diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/MediaControls.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/MediaControls.qml
index 81b1d62d..0a85bde0 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/MediaControls.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/MediaControls.qml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Scope {
     property real contentPadding: 13
     property real popupRounding: Appearance.rounding.screenRounding - Appearance.sizes.elevationMargin + 1
     property real artRounding: Appearance.rounding.verysmall
+    property list<real> visualizerPoints: []
 
     property bool hasPlasmaIntegration: false
     function isRealPlayer(player) {
@@ -68,13 +69,32 @@ Scope {
         return filtered;
     }
 
+    Process {
+        id: cavaProc
+        running: mediaControlsLoader.active
+        onRunningChanged: {
+            if (!cavaProc.running) {
+                root.visualizerPoints = [];
+            }
+        }
+        command: ["cava", "-p", `${FileUtils.trimFileProtocol(Directories.config)}/quickshell/scripts/cava/raw_output_config.txt`]
+        stdout: SplitParser {
+            onRead: data => {
+                // Parse `;`-separated values into the visualizerPoints array
+                let allPoints = data.split(";").map(p => parseFloat(p.trim())).filter(p => !isNaN(p));
+                let points = allPoints.slice(Math.floor(allPoints.length / 2), allPoints.length);
+                root.visualizerPoints = points;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     Loader {
         id: mediaControlsLoader
         active: false
 
         sourceComponent: PanelWindow {
             id: mediaControlsRoot
-            visible: mediaControlsLoader.active
+            visible: true
 
             exclusiveZone: 0
             implicitWidth: (
@@ -112,6 +132,7 @@ Scope {
                     delegate: PlayerControl {
                         required property MprisPlayer modelData
                         player: modelData
+                        visualizerPoints: root.visualizerPoints
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/PlayerControl.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/PlayerControl.qml
index 16be41b8..842b681f 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/PlayerControl.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/mediaControls/PlayerControl.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Item { // Player instance
     property string artFilePath: `${artDownloadLocation}/${artFileName}`
     property color artDominantColor: colorQuantizer?.colors[0] || Appearance.m3colors.m3secondaryContainer
     property bool downloaded: false
+    property list<real> visualizerPoints: []
+    property real maxVisualizerValue: 1000 // Max value in the data points
 
     implicitWidth: widgetWidth
     implicitHeight: widgetHeight
@@ -150,6 +152,69 @@ Item { // Player instance
             }
         }
 
+        Canvas { // Visualizer
+            id: visualizerCanvas
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            onPaint: {
+                var ctx = getContext("2d");
+                ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+                var points = playerController.visualizerPoints;
+                var maxVal = playerController.maxVisualizerValue || 1;
+                var h = height;
+                var w = width;
+                var n = points.length;
+                if (n < 2) return;
+
+                // Smoothing: simple moving average (optional)
+                var smoothPoints = [];
+                var smoothWindow = 3; // adjust for more/less smoothing
+                for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+                    var sum = 0, count = 0;
+                    for (var j = -smoothWindow; j <= smoothWindow; ++j) {
+                        var idx = Math.max(0, Math.min(n - 1, i + j));
+                        sum += points[idx];
+                        count++;
+                    }
+                    smoothPoints.push(sum / count);
+                }
+
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.moveTo(0, h);
+                for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+                    var x = i * w / (n - 1);
+                    var y = h - (smoothPoints[i] / maxVal) * h;
+                    ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+                }
+                ctx.lineTo(w, h);
+                ctx.closePath();
+
+                ctx.fillStyle = Qt.rgba(
+                    blendedColors.colPrimary.r,
+                    blendedColors.colPrimary.g,
+                    blendedColors.colPrimary.b,
+                    0.25
+                );
+                ctx.fill();
+            }
+            Connections {
+                target: playerController
+                function onVisualizerPointsChanged() {
+                    visualizerCanvas.requestPaint()
+                }
+            }
+
+            layer.enabled: true
+            layer.effect: MultiEffect { // Blur a tiny bit to obscure away the points
+                source: visualizerCanvas
+                saturation: 0.2
+                blurEnabled: true
+                blurMax: 6
+                blur: 1
+            }
+        }
+        
+
         RowLayout {
             anchors.fill: parent
             anchors.margins: root.contentPadding
@@ -160,7 +225,7 @@ Item { // Player instance
                 Layout.fillHeight: true
                 implicitWidth: height
                 radius: root.artRounding
-                color: blendedColors.colLayer1
+                color: ColorUtils.transparentize(blendedColors.colLayer1, 0.5)
 
                 layer.enabled: true
                 layer.effect: OpacityMask {
@@ -235,12 +300,18 @@ Item { // Player instance
                             iconName: "skip_previous"
                             onClicked: playerController.player?.previous()
                         }
-                        StyledProgressBar {
-                            id: slider
+                        Item {
+                            id: progressBarContainer
                             Layout.fillWidth: true
-                            highlightColor: blendedColors.colPrimary
-                            trackColor: blendedColors.colSecondaryContainer
-                            value: playerController.player?.position / playerController.player?.length
+                            implicitHeight: progressBar.implicitHeight
+
+                            StyledProgressBar { 
+                                id: progressBar
+                                anchors.fill: parent
+                                highlightColor: blendedColors.colPrimary
+                                trackColor: blendedColors.colSecondaryContainer
+                                value: playerController.player?.position / playerController.player?.length
+                            }
                         }
                         TrackChangeButton {
                             iconName: "skip_next"
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/scripts/cava/raw_output_config.txt b/.config/quickshell/scripts/cava/raw_output_config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a223a31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/quickshell/scripts/cava/raw_output_config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[general]
+mode = waves
+framerate = 60
+autosens = 1
+bars = 60
+
+[output]
+method = raw
+raw_target = /dev/stdout
+data_format = ascii
+
+[smoothing]
+noise_reduction = 20
+
diff --git a/arch-packages/illogical-impulse-audio/PKGBUILD b/arch-packages/illogical-impulse-audio/PKGBUILD
index 81054e0b..6cab7de5 100644
--- a/arch-packages/illogical-impulse-audio/PKGBUILD
+++ b/arch-packages/illogical-impulse-audio/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pkgdesc='Illogical Impulse Audio Dependencies'
 arch=(any)
 license=(None)
 depends=(
+	cava
 	pavucontrol-qt
 	wireplumber
 	libdbusmenu-gtk3