diff --git a/streamer/src/fft.ts b/streamer/src/fft.ts
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+export interface SpectrumOpts {
+  bars: number;
+  sampleRate: number;
+  fftSize?: number;
+  smoothing?: number;
+}
+
+export class SpectrumAnalyzer {
+  private fftSize: number;
+  private window: Float32Array;
+  private buffer: Float32Array;
+  private bufFill = 0;
+  private smooth: Float32Array;
+  private bandStarts: number[];
+  private bandEnds: number[];
+
+  constructor(private opts: SpectrumOpts) {
+    this.fftSize = opts.fftSize ?? 1024;
+    this.window = new Float32Array(this.fftSize);
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.fftSize; i++) {
+      this.window[i] = 0.5 - 0.5 * Math.cos((2 * Math.PI * i) / (this.fftSize - 1));
+    }
+    this.buffer = new Float32Array(this.fftSize);
+    this.smooth = new Float32Array(opts.bars);
+    [this.bandStarts, this.bandEnds] = this.makeBands();
+  }
+
+  private makeBands(): [number[], number[]] {
+    const minHz = 40;
+    const maxHz = Math.min(16000, this.opts.sampleRate / 2);
+    const fftBin = (hz: number) => Math.round((hz / this.opts.sampleRate) * this.fftSize);
+    const starts: number[] = [];
+    const ends: number[] = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.opts.bars; i++) {
+      const a = minHz * Math.pow(maxHz / minHz, i / this.opts.bars);
+      const b = minHz * Math.pow(maxHz / minHz, (i + 1) / this.opts.bars);
+      starts.push(Math.max(1, fftBin(a)));
+      ends.push(Math.max(starts[i]! + 1, fftBin(b)));
+    }
+    return [starts, ends];
+  }
+
+  feed(pcm: Buffer): void {
+    const samples = pcm.length / 4;
+    let bi = this.bufFill;
+    for (let i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
+      const l = pcm.readInt16LE(i * 4);
+      const r = pcm.readInt16LE(i * 4 + 2);
+      this.buffer[bi] = ((l + r) / 2) / 32768;
+      bi++;
+      if (bi >= this.fftSize) {
+        this.computeFrame();
+        bi = 0;
+      }
+    }
+    this.bufFill = bi;
+  }
+
+  bars(): number[] {
+    const out = new Array<number>(this.opts.bars);
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.opts.bars; i++) out[i] = this.smooth[i]!;
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  private computeFrame(): void {
+    const re = new Float32Array(this.fftSize);
+    const im = new Float32Array(this.fftSize);
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.fftSize; i++) re[i] = this.buffer[i]! * this.window[i]!;
+    fftInPlace(re, im);
+
+    const alpha = this.opts.smoothing ?? 0.6;
+    const peakRef = this.fftSize / 4;
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.opts.bars; i++) {
+      let mag = 0;
+      const s = this.bandStarts[i]!;
+      const e = this.bandEnds[i]!;
+      for (let k = s; k < e; k++) mag += Math.sqrt(re[k]! * re[k]! + im[k]! * im[k]!);
+      mag /= e - s;
+      const norm = Math.min(1, mag / peakRef);
+      this.smooth[i] = alpha * this.smooth[i]! + (1 - alpha) * norm;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function fftInPlace(re: Float32Array, im: Float32Array): void {
+  const n = re.length;
+  for (let i = 1, j = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    let bit = n >> 1;
+    for (; j & bit; bit >>= 1) j ^= bit;
+    j ^= bit;
+    if (i < j) {
+      [re[i], re[j]] = [re[j]!, re[i]!];
+      [im[i], im[j]] = [im[j]!, im[i]!];
+    }
+  }
+  for (let len = 2; len <= n; len <<= 1) {
+    const halfLen = len >> 1;
+    const angle = (-2 * Math.PI) / len;
+    const wre = Math.cos(angle);
+    const wim = Math.sin(angle);
+    for (let i = 0; i < n; i += len) {
+      let cre = 1;
+      let cim = 0;
+      for (let k = 0; k < halfLen; k++) {
+        const tre = cre * re[i + k + halfLen]! - cim * im[i + k + halfLen]!;
+        const tim = cre * im[i + k + halfLen]! + cim * re[i + k + halfLen]!;
+        re[i + k + halfLen] = re[i + k]! - tre;
+        im[i + k + halfLen] = im[i + k]! - tim;
+        re[i + k] = re[i + k]! + tre;
+        im[i + k] = im[i + k]! + tim;
+        const ncre = cre * wre - cim * wim;
+        cim = cre * wim + cim * wre;
+        cre = ncre;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/streamer/tests/fft.test.ts b/streamer/tests/fft.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { SpectrumAnalyzer } from "../src/fft.ts";
+
+function sineFrame(freqHz: number, sampleRate = 48000, samples = 1024): Buffer {
+  const buf = Buffer.alloc(samples * 2 * 2); // s16le stereo
+  for (let i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
+    const v = Math.round(Math.sin((2 * Math.PI * freqHz * i) / sampleRate) * 16000);
+    buf.writeInt16LE(v, i * 4);
+    buf.writeInt16LE(v, i * 4 + 2);
+  }
+  return buf;
+}
+
+describe("SpectrumAnalyzer", () => {
+  it("produces N bars of normalized [0..1] floats", () => {
+    const a = new SpectrumAnalyzer({ bars: 48, sampleRate: 48000 });
+    a.feed(sineFrame(1000));
+    const bars = a.bars();
+    expect(bars).toHaveLength(48);
+    bars.forEach((v) => {
+      expect(v).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+      expect(v).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("a 1khz sine puts most energy in low bars (logarithmic binning)", () => {
+    const a = new SpectrumAnalyzer({ bars: 48, sampleRate: 48000 });
+    a.feed(sineFrame(1000));
+    const bars = a.bars();
+    const lowSum = bars.slice(0, 16).reduce((s, v) => s + v, 0);
+    const highSum = bars.slice(32).reduce((s, v) => s + v, 0);
+    expect(lowSum).toBeGreaterThan(highSum * 5);
+  });
+
+  it("silence produces all-near-zero bars", () => {
+    const a = new SpectrumAnalyzer({ bars: 72, sampleRate: 48000 });
+    a.feed(Buffer.alloc(1024 * 4));
+    const bars = a.bars();
+    bars.forEach((v) => expect(v).toBeLessThan(0.01));
+  });
+});