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 ## Features
 
 - **Three display modes** (`MODE` knob):
-  - **BARS** — classic log-spaced spectrum bars with peak-hold caps.
-  - **SPECTRUM** — a smooth (quadratic-spline) waveform trace of the spectrum,
+  - **BARS** - classic log-spaced spectrum bars with peak-hold caps.
+  - **SPECTRUM** - a smooth (quadratic-spline) waveform trace of the spectrum,
     with a matching smooth peak-hold wave. Use the `SMOOTH` knob to go from
     raw/edgy to heavily smoothed.
-  - **LED** — an LED-meter style view (`LEDS` knob sets LEDs per bar).
+  - **LED** - an LED-meter style view (`LEDS` knob sets LEDs per bar).
 - **Frequency range** fixed to **20 Hz – 20 kHz**.
 - **HUE** knob rotates the hue of every UI accent (knob arcs, peaks, title)
   without altering the underlying data.