diff --git a/Clip.H b/Clip.H
index 5230c6f..7f38bf6 100644
--- a/Clip.H
+++ b/Clip.H
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-
 typedef unsigned long nframes_t;
 
 #include "Peaks.H"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 56e5f92..66aaebd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 CXXFLAGS=-ggdb -Wall -O0
 
-LIBS=`fltk-config --ldflags`
+#LIBS=-L/usr/lib/sox -I/usr/include/sox -lsox -lsfx
+LIBS=-lsndfile  `fltk-config --ldflags`
 # CXXFLAGS=`fltk-config -cxxflags`
 
 SRCS= Waveform.C  Region.C  Peaks.C  main.C
diff --git a/Peaks.C b/Peaks.C
index cb1e889..c1e2793 100644
--- a/Peaks.C
+++ b/Peaks.C
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <sndfile.h>
+
+
 void
 Peaks::downsample ( int s, int e, float *mhi, float *mlo ) const
 {
@@ -86,18 +89,30 @@ Peaks::operator[] ( int X ) const
     return p;
 }
 
+static
+const char *
+peakname ( const char *filename )
+{
+    static char file[512];
+
+    snprintf( file, 512, "%s.peak", filename );
+
+    return (const char*)&file;
+}
 
 bool
 Peaks::open ( const char *filename )
 {
-    char file[512];
-
-    snprintf( file, 512, "%s.peak", filename );
-
     int fd;
-    if ( ( fd = ::open( file, O_RDONLY ) ) < 0 )
+
+try_again:
+    if ( ( fd = ::open( peakname( filename ), O_RDONLY ) ) < 0 )
     {
         /* generate peaks here */
+        if ( make_peaks( filename, 256 ) )
+            goto try_again;
+        else
+            return false;
     }
 
     {
@@ -117,3 +132,68 @@ Peaks::open ( const char *filename )
 
     return true;
 }
+
+
+void
+long_to_float( long *buf, int len )
+{
+    for ( int i = len; i--; )
+        *((float*)buf) = *buf / 32768;
+}
+
+bool
+Peaks::make_peaks ( const char *filename, int chunksize )
+{
+    SNDFILE *in;
+
+//    sox_format_init();
+
+
+    SF_INFO si;
+    memset( &si, 0, sizeof( si ) );
+
+    in = sf_open( filename, SFM_READ, &si );
+
+    if ( si.channels != 1 )
+        abort();
+
+    FILE *fp = fopen( peakname( filename ), "w" );
+
+    if ( fp == NULL )
+    {
+        sf_close( in );
+        /* return fals */
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* write chunksize first */
+    fwrite( &chunksize, sizeof( int ), 1, fp );
+
+    float *fbuf = new float[ chunksize ];
+
+    size_t len;
+    do {
+        /* read in a buffer */
+        len = sf_read_float( in, fbuf, chunksize );
+
+        Peak p;
+        p.max = -1.0;
+        p.min = 1.0;
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < len; ++i )
+        {
+            if ( fbuf[i] > p.max )
+                p.max = fbuf[i];
+            if ( fbuf[i] < p.min )
+                p.min = fbuf[i];
+        }
+
+        fwrite(  &p, sizeof( Peak ), 1, fp );
+    }
+    while ( len == chunksize );
+
+    fclose( fp );
+
+    sf_close( in );
+
+}
diff --git a/Peaks.H b/Peaks.H
index 8d54052..b4812db 100644
--- a/Peaks.H
+++ b/Peaks.H
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public:
     void read ( int X, float *hi, float *lo ) const;
     bool open ( const char *filename );
 
+    bool make_peaks ( const char *filename, int chunksize );
+
     Peak & operator[] ( int X ) const;
 
 };
diff --git a/main.C b/main.C
index d458a48..8769c78 100644
--- a/main.C
+++ b/main.C
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ main ( int argc, char **argv )
     Fl_Double_Window *main_window = new Fl_Double_Window( 0, 0, 800, 600 );
 
     timeline.scroll = new Fl_Scroll( 0, 24, 800, 600 - 24 );
-    timeline.fpp = 1;
+    timeline.fpp = 256;
 
     Fl_Pack *tracks = new Fl_Pack( 0, 0, 5000, 5000 );
     tracks->type( Fl_Pack::VERTICAL );
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ main ( int argc, char **argv )
 
     //  Region *wave = new Region( 0, 0, 5000, 100, "foo" );
 
-    Region *wave = new Region( new Clip( "foo.wav" ) );
+    Region *wave = new Region( new Clip( "streambass8.wav" ) );
 
     wave->resize( 0, 0, 500, 100 );