channel) return;
 		if(controller.getCC() != cc) return;
 		float value = range * (controller.getValue() / 127f) + min;
-		Layer.setRotation(layer, value);
+		Layer.setRotation(scene,layer, value);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/animata/controls/LayerScaler.java b/src/animata/controls/LayerScaler.java
index 3ba1f82..e8c04a0 100644
--- a/src/animata/controls/LayerScaler.java
+++ b/src/animata/controls/LayerScaler.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public void controllerChangeReceived(Controller controller){
 		if(controller.getChannel() != channel) return;
 		if(controller.getCC() != cc) return;
 		float value = range * (controller.getValue() / 127f) + min;
-		Layer.setScale(layer, value);
+		Layer.setScale(scene, layer, value);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeAngle.java b/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeAngle.java
index 57b4520..73f95cd 100644
--- a/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeAngle.java
+++ b/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeAngle.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public void noteOnReceived(Note n) {
 		animator.set(angle, FRAMES_TO_USE);
 	}
 	public void update(Observable o, Object arg) {
-		Layer.setRotation(layer, animator.currentValue);
+		Layer.setRotation(scene, layer, animator.currentValue);
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeScale.java b/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeScale.java
index 8465397..3206243 100644
--- a/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeScale.java
+++ b/src/animata/controls/NoteRangeScale.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public void noteOffReceived(Note n) {
 		animator.set(off, OUT_FRAMES);
 	}
 	public void update(Observable o, Object arg) {
-		Layer.setScale(layer, animator.currentValue);
+		Layer.setScale(scene, layer, animator.currentValue);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/animata/model/Layer.java b/src/animata/model/Layer.java
index 2e21b23..699bccb 100644
--- a/src/animata/model/Layer.java
+++ b/src/animata/model/Layer.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import javax.vecmath.Matrix3d;
 
+import animata.Scene;
 import animata.ViewBase;
 import animata.model.Skeleton.Bone;
 import animata.model.Skeleton.Joint;
@@ -128,12 +129,7 @@ public static void setAlpha(String name, Float value) {
 
 	}
 
-	public static void setRotation(String name, float value) {
-		for(Layer layer : allLayers){
-			if(layer.name != null && layer.name.equals(name)) layer.setRotation( value);
-		}
 
-	}
 
 	private void setRotation(float value) {
 		if(anchor == null) anchor = findAnchor();
@@ -153,12 +149,6 @@ private Joint findAnchor() {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	public static void setScale(String name, float value) {
-		for(Layer layer : allLayers){
-			if(layer.name != null && layer.name.equals(name)) layer.setScale(value);
-		}
-
-	}
 
 	private void setScale(float value) {
 		scale = value;
@@ -173,4 +163,25 @@ public void getAllBones(ArrayList<Bone> bones) {
 		bones.addAll(skeleton.bones);
 	}
 
+	public static void setScale(Scene scene, String name, float value) {
+		for(Layer layer : scene.layers){
+			if(layer.name != null && layer.name.equals(name)) layer.setScale(value);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public void getAllLayers(ArrayList<Layer> result) {
+		for(Layer layer : layers){
+			layer.getAllLayers(result);
+		}
+		result.addAll(layers);
+	}
+
+	public static void setRotation(Scene scene, String name, float value) {
+		for(Layer layer : scene.layers){
+			if(layer.name != null && layer.name.equals(name)) layer.setRotation( value);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }