diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 495c183..649a047 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "rustfft",
+ "textplots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ version = "3.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck"
+version = "1.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef657dfab802224e671f5818e9a4935f9b1957ed18e58292690cc39e7a4092a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -247,6 +254,16 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colored"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "117725a109d387c937a1533ce01b450cbde6b88abceea8473c4d7a85853cda3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -313,6 +330,16 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c87e182de0887fd5361989c677c4e8f5000cd9491d6d563161a8f3a5519fc7f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "drawille"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e64e461c3f1e69d99372620640b3fd5f0309eeda2e26e4af69f6760c0e1df845"
+dependencies = [
+ "colored",
+ "fnv",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -358,6 +385,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fnv"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -768,6 +801,15 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rgb"
+version = "0.8.50"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57397d16646700483b67d2dd6511d79318f9d057fdbd21a4066aeac8b41d310a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -836,6 +878,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textplots"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f59b64803118dbff62f92842b3154a2c802dfd8e18660132bbcbfb141c637ae3"
+dependencies = [
+ "drawille",
+ "rgb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 174a5cd..f3caad9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ color-eyre = "0.6"
 
 cpal = { version = "0.15", features = ["jack"] }
 rustfft = "6.2"
+
+textplots = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1f3a5b6..6ccc695 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{thread::sleep, time::Duration};
+use std::{sync::mpsc, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
 
 use color_eyre::eyre::bail;
 use cpal::{
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ use cpal::{
     BufferSize, HostId, SupportedBufferSize,
 };
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace};
-use rustfft::{num_complex::Complex, FftPlanner};
+use rustfft::{
+    num_complex::{Complex, ComplexFloat},
+    FftPlanner,
+};
+use textplots::{Chart, Plot, Shape};
 
 fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     env_logger::init();
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     let fft = planner.plan_fft_forward(buffer_size as usize);
     let mut fft_data = vec![Complex::new(0.0, 0.0); buffer_size as usize];
     let mut fft_scratch = vec![Complex::new(0.0, 0.0); buffer_size as usize];
+    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
 
     let stream = device.build_input_stream(
         &config,
@@ -51,7 +56,15 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
             for i in 0..data.len() {
                 fft_data[i] = Complex::new(data[i], 0.0);
             }
-            fft.process_with_scratch(&mut fft_data[..], &mut fft_scratch[..]);
+            let mut fft_output = vec![Complex::new(0.0, 0.0); data.len()];
+            fft.process_outofplace_with_scratch(
+                &mut fft_data[..],
+                &mut fft_output[..],
+                &mut fft_scratch[..],
+            );
+            if let Err(e) = sender.send(fft_output) {
+                error!("Unable to send fft output: {e}");
+            }
         },
         |err| {
             error!("input stream error: {err}");
@@ -62,6 +75,14 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     stream.play()?;
 
     loop {
-        sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+        let data = receiver.recv()?;
+        let plot_data: Vec<_> = data
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(i, datum)| ((i as f32).log10(), datum.abs() / 1024.0.sqrt()))
+            .collect();
+        Chart::new_with_y_range(200, 50, 0.0, 1024.0.log10(), 0.0, 2.0)
+            .lineplot(&Shape::Bars(&plot_data[..]))
+            .display();
     }
 }