diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a6dc55873..cd177824a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 2008-06-14	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_x_axis.png:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_y_axis.png:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_controls.cpp:
+	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.h:
+	labeled axes and correct logarithmic view
+
 	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png:
 	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png:
 	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png:
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png
index a6d5d5da6..a4cbb7fcd 100644
Binary files a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png and b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png differ
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_x_axis.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_x_axis.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..855cf6b13
Binary files /dev/null and b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_x_axis.png differ
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_y_axis.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_y_axis.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a2206a42
Binary files /dev/null and b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/log_y_axis.png differ
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp
index 4bb8e879e..3f3f960a5 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.cpp
@@ -363,12 +363,12 @@ bool spectrumAnalyzer::processAudioBuffer( sampleFrame * _buf,
 			MAX_BANDS,
 			LOWEST_FREQ*(BUFFER_SIZE+1)/(double)(sr/2),
 			HIGHEST_FREQ*(BUFFER_SIZE+1)/(double)(sr/2) );
-		m_energy = maximum( m_bands, MAX_BANDS );
+		m_energy = maximum( m_bands, MAX_BANDS ) / maximum( m_buffer, BUFFER_SIZE );
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		calc13octaveband31( m_absSpecBuf, m_bands, BUFFER_SIZE+1, sr/2.0);
-		m_energy = signalpower( m_buffer, BUFFER_SIZE );
+		m_energy = signalpower( m_buffer, BUFFER_SIZE ) / maximum( m_buffer, BUFFER_SIZE );
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png
index d1f1ea65b..18c9dc22e 100644
Binary files a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png and b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png differ
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png
index a4c3aca08..be471b0e8 100644
Binary files a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png and b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png differ
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp
index 7cd6e557e..6d6fed08f 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ public:
 			{
 				if( lin_y )
 				{
-					h = height() * (*b / e );
+					h = height() * 2.0 / 3.0 * (*b / e );
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					h = (int)( height() * (20*(log10( *b / e ) ) - LOWER_Y ) / (-LOWER_Y ) );
+					h = (int)( height() * 2.0 / 3.0 * (20*(log10( *b / e ) ) - LOWER_Y ) / (-LOWER_Y ) );
 				}
 				if( h < 0 )
 				{
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ public:
 			{
 				if( lin_y )
 				{
-					h = height() * (*b / e );
+					h = height() * 2.0 / 3.0 * ( 1.2 * *b / e );
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					h = (int)( height() * (20*(log10( *b / e ) ) - LOWER_Y ) / (-LOWER_Y ) );
+					h = (int)( height() * 2.0 / 3.0 * (20*(log10( *b / e ) ) - LOWER_Y ) / (-LOWER_Y ) );
 				}
 				if( h < 0 )
 				{
@@ -149,9 +149,14 @@ private:
 } ;
 
 
+
+
 spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog::spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog(
 					spectrumAnalyzerControls * _controls ) :
-	effectControlDialog( _controls )
+	effectControlDialog( _controls ),
+	m_controls( _controls ),
+	m_logXAxis( PLUGIN_NAME::getIconPixmap( "log_x_axis" ) ),
+	m_logYAxis( PLUGIN_NAME::getIconPixmap( "log_y_axis" ) )
 {
 	setAutoFillBackground( TRUE );
 	QPalette pal;
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog::spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog(
 	setPalette( pal );
 /*	QVBoxLayout * l = new QVBoxLayout( this );*/
 	spectrumView * v = new spectrumView( _controls->m_effect, this );
-	v->move( 24, 30 );
+	v->move( 27, 30 );
 
 	ledCheckBox * lin_spec = new ledCheckBox( tr( "Linear spectrum" ), this );
 	lin_spec->move( 24, 204 );
@@ -170,6 +175,11 @@ spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog::spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog(
 	ledCheckBox * lin_y = new ledCheckBox( tr( "Linear Y axis" ), this );
 	lin_y->move( 24, 220 );
 	lin_y->setModel( &_controls->m_linearYAxis );
+
+	connect( &_controls->m_linearSpec, SIGNAL( dataChanged() ),
+			this, SLOT( update() ) );
+	connect( &_controls->m_linearYAxis, SIGNAL( dataChanged() ),
+			this, SLOT( update() ) );
 /*	l->addWidget( v );
 	l->addWidget( lin_spec );
 	l->addWidget( lin_y );*/
@@ -177,3 +187,19 @@ spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog::spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog(
 }
 
 
+void spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog::paintEvent( QPaintEvent * )
+{
+	QPainter p( this );
+	if( !m_controls->m_linearSpec.value() )
+	{
+		p.drawPixmap( 25, 183, m_logXAxis );
+	}
+	if( !m_controls->m_linearYAxis.value() )
+	{
+		p.drawPixmap( 3, 47, m_logYAxis);
+	}
+
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.h b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.h
index 9a39d4466..0fd56bb68 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.h
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.h
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ public:
 	{
 	}
 
+private:
+	virtual void paintEvent( QPaintEvent * _pe );
+
+	spectrumAnalyzerControls * m_controls;
+
+	QPixmap m_logXAxis;
+	QPixmap m_logYAxis;
+
 } ;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_controls.cpp b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_controls.cpp
index 160cf7829..f618986b4 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_controls.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_controls.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spectrumAnalyzerControls::spectrumAnalyzerControls( spectrumAnalyzer * _eff ) :
 	effectControls( _eff ),
 	m_effect( _eff ),
 	m_linearSpec( FALSE, this, tr( "Linear spectrum" ) ),
-	m_linearYAxis( TRUE, this, tr( "Linear Y-axis" ) ),
+	m_linearYAxis( FALSE, this, tr( "Linear Y-axis" ) ),
 	m_channelMode( spectrumAnalyzer::MergeChannels, spectrumAnalyzer::MergeChannels, spectrumAnalyzer::RightChannel, this, tr( "Channel mode" ) )
 {
 }