diff --git a/crates/tek/src/groovebox.rs b/crates/tek/src/groovebox.rs
index 8dd04d17..439c57d2 100644
--- a/crates/tek/src/groovebox.rs
+++ b/crates/tek/src/groovebox.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ render!(<Tui>|self:GrooveboxTui|{
                 PhraseSelector::next_phrase(&self.player),
             ]))),
             row!([
-                Tui::split_n(false, 5,
+                Tui::split_n(false, 9,
                     col!([
                         row!(|add|{
                             if let Some(sample) = &self.sampler.mapped[note_pt] {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ render!(<Tui>|self:GrooveboxTui|{
                         }),
                         lay!([
                             Outer(Style::default().fg(TuiTheme::g(128))),
-                            Fill::w(Fixed::h(4, if let Some((_, sample)) = &self.sampler.recording {
+                            Fill::w(Fixed::h(8, if let Some((_, sample)) = &self.sampler.recording {
                                 SampleViewer(Some(sample.clone()))
                             } else if let Some(sample) = &self.sampler.mapped[note_pt] {
                                 SampleViewer(Some(sample.clone()))
diff --git a/crates/tek/src/sampler/sample_viewer.rs b/crates/tek/src/sampler/sample_viewer.rs
index 3ad94263..6f860746 100644
--- a/crates/tek/src/sampler/sample_viewer.rs
+++ b/crates/tek/src/sampler/sample_viewer.rs
@@ -18,18 +18,16 @@ render!(<Tui>|self: SampleViewer|render(|to|{
             let step   = length / width as f64;
             let mut t = start;
             while t < end {
-                points.push((t as f64, 0.));
-                points.push((t as f64, 1.));
-                points.push((t as f64, 0.5));
-                points.push((t as f64, 0.25));
-                points.push((t as f64, 0.125));
-                points.push((t as f64, 0.0625));
-                points.push((t as f64, 0.03125));
+                let chunk = &sample.channels[0][t as usize..((t + step) as usize).min(sample.end)];
+                let total: f32 = chunk.iter().map(|x|x.abs()).sum();
+                let count = chunk.len() as f32;
+                let meter = 10. * (total / count).log10();
+                points.push((t as f64, meter as f64));
                 t += step;
             }
             (
                 [sample.start as f64, sample.end as f64],
-                [0., 1.],
+                [-40., 0.],
                 points.as_slice()
             )
         } else {