diff --git a/components/analysis/Spectrogram.tsx b/components/analysis/Spectrogram.tsx
index 352329e..db126a6 100644
--- a/components/analysis/Spectrogram.tsx
+++ b/components/analysis/Spectrogram.tsx
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ export function Spectrogram({ analyserNode, className }: SpectrogramProps) {
     const bufferLength = analyserNode.frequencyBinCount;
     const dataArray = new Uint8Array(bufferLength);
 
-    // Get background color from computed styles
-    const bgColorStr = getComputedStyle(canvas.parentElement!).backgroundColor;
-    const bgMatch = bgColorStr.match(/rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)/);
-    const bgR = bgMatch ? parseInt(bgMatch[1]) : 240;
-    const bgG = bgMatch ? parseInt(bgMatch[2]) : 240;
-    const bgB = bgMatch ? parseInt(bgMatch[3]) : 240;
-
     // Initialize spectrogram data
     spectrogramDataRef.current = ctx.createImageData(rect.width, rect.height);
 
@@ -57,7 +50,7 @@ export function Spectrogram({ analyserNode, className }: SpectrogramProps) {
           imageData.data[targetIndex] = imageData.data[sourceIndex];
           imageData.data[targetIndex + 1] = imageData.data[sourceIndex + 1];
           imageData.data[targetIndex + 2] = imageData.data[sourceIndex + 2];
-          imageData.data[targetIndex + 3] = 255;
+          imageData.data[targetIndex + 3] = imageData.data[sourceIndex + 3];
         }
       }
 
@@ -68,36 +61,40 @@ export function Spectrogram({ analyserNode, className }: SpectrogramProps) {
         const freqIndex = Math.floor((1 - y / rect.height) * bufferLength);
         const value = dataArray[freqIndex];
 
-        // Color mapping: background color (0) -> blue -> cyan -> green -> yellow -> red (255)
-        let r, g, b;
+        // Color mapping with transparency: transparent (0) -> blue -> cyan -> green -> yellow -> red (255)
+        let r, g, b, a;
         if (value < 64) {
-          // Background to blue
+          // Transparent to blue
           const t = value / 64;
-          r = Math.round(bgR * (1 - t));
-          g = Math.round(bgG * (1 - t));
-          b = Math.round(bgB * (1 - t) + 255 * t);
+          r = 0;
+          g = 0;
+          b = Math.round(255 * t);
+          a = Math.round(255 * t);
         } else if (value < 128) {
           // Blue to cyan
           r = 0;
           g = (value - 64) * 4;
           b = 255;
+          a = 255;
         } else if (value < 192) {
           // Cyan to green
           r = 0;
           g = 255;
           b = 255 - (value - 128) * 4;
+          a = 255;
         } else {
           // Green to yellow to red
           r = (value - 192) * 4;
           g = 255;
           b = 0;
+          a = 255;
         }
 
         const index = ((y * rect.width) + x) * 4;
         imageData.data[index] = r;
         imageData.data[index + 1] = g;
         imageData.data[index + 2] = b;
-        imageData.data[index + 3] = 255;
+        imageData.data[index + 3] = a;
       }
 
       // Draw the spectrogram