diff --git a/vall_e/models/ar.py b/vall_e/models/ar.py
index 3e527cc..7861253 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/ar.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/ar.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class AR(Base):
 		return False
 
 	@property
-	def dual(self) -> bool:
+	def monolithic(self) -> bool:
 		return False
 
 	def _prune(self, l: Tensor):
diff --git a/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py b/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
index 1bbad85..49ea8b9 100644
--- a/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class AR_NAR(Base):
 		return False
 	
 	@property
-	def dual(self) -> bool:
+	def monolithic(self) -> bool:
 		return True
 
 	def _prune(self, l: Tensor):
diff --git a/vall_e/models/base.py b/vall_e/models/base.py
index 8ca5644..8a98426 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/base.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/base.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ class MultiEmbedding(nn.Embedding):
 
 		for xi in x_list:
 			xi = F.one_hot(xi.to(torch.int64), num_classes=self.n_tokens)  # t l' k
-			xi = F.pad(xi, (0, 0, 0, w.shape[0] - xi.shape[1]))  # t l k
+			wi = w.shape[0] - xi.shape[1]
+			xi = F.pad(xi, (0, 0, 0, wi))  # t l k
 			padded_x_list.append(xi.to(w))
 
 		x = torch.cat(padded_x_list)  # n l k
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ class MultiEmbedding(nn.Embedding):
 		x_list = x.split([*map(len, x_list)])
 
 		return x_list
-"""
+
+# Embedding that sums each RVQ-bin level within a given input acoustic prompt
 class PromEmbedding(nn.Module):
 	def __init__(self, n_levels, n_tokens, token_dim):
 		super().__init__()
@@ -95,11 +97,9 @@ class PromEmbedding(nn.Module):
 		self.embeddings = nn.ModuleList([nn.Embedding(n_tokens, token_dim) for _ in range(self.n_levels)])
 	
 	def forward(self, x_list: list[Tensor] ) -> list[Tensor]:
-		if len(x_list) == 0:
-			return []
-
 		return [ sum([ self.embeddings[k](xi[:, k]) for k in range(xi.shape[-1]) ]) for i, xi in enumerate(x_list) ]
 
+# Embedding that selects which embedding based on a quant_level tensor for a given batch
 class RespEmbedding(nn.Module):
 	def __init__(self, n_levels, n_tokens, token_dim):
 		super().__init__()
@@ -107,11 +107,8 @@ class RespEmbedding(nn.Module):
 		self.embeddings = nn.ModuleList([nn.Embedding(n_tokens, token_dim) for _ in range(self.n_levels)])
 	
 	def forward(self, x_list: list[Tensor], quant_levels: Tensor | None = None) -> list[Tensor]:
-		if len(x_list) == 0:
-			return []
-		res = [ self.embeddings[quant_levels[i] if quant_levels is not None else 0](xi) for i, xi in enumerate(x_list) ]
-		return res
-"""
+		return [ self.embeddings[min(self.n_levels, quant_levels[i]) if quant_levels is not None else 0](xi)[:, 0, :] for i, xi in enumerate(x_list) ]
+
 class Base(nn.Module):
 	@property
 	def causal(self) -> bool:
@@ -150,12 +147,12 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 		return False
 
 	@property
-	def dual(self) -> bool:
+	def monolithic(self) -> bool:
 		return False
 
 	@property
 	def n_embeddings(self):
-		return self.n_resp_levels if self.dual else 1
+		return self.n_resp_levels if self.monolithic else 1
 
 	@property
 	def stop_token(self):
@@ -200,17 +197,19 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 
 		self.text_emb = Embedding(n_tokens, d_model)
 
-		self.proms_emb = MultiEmbedding(self.n_prom_levels, n_prom_tokens, d_model)
-		if self.n_embeddings == 1:
-			self.resps_emb = MultiEmbedding(self.n_resp_levels, n_resp_tokens, d_model)
+		# use dedicated embeddings for each RVQ-bin level in the input acoustic prompt if requested
+		# n_embeddings == prom_levels because using the MultiEmbedding is more than fine for the input acoustic prompt
+		if self.n_embeddings == self.n_prom_levels:
+			self.proms_emb = PromEmbedding(self.n_prom_levels, n_prom_tokens, d_model) 
 		else:
-			self.resps_emb = nn.ModuleList([ MultiEmbedding(self.n_resp_levels, n_resp_tokens, d_model) for _ in range(self.n_embeddings) ])
-		"""
-		if self.n_embeddings == 1:
-			self.resps_emb = MultiEmbedding(self.n_resp_levels, n_resp_tokens, d_model)
+			self.proms_emb = MultiEmbedding(self.n_prom_levels, n_prom_tokens, d_model)
+		
+		# use dedicated embeddings for each RVQ-bin level in the output response / target if requested
+		# n_embeddings > 1 because the using the MultiEmbedding "works" fine enough for split AR/NARs.
+		if self.n_embeddings > 1:
+			self.resps_emb = RespEmbedding(self.n_embeddings, n_resp_tokens, d_model)
 		else:
-			self.resps_emb = RespEmbedding(self.n_resp_levels, n_resp_tokens, d_model)
-		"""
+			self.resps_emb = MultiEmbedding(self.n_resp_levels, n_resp_tokens, d_model)
 
 		self.sep = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(d_model))
 
@@ -295,21 +294,12 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 
 		state: dict | None = None,
 	):
-		if self.n_embeddings == 1:
-			x_list = self._samplewise_merge_tensors(
-				self.text_emb(text_list),
-				self.proms_emb(proms_list),
-				self.resps_emb(resps_list),
-				sep=self.sep,
-			)
-		else:
-			x_list = self._samplewise_merge_tensors(
-				self.text_emb(text_list),
-				self.proms_emb(proms_list),
-				self.resps_emb[0 if quant_levels is None else 1](resps_list),
-				#self.resps_emb(resps_list, quant_levels),
-				sep=self.sep,
-			)
+		x_list = self._samplewise_merge_tensors(
+			self.text_emb(text_list),
+			self.proms_emb(proms_list),
+			self.resps_emb(resps_list, quant_levels),
+			sep=self.sep,
+		)
 
 		x, m = list_to_tensor(x_list)
 		
diff --git a/vall_e/models/nar.py b/vall_e/models/nar.py
index 878ff15..a1fe500 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/nar.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/nar.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class NAR(Base):
 		return False
 
 	@property
-	def dual(self) -> bool:
+	def monolithic(self) -> bool:
 		return False
 
 	def forward(