I set up my phatbeat fine. When playing audio the VU meter works perfectly. When I try to run the examples (hue_control and rainbow) The lights on the phat beat have a seizure. They look like they’re trying to do what the program says but they flicker quickly and don’t turn on in the right order. E…

Yes, this is quite the gotcha! I’m hoping when I finally find the time to make the switch from the big blob of C I’m using for Pi VU Meter to the Python-backed version, problems like this will go away!

@gadgetoid I ran into the same problem. Renaming /etc/asound.conf helped to get the demos working, but I’m kind of lost now. My plan was to build an RFID audio player incl. a VU meter and / or FFT spectrum analyser (mode switch) + status indication (e.g. low battery). While I don’t quite understand…

This “might” help you out. [image] Phat Beat increase VU meter sesitivity Support Is there a way to increase the VU meter sensitivity so it peaks at lower volume levels? The sound is way to loud if I turn it up enough to get a good indication on the VU meter. Most of the t…

I “think” this is what your looking for. [image] pimoroni/pivumeter ALSA plugin for displaying VU meters on various Raspberry Pi add-ons - derived from ameter - pimoroni/pivumeter

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