diff --git a/tracker/gioui/oscilloscope.go b/tracker/gioui/oscilloscope.go
index d44ba89..0f3917d 100644
--- a/tracker/gioui/oscilloscope.go
+++ b/tracker/gioui/oscilloscope.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type (
 
 func NewOscilloscope(model *tracker.Model) *OscilloscopeState {
 	return &OscilloscopeState{
-		plot:                 NewPlot(plotRange{0, 1}, plotRange{-1, 1}),
+		plot:                 NewPlot(plotRange{0, 1}, plotRange{-1, 1}, 0),
 		onceBtn:              new(Clickable),
 		wrapBtn:              new(Clickable),
 		lengthInBeatsNumber:  NewNumericUpDownState(),
diff --git a/tracker/gioui/plot.go b/tracker/gioui/plot.go
index e6b757e..dbcda5c 100644
--- a/tracker/gioui/plot.go
+++ b/tracker/gioui/plot.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 type (
 	Plot struct {
 		origXlim, origYlim plotRange
+		fixedYLevel        float32
 
 		xScale, yScale float32
 		xOffset        float32
@@ -41,10 +42,11 @@ type (
 	plotLogScale float32
 )
 
-func NewPlot(xlim, ylim plotRange) *Plot {
+func NewPlot(xlim, ylim plotRange, fixedYLevel float32) *Plot {
 	return &Plot{
-		origXlim: xlim,
-		origYlim: ylim,
+		origXlim:    xlim,
+		origYlim:    ylim,
+		fixedYLevel: fixedYLevel,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,9 +84,11 @@ func (p *Plot) Layout(gtx C, data PlotDataFunc, xticks, yticks PlotTickFunc, cur
 	})
 
 	// draw cursor
-	paint.ColorOp{Color: style.CursorColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
-	csx := plotPx(s.X).toScreen(xlim.toRelative(cursornx))
-	fillRect(gtx, clip.Rect{Min: image.Pt(csx, 0), Max: image.Pt(csx+1, s.Y)})
+	if cursornx == cursornx { // check for NaN
+		paint.ColorOp{Color: style.CursorColor}.Add(gtx.Ops)
+		csx := plotPx(s.X).toScreen(xlim.toRelative(cursornx))
+		fillRect(gtx, clip.Rect{Min: image.Pt(csx, 0), Max: image.Pt(csx+1, s.Y)})
+	}
 
 	// draw curves
 	for chn := range numchns {
@@ -119,7 +123,9 @@ func (s plotPx) fromScreen(px int) plotRel        { return plotRel(float32(px) /
 func (s plotPx) fromScreenF32(px float32) plotRel { return plotRel(px / float32(s-1)) }
 
 func (o *Plot) xlim() plotRange { return o.origXlim.scale(o.xScale).offset(o.xOffset) }
-func (o *Plot) ylim() plotRange { return o.origYlim.scale(o.yScale) }
+func (o *Plot) ylim() plotRange {
+	return o.origYlim.offset(-o.fixedYLevel).scale(o.yScale).offset(o.fixedYLevel)
+}
 
 func fillRect(gtx C, rect clip.Rect) {
 	stack := rect.Push(gtx.Ops)
@@ -164,6 +170,8 @@ func (o *Plot) update(gtx C) {
 
 					num := o.ylim().fromRelative(plotPx(s.Y).fromScreenF32(e.Position.Y))
 					den := o.ylim().fromRelative(plotPx(s.Y).fromScreenF32(o.dragStartPoint.Y))
+					num -= o.fixedYLevel
+					den -= o.fixedYLevel
 					if l := math.Abs(float64(num / den)); l > 1e-3 && l < 1e3 {
 						o.yScale -= float32(math.Log(l))
 						o.yScale = min(max(o.yScale, -1e3), 1e3)
diff --git a/tracker/gioui/specanalyzer.go b/tracker/gioui/specanalyzer.go
index 1c3798e..917ed2a 100644
--- a/tracker/gioui/specanalyzer.go
+++ b/tracker/gioui/specanalyzer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gioui
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -12,19 +13,22 @@ import (
 type (
 	SpectrumState struct {
 		resolutionNumber *NumericUpDownState
-		smoothingBtn     *Clickable
+		speed            *NumericUpDownState
 		chnModeBtn       *Clickable
 		plot             *Plot
 	}
 )
 
-const SpectrumDisplayDb = 60
+const (
+	SpectrumDbMin = -60
+	SpectrumDbMax = 12
+)
 
 func NewSpectrumState() *SpectrumState {
 	return &SpectrumState{
-		plot:             NewPlot(plotRange{-4, 0}, plotRange{SpectrumDisplayDb, 0}),
+		plot:             NewPlot(plotRange{-4, 0}, plotRange{SpectrumDbMax, SpectrumDbMin}, SpectrumDbMin),
 		resolutionNumber: NewNumericUpDownState(),
-		smoothingBtn:     new(Clickable),
+		speed:            NewNumericUpDownState(),
 		chnModeBtn:       new(Clickable),
 	}
 }
@@ -32,32 +36,20 @@ func NewSpectrumState() *SpectrumState {
 func (s *SpectrumState) Layout(gtx C) D {
 	s.Update(gtx)
 	t := TrackerFromContext(gtx)
-	leftSpacer := layout.Spacer{Width: unit.Dp(6), Height: unit.Dp(24)}.Layout
+	leftSpacer := layout.Spacer{Width: unit.Dp(6), Height: unit.Dp(36)}.Layout
 	rightSpacer := layout.Spacer{Width: unit.Dp(6)}.Layout
 
 	var chnModeTxt string = "???"
 	switch tracker.SpecChnMode(t.Model.SpecAnChannelsInt().Value()) {
-	case tracker.SpecChnModeCombine:
+	case tracker.SpecChnModeSum:
 		chnModeTxt = "Sum"
 	case tracker.SpecChnModeSeparate:
 		chnModeTxt = "Separate"
-	case tracker.SpecChnModeOff:
-		chnModeTxt = "Off"
-	}
-
-	var smoothTxt string = "???"
-	switch tracker.SpecSmoothing(t.Model.SpecAnSmoothing().Value()) {
-	case tracker.SpecSmoothingSlow:
-		smoothTxt = "Slow"
-	case tracker.SpecSmoothingMedium:
-		smoothTxt = "Medium"
-	case tracker.SpecSmoothingFast:
-		smoothTxt = "Fast"
 	}
 
 	resolution := NumUpDown(t.Model.SpecAnResolution(), t.Theme, s.resolutionNumber, "Resolution")
 	chnModeBtn := Btn(t.Theme, &t.Theme.Button.Filled, s.chnModeBtn, chnModeTxt, "Channel mode")
-	smoothBtn := Btn(t.Theme, &t.Theme.Button.Filled, s.smoothingBtn, smoothTxt, "Smoothing")
+	speed := NumUpDown(t.Model.SpecAnSpeed(), t.Theme, s.speed, "Speed")
 
 	numchns := 0
 	speclen := len(t.Model.Spectrum()[0])
@@ -78,15 +70,15 @@ func (s *SpectrumState) Layout(gtx C) D {
 					}
 					ya := math.Log10(float64(biquad.Gain(float32(math.Pi*math.Pow(10, float64(xr.a)))))) * 20
 					yb := math.Log10(float64(biquad.Gain(float32(math.Pi*math.Pow(10, float64(xr.b)))))) * 20
-					return plotRange{float32(ya) + SpectrumDisplayDb, float32(yb) + SpectrumDisplayDb}, true
+					return plotRange{float32(ya), float32(yb)}, true
 				}
 				if chn >= numchns {
 					return plotRange{}, false
 				}
 				xr.a = float32(math.Pow(10, float64(xr.a)))
 				xr.b = float32(math.Pow(10, float64(xr.b)))
-				w1, f1 := math.Modf(float64(xr.a) * float64(speclen))
-				w2, f2 := math.Modf(float64(xr.b) * float64(speclen))
+				w1, f1 := math.Modf(float64(xr.a)*float64(speclen) - 1) // -1 cause we don't have the DC bin there
+				w2, f2 := math.Modf(float64(xr.b)*float64(speclen) - 1) // -1 cause we don't have the DC bin there
 				x1 := max(int(w1), 0)
 				x2 := min(int(w2), speclen-1)
 				if x1 > x2 {
@@ -110,10 +102,8 @@ func (s *SpectrumState) Layout(gtx C) D {
 						y2 = min(y2, sample)
 					}
 				}
-				y1 = SpectrumDisplayDb + y1
-				y2 = SpectrumDisplayDb + y2
-				y1 = softplus(y1/5) * 5 // we "squash" the low volumes so the -Inf dB becomes -SpectrumDisplayDb
-				y2 = softplus(y2/5) * 5
+				y1 = softplus((y1-SpectrumDbMin)/5)*5 + SpectrumDbMin // we "squash" the low volumes so the -Inf dB becomes -SpectrumDbMin
+				y2 = softplus((y2-SpectrumDbMin)/5)*5 + SpectrumDbMin
 
 				return plotRange{y1, y2}, true
 			}
@@ -122,22 +112,23 @@ func (s *SpectrumState) Layout(gtx C) D {
 					freq  float64
 					label string
 				}
-				for _, p := range []pair{
-					{freq: 10, label: "10 Hz"},
-					{freq: 20, label: "20 Hz"},
-					{freq: 50, label: "50 Hz"},
-					{freq: 100, label: "100 Hz"},
-					{freq: 200, label: "200 Hz"},
-					{freq: 500, label: "500 Hz"},
-					{freq: 1e3, label: "1 kHz"},
-					{freq: 2e3, label: "2 kHz"},
-					{freq: 5e3, label: "5 kHz"},
-					{freq: 1e4, label: "10 kHz"},
-					{freq: 2e4, label: "20 kHz"},
-				} {
-					x := float32(math.Log10(p.freq / 22050))
-					if x >= r.a && x <= r.b {
-						yield(x, p.label)
+				const offset = 0.343408593803857 // log10(22050/10000)
+				const startdiv = 3 * (1 << 8)
+				step := nextPowerOfTwo(int(float64(r.b-r.a)*startdiv/float64(count)) + 1)
+				start := int(math.Floor(float64(r.a+offset) * startdiv / float64(step)))
+				end := int(math.Ceil(float64(r.b+offset) * startdiv / float64(step)))
+				for i := start; i <= end; i++ {
+					lognormfreq := float32(i*step)/startdiv - offset
+					freq := math.Pow(10, float64(lognormfreq)) * 22050
+					df := freq * math.Log(10) * float64(step) / startdiv // this is roughly the difference in Hz between the ticks currently
+					rounding := int(math.Floor(math.Log10(df)))
+					r := math.Pow(10, float64(rounding))
+					freq = math.Round(freq/r) * r
+					tickpos := float32(math.Log10(freq / 22050))
+					if rounding >= 3 {
+						yield(tickpos, fmt.Sprintf("%.0f kHz", freq/1000))
+					} else {
+						yield(tickpos, fmt.Sprintf("%s Hz", strconv.FormatFloat(freq, 'f', -rounding, 64)))
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -145,30 +136,47 @@ func (s *SpectrumState) Layout(gtx C) D {
 				step := 3
 				var start, end int
 				for {
-					start = int(math.Ceil(float64(r.b-SpectrumDisplayDb) / float64(step)))
-					end = int(math.Floor(float64(r.a-SpectrumDisplayDb) / float64(step)))
-					step *= 2
+					start = int(math.Ceil(float64(r.b) / float64(step)))
+					end = int(math.Floor(float64(r.a) / float64(step)))
 					if end-start+1 <= count*4 { // we use 4x density for the y-lines in the spectrum
 						break
 					}
+					step *= 2
 				}
 				for i := start; i <= end; i++ {
-					yield(float32(i*step)+SpectrumDisplayDb, strconv.Itoa(i*step))
+					yield(float32(i*step), strconv.Itoa(i*step))
 				}
 			}
 			n := numchns
 			if biquadok {
 				n = 3
 			}
-			return s.plot.Layout(gtx, data, xticks, yticks, 0, n)
+			return s.plot.Layout(gtx, data, xticks, yticks, float32(math.NaN()), n)
 		}),
 		layout.Rigid(func(gtx C) D {
 			return layout.Flex{Axis: layout.Horizontal, Alignment: layout.Middle}.Layout(gtx,
 				layout.Rigid(leftSpacer),
+				layout.Rigid(Label(t.Theme, &t.Theme.SongPanel.RowHeader, "Resolution").Layout),
+				layout.Flexed(1, func(gtx C) D { return D{Size: gtx.Constraints.Min} }),
+				layout.Rigid(resolution.Layout),
+				layout.Rigid(rightSpacer),
+			)
+		}),
+		layout.Rigid(func(gtx C) D {
+			return layout.Flex{Axis: layout.Horizontal, Alignment: layout.Middle}.Layout(gtx,
+				layout.Rigid(leftSpacer),
+				layout.Rigid(Label(t.Theme, &t.Theme.SongPanel.RowHeader, "Speed").Layout),
+				layout.Flexed(1, func(gtx C) D { return D{Size: gtx.Constraints.Min} }),
+				layout.Rigid(speed.Layout),
+				layout.Rigid(rightSpacer),
+			)
+		}),
+		layout.Rigid(func(gtx C) D {
+			return layout.Flex{Axis: layout.Horizontal, Alignment: layout.Middle}.Layout(gtx,
+				layout.Rigid(leftSpacer),
+				layout.Rigid(Label(t.Theme, &t.Theme.SongPanel.RowHeader, "Channels").Layout),
 				layout.Flexed(1, func(gtx C) D { return D{Size: gtx.Constraints.Min} }),
 				layout.Rigid(chnModeBtn.Layout),
-				layout.Rigid(smoothBtn.Layout),
-				layout.Rigid(resolution.Layout),
 				layout.Rigid(rightSpacer),
 			)
 		}),
@@ -184,13 +192,26 @@ func smoothInterpolate(a, b float32, t float32) float32 {
 	return (1-t)*a + t*b
 }
 
+func nextPowerOfTwo(v int) int {
+	if v <= 0 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	v--
+	v |= v >> 1
+	v |= v >> 2
+	v |= v >> 4
+	v |= v >> 8
+	v |= v >> 16
+	v |= v >> 32
+	v++
+	return v
+}
+
 func (s *SpectrumState) Update(gtx C) {
 	t := TrackerFromContext(gtx)
 	for s.chnModeBtn.Clicked(gtx) {
 		t.Model.SpecAnChannelsInt().SetValue((t.SpecAnChannelsInt().Value() + 1) % int(tracker.NumSpecChnModes))
 	}
-	for s.smoothingBtn.Clicked(gtx) {
-		r := t.Model.SpecAnSmoothing().Range()
-		t.Model.SpecAnSmoothing().SetValue((t.SpecAnSmoothing().Value()+1)%(r.Max-r.Min+1) + r.Min)
-	}
+	s.resolutionNumber.Update(gtx, t.Model.SpecAnResolution())
+	s.speed.Update(gtx, t.Model.SpecAnSpeed())
 }
diff --git a/tracker/int.go b/tracker/int.go
index 03bd109..a96eadd 100644
--- a/tracker/int.go
+++ b/tracker/int.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type (
 	Octave            Model
 	DetectorWeighting Model
 	SyntherIndex      Model
-	SpecAnSmoothing   Model
+	SpecAnSpeed       Model
 	SpecAnResolution  Model
 	SpecAnChannelsInt Model
 )
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (m *Model) Step() Int              { return MakeInt((*Step)(m)) }
 func (m *Model) Octave() Int            { return MakeInt((*Octave)(m)) }
 func (m *Model) DetectorWeighting() Int { return MakeInt((*DetectorWeighting)(m)) }
 func (m *Model) SyntherIndex() Int      { return MakeInt((*SyntherIndex)(m)) }
-func (m *Model) SpecAnSmoothing() Int   { return MakeInt((*SpecAnSmoothing)(m)) }
+func (m *Model) SpecAnSpeed() Int       { return MakeInt((*SpecAnSpeed)(m)) }
 func (m *Model) SpecAnResolution() Int  { return MakeInt((*SpecAnResolution)(m)) }
 func (m *Model) SpecAnChannelsInt() Int { return MakeInt((*SpecAnChannelsInt)(m)) }
 
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ func (v *DetectorWeighting) Range() IntRange { return IntRange{0, int(NumLoudnes
 
 // SpecAn stuff
 
-func (v *SpecAnSmoothing) Value() int { return int(v.specAnSettings.Smooth) }
-func (v *SpecAnSmoothing) SetValue(value int) bool {
-	v.specAnSettings.Smooth = SpecSmoothing(value)
+func (v *SpecAnSpeed) Value() int { return int(v.specAnSettings.Smooth) }
+func (v *SpecAnSpeed) SetValue(value int) bool {
+	v.specAnSettings.Smooth = value
 	TrySend(v.broker.ToSpecAn, MsgToSpecAn{HasSettings: true, SpecSettings: v.specAnSettings})
 	return true
 }
-func (v *SpecAnSmoothing) Range() IntRange { return IntRange{0, int(NumSpecSmoothing) - 1} }
+func (v *SpecAnSpeed) Range() IntRange { return IntRange{SpecSpeedMin, SpecSpeedMax} }
 
 func (v *SpecAnResolution) Value() int { return v.specAnSettings.Resolution }
 func (v *SpecAnResolution) SetValue(value int) bool {
diff --git a/tracker/spectrum.go b/tracker/spectrum.go
index 2017ba8..d7f67e1 100644
--- a/tracker/spectrum.go
+++ b/tracker/spectrum.go
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ type (
 
 	SpecAnSettings struct {
 		ChnMode    SpecChnMode
-		Smooth     SpecSmoothing
+		Smooth     int
 		Resolution int
 	}
 
-	SpecChnMode   int
-	SpecSmoothing int
-	Spectrum      [2][]float32
+	SpecChnMode int
+	Spectrum    [2][]float32
 
 	specTemp struct {
 		power      [2][]float32
@@ -42,38 +41,24 @@ type (
 )
 
 const (
-	SpecResolutionMin = 7
-	SpecResolutionMax = 16
+	SpecResolutionMin = -3
+	SpecResolutionMax = 3
 )
 
 const (
-	SpecChnModeOff      SpecChnMode = iota // no spectrum analysis is done to save CPU resources
-	SpecChnModeCombine                     // calculate a single combined spectrum for both channels
+	SpecSpeedMin = -3
+	SpecSpeedMax = 3
+)
+
+const (
+	SpecChnModeSum      SpecChnMode = iota // calculate a single combined spectrum for both channels
 	SpecChnModeSeparate                    // calculate separate spectrums for left and right channels
 	NumSpecChnModes
 )
 
-const (
-	SpecSmoothingMedium SpecSmoothing = iota
-	SpecSmoothingFast
-	SpecSmoothingSlow
-
-	NumSpecSmoothing
-)
-
-var spectrumSmoothingMap map[SpecSmoothing]float32 = map[SpecSmoothing]float32{
-	SpecSmoothingSlow:   0.1,
-	SpecSmoothingMedium: 0.2,
-	SpecSmoothingFast:   0.4,
-}
-
 func NewSpecAnalyzer(broker *Broker) *SpecAnalyzer {
 	ret := &SpecAnalyzer{broker: broker}
-	ret.init(SpecAnSettings{
-		ChnMode:    SpecChnModeCombine,
-		Smooth:     SpecSmoothingMedium,
-		Resolution: 10,
-	})
+	ret.init(SpecAnSettings{})
 	return ret
 }
 
@@ -87,23 +72,28 @@ func (m *Model) BiquadCoeffs() (coeffs BiquadCoeffs, ok bool) {
 	case "filter":
 		p := m.d.Song.Patch[i].Units[u].Parameters
 		f := float32(p["frequency"]) / 128
-		res := float32(p["resonance"]) / 128
-		f2 := f * f
-		g := f2 / (2 - f2)
-		a1 := 2 * (g*g - 1)
-		a2 := (1 - g*(g-res))
+		f *= f
+		r := float32(p["resonance"]) / 128
+		// in state-space, the filter has the form:
+		// s(n+1) = A*s(n)+B*u, where A = [1 f;-f 1-f*r-f*f] and B = [0;f]
+		// y(n) = C*s(n)+D*u, where
+		//   C = [low band]
+		//
+		// The transfer function is then H(z) = C*(zI-A)^-1*B + D
+		// z*I-A = [z-1 -f; f z+f*r+f*f-1]
+		// Invert it:
+		// (z*I-A)^-1 = 1/det * [z+f*r+f*f-1 f; -f z-1], where det = (z-1)*(z+f*r+f*f-1)+f^2 = z^2 + z * (f*r+f*f−2) + 1-f*r
+		// (z*I-A)^-1*B = 1/det * [-f*f; f*z-f]
+		var a0 float32 = 1
+		var a1 float32 = r*f + f*f - 2
+		var a2 float32 = 1 - r*f
 		var b0, b1, b2 float32
-		if p["low"] == 1 {
-			b0 += g * g
-			b1 += 2 * g * g
-			b2 += g * g
+		if p["lowpass"] == 1 {
+			b2 = -f * f
 		}
-		b0 += float32(p["high"])
-		b1 += -2 * float32(p["high"])
-		b2 += float32(p["high"])
-		b0 += g * float32(p["band"])
-		b2 += -g * float32(p["band"])
-		return BiquadCoeffs{a0: 1, a1: a1, a2: a2, b0: b0, b1: b1, b2: b2}, true
+		b2 -= f * float32(p["bandpass"])
+		b1 += f * float32(p["bandpass"])
+		return BiquadCoeffs{a0: a0, a1: a1, a2: a2, b0: b0, b1: b1, b2: b2}, true
 	case "belleq":
 		f := float32(m.d.Song.Patch[i].Units[u].Parameters["frequency"]) / 128
 		band := float32(m.d.Song.Patch[i].Units[u].Parameters["bandwidth"]) / 128
@@ -149,14 +139,12 @@ func (s *SpecAnalyzer) handleMsg(msg MsgToSpecAn) {
 	}
 	switch m := msg.Data.(type) {
 	case *sointu.AudioBuffer:
-		if s.settings.ChnMode != SpecChnModeOff {
-			buf := *m
-			l := len(s.temp.window)
-			// 50% overlap with the windows
-			s.chunker.Process(buf, l, l>>1, func(chunk sointu.AudioBuffer) {
-				TrySend(s.broker.ToModel, MsgToModel{Data: s.update(chunk)})
-			})
-		}
+		buf := *m
+		l := len(s.temp.window)
+		// 50% overlap with the windows
+		s.chunker.Process(buf, l, l>>1, func(chunk sointu.AudioBuffer) {
+			TrySend(s.broker.ToModel, MsgToModel{Data: s.update(chunk)})
+		})
 		s.broker.PutAudioBuffer(m)
 	default:
 		// unknown message type; ignore
@@ -164,7 +152,7 @@ func (s *SpecAnalyzer) handleMsg(msg MsgToSpecAn) {
 }
 
 func (a *SpecAnalyzer) init(s SpecAnSettings) {
-	s.Resolution = min(max(s.Resolution, SpecResolutionMin), SpecResolutionMax)
+	s.Resolution = min(max(s.Resolution, SpecResolutionMin), SpecResolutionMax) + 10
 	a.settings = s
 	n := 1 << s.Resolution
 	a.temp = specTemp{
@@ -205,7 +193,7 @@ func (s *SpecAnalyzer) update(buf sointu.AudioBuffer) *Spectrum {
 		s.process(buf, 1)
 		ret[0] = append(ret[0], s.temp.power[0]...)
 		ret[1] = append(ret[1], s.temp.power[1]...)
-	case SpecChnModeCombine:
+	case SpecChnModeSum:
 		s.process(buf, 0)
 		s.process(buf, 1)
 		ret[0] = append(ret[0], s.temp.power[0]...)
@@ -260,7 +248,7 @@ func (sd *SpecAnalyzer) process(buf sointu.AudioBuffer, channel int) {
 	vek32.MulNumber_Inplace(t2[:m-1], 2)
 	// calculate difference to current spectrum and add back, multiplied by smoothing factor
 	vek32.Sub_Inplace(t2, sd.temp.power[channel])
-	alpha := spectrumSmoothingMap[sd.settings.Smooth]
+	alpha := float32(math.Pow(2, float64(sd.settings.Smooth-SpecSpeedMax)))
 	vek32.MulNumber_Inplace(t2, alpha)
 	vek32.Add_Inplace(sd.temp.power[channel], t2)
 }