VU meters on LCD

I am having difficulty displaying nice VU meter on a character display,
right now I have allowed for 8 segments per channel, which I may make into
40 as you get 5 dots across per character.

Now the issue is the bars and very jumpy, either showing a couple or all of
them....

I sample the audio every 1/10s and display the bars, I can sample more, but
refreshing the display at a high rate is hard due to the fact I need to keep
streaming MP3 data and can not miss any.

I also know audio is more logrithmic than what I am doing...

The difference from the softest to loudest on the ADC right now is 80
counts.

I would think I could make a nicer looking VU meter that "follows" the music
better.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Richard.


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