Best way to graphically display sound waves?

I would like to build a project that can graphically display sound on an X, Y axis, in real time.

I’m a total newbie, but am looking for projects that have achieved this, that I can follow.

Essentially I’m looking to connect an appropriate microphone, to an appropriate board, install some pre-existing code via the IDE and see the output from the mic on an X,Y graph.

Can anyone suggest a project that achieves this?

thanks in Advance.

This is not a beginner Arduino or MCU project, and it is pretty unlikely that someone has done exactly what you seem to have in mind. Since components (especially displays) change very frequently, if you did find such a project, it would very likely be outdated and not work “out of the box”.

You could kick off the thinking process by downloading Audacity (free), and learning how to display sound from your laptop or desktop microphone.

Dual channel oscilloscope? I’m not really sure what you’re trying to measure, soundwaves aren’t polarized.

Low tech, but maybe something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhaTULO2Zkc

jremington:
This is not a beginner Arduino or MCU project, and it is pretty unlikely that someone has done exactly what you seem to have in mind. Since components (especially displays) change very frequently, if you did find such a project, it would very likely be outdated and not work “out of the box”.

You could kick off the thinking process by downloading Audacity (free), and learning how to display sound from your laptop or desktop microphone.

Thanks for the reply Jremington. I’ll give audacity a try as you suggest to get started.

YellowDog:
Low tech, but maybe something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhaTULO2Zkc

Not quite what I’m looking for , but you’ve given me a great idea. That is one of the coolest things ive see.