diff --git a/fft.c b/fft.c
index 483b037..fa7a866 100755
--- a/fft.c
+++ b/fft.c
@@ -102,23 +102,18 @@
 	}
 
 	free(outputComponents);
-	
+
 	return fftSig;	
 }
 
 unsigned int*
-average_signal(unsigned int *fftBuf, int inLen, int maxC, int *avgLen)
+average_signal(unsigned int *fftBuf, int inLen, int maxC)
 {
 	unsigned int* fftAvg = malloc(inLen*sizeof(unsigned int));
 	int i, j, step, k=0;
 	unsigned int avg;
 
-	if(maxC < 200){
-		*avgLen = 128;
-	} else {
-		*avgLen = 512;
-	}
-	step = inLen/(2*(*avgLen));
+	step = inLen/128;
 	for(i=0; i<inLen; i=i+step){
 		avg = 0;
 		for(j=0; j<step; j++){
diff --git a/fft.h b/fft.h
index b53c1df..440e32d 100644
--- a/fft.h
+++ b/fft.h
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 void print_components(cplx *a, int len);
 unsigned int amplitude(cplx c);
 unsigned int* fast_fft(int inLen, uint16_t *sig);
-unsigned int* average_signal(unsigned int *fftBuf, int inLen, int maxC, int *avgLen);
+unsigned int* average_signal(unsigned int *fftBuf, int inLen, int maxC);
diff --git a/music_visualizer.c b/music_visualizer.c
index 9382245..443b9f8 100755
--- a/music_visualizer.c
+++ b/music_visualizer.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #define MPD_FIFO "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
 /*FREQ		44100*/
-#define N_SAMPLES 	512
+#define N_SAMPLES 1024
 /*FPS		FREQ/N_SAMPLES*/
 
 int
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 {
 	int fifo, i, j;
 	WINDOW *mainwin;
-	int maxR, maxC, avgLen, correction; //curses
+	int maxR, maxC, correction; //curses
 	uint16_t buf[N_SAMPLES];
 	unsigned int *fftBuf, *fftAvg;
 
@@ -45,19 +45,18 @@
 		}
 
 		fftBuf = fast_fft(N_SAMPLES, (uint16_t*)buf);
-		fftAvg = average_signal(fftBuf, N_SAMPLES, maxC, &avgLen);	
+		fftAvg = average_signal(fftBuf, N_SAMPLES, maxC);	
 		free(fftBuf);
 
 		erase();
 		correction = 0;
-		for(i=correction; i<maxC; i=i+1){
-			color_set(atoi(argv[1]), NULL);
-			for(j=0; j<1; j++){
-				if(fftAvg[i] > maxR || fftAvg[i] < 0){
-					fftAvg[i] = 1;
-				}
-				print_col(i+j-correction, fftAvg[i], maxR);
+		for(i=correction; i<maxC; i=i+2){
+			/*color_set(atoi(argv[1]), NULL);*/
+			if(fftAvg[i] > maxR || fftAvg[i] < 0){
+				fftAvg[i] = 1;
 			}
+			print_col(i-correction, fftAvg[i], maxR, atoi(argv[1]));
+			/*print_col(i-correction+1, fftAvg[i], maxR);*/
 		}
 		refresh();
 		free(fftAvg);
diff --git a/utils_curses.c b/utils_curses.c
index 6af334f..e537a7a 100755
--- a/utils_curses.c
+++ b/utils_curses.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         init_pair(4, COLOR_BLUE,    -1);
         init_pair(5, COLOR_CYAN,    -1);
         init_pair(6, COLOR_MAGENTA, -1);
-        init_pair(7, COLOR_WHITE,   -1);		
+        init_pair(8, COLOR_WHITE,   -1);		
 	}
 }
 
@@ -30,12 +30,17 @@
 }
 
 void
-print_col(int col, int length, int maxR)
+print_col(int col, int l, int maxR, int color)
 {
-	int row, l; 
-	l = maxR - length;
-	for(row=maxR; row>l; row--){
-		mvaddch(row, col, SHARP);
+	int row;
+	int changeCol;
+	for(row=maxR; row>=0; row--){
+		color++;
+		changeCol = color % 6;
+		if (!(row > l && row < maxR-l/3)) { // center of the screen
+			color_set(changeCol, NULL);
+			mvaddch(row, col, SHARP);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/utils_curses.h b/utils_curses.h
index b02c2fb..6a866ff 100755
--- a/utils_curses.h
+++ b/utils_curses.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #include <curses.h>
 
-#define SHARP '|'
+#define SHARP 'x'
+#define HEAVY '.'
 
 void init_color_pairs();
 WINDOW* curses_init();
-void print_col(int col, int length, int maxR);
+void print_col(int col, int length, int maxR, int color);