diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 843728a73..a6dc55873 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2008-06-14	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* 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.h:
+	improved appearence of Spectrum Analzyer
+
 	* configure.in:
 	* plugins/Makefile.am:
 	* plugins/spectrum_analyzer/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/background.png
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diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.h b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.h
index b37521534..b6a89a006 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.h
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_analyzer.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "spectrumanalyzer_controls.h"
 
 
-const int MAX_BANDS = 400;
+const int MAX_BANDS = 249;
 const int BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background.png
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diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrum_background_plain.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4c3aca08
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diff --git a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp
index 3d28325d5..7cd6e557e 100644
--- a/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spectrum_analyzer/spectrumanalyzer_control_dialog.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,26 @@
 #include "spectrum_analyzer.h"
 #include "song_editor.h"
 #include "led_checkbox.h"
+#include "embed.h"
+
+
+inline void darken( QImage & _i, int _x, int _y, int _w, int _h )
+{
+	uchar * d = _i.scanLine( _y ) + _x * sizeof( QRgb );
+	const int add = ( _i.width() - _w ) * sizeof( QRgb );
+	for( int y = 0; y < _h; ++y )
+	{
+		for( int x = 0; x < _w; ++x )
+		{
+			*d = *d >> 1; ++d;
+			*d = *d >> 1; ++d;
+			*d = *d >> 1; ++d;
+			++d;
+		}
+		d += add;
+	}
+}
+
 
 
 class spectrumView : public QWidget
@@ -36,11 +56,14 @@ class spectrumView : public QWidget
 public:
 	spectrumView( spectrumAnalyzer * _s, QWidget * _parent ) :
 		QWidget( _parent ),
-		m_sa( _s )
+		m_sa( _s ),
+		m_backgroundPlain( PLUGIN_NAME::getIconPixmap( "spectrum_background_plain" ).toImage() ),
+		m_background( PLUGIN_NAME::getIconPixmap( "spectrum_background" ).toImage() )
 	{
-		setFixedSize( 400, 200 );
+		setFixedSize( 249, 151 );
 		connect( engine::getSongEditor(), SIGNAL( periodicUpdate() ),
 				this, SLOT( update() ) );
+		setAttribute( Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent, TRUE );
 	}
 
 	virtual ~spectrumView()
@@ -50,10 +73,13 @@ public:
 	virtual void paintEvent( QPaintEvent * _pe )
 	{
 		QPainter p( this );
-		p.fillRect( rect(), Qt::black );
+		QImage i = m_sa->m_saControls.m_linearSpec.value() ?
+					m_backgroundPlain : m_background;
 		const double e = m_sa->m_energy;
 		if( e <= 0 )
 		{
+			darken( i, 0, 0, i.width(), i.height() );
+			p.drawImage( 0, 0, i );
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -63,7 +89,6 @@ public:
 		int h;
 		if( m_sa->m_saControls.m_linearSpec.value() )
 		{
-			p.setPen( QColor( 0, 255, 0 ) );
 			for( int x = 0; x < MAX_BANDS; ++x, ++b )
 			{
 				if( lin_y )
@@ -74,7 +99,15 @@ public:
 				{
 					h = (int)( height() * (20*(log10( *b / e ) ) - LOWER_Y ) / (-LOWER_Y ) );
 				}
-				p.drawLine( x, height(), x, height()-h );
+				if( h < 0 )
+				{
+					h = 0;
+				}
+				else if( h > height() )
+				{
+					h = height();
+				}
+				darken( i, x, 0, 1, height()-h );
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -89,13 +122,29 @@ public:
 				{
 					h = (int)( height() * (20*(log10( *b / e ) ) - LOWER_Y ) / (-LOWER_Y ) );
 				}
-				p.fillRect( x*13, height()-h, 11, h, QColor( 0, 255, 0 ) );
+				if( h < 0 )
+				{
+					h = 0;
+				}
+				else if( h > height() )
+				{
+					h = height();
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					h = ( h / 3 ) * 3;
+				}
+				darken( i, x*8, 0, 8, height()-h );
 			}
+			darken( i, 31*8, 0, 1, height() );
 		}
+		p.drawImage( 0, 0, i );
 	}
 
 private:
 	spectrumAnalyzer * m_sa;
+	QImage m_backgroundPlain;
+	QImage m_background;
 
 } ;
 
@@ -104,16 +153,26 @@ spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog::spectrumAnalyzerControlDialog(
 					spectrumAnalyzerControls * _controls ) :
 	effectControlDialog( _controls )
 {
-	QVBoxLayout * l = new QVBoxLayout( this );
+	setAutoFillBackground( TRUE );
+	QPalette pal;
+	pal.setBrush( backgroundRole(),
+				PLUGIN_NAME::getIconPixmap( "background" ) );
+	setFixedSize( 280, 243 );
+	setPalette( pal );
+/*	QVBoxLayout * l = new QVBoxLayout( this );*/
 	spectrumView * v = new spectrumView( _controls->m_effect, this );
+	v->move( 24, 30 );
 
 	ledCheckBox * lin_spec = new ledCheckBox( tr( "Linear spectrum" ), this );
-	ledCheckBox * lin_y = new ledCheckBox( tr( "Linear Y axis" ), this );
+	lin_spec->move( 24, 204 );
 	lin_spec->setModel( &_controls->m_linearSpec );
+
+	ledCheckBox * lin_y = new ledCheckBox( tr( "Linear Y axis" ), this );
+	lin_y->move( 24, 220 );
 	lin_y->setModel( &_controls->m_linearYAxis );
-	l->addWidget( v );
+/*	l->addWidget( v );
 	l->addWidget( lin_spec );
-	l->addWidget( lin_y );
+	l->addWidget( lin_y );*/
 
 }