diff --git a/oscope-sphere/src/SpectrogramBuffer.cpp b/oscope-sphere/src/SpectrogramBuffer.cpp
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+#include "SpectrogramBuffer.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+
+namespace oscope {
+
+SpectrogramBuffer::SpectrogramBuffer(int width, int height)
+    : width_(std::max(1, width)),
+      height_(std::max(2, height - (height % 2))) {
+    data_.assign(static_cast<std::size_t>(width_) * height_, 0.0f);
+}
+
+float SpectrogramBuffer::logResample(const std::vector<float>& mag,
+                                     float frac01) {
+    if (mag.size() < 2) return 0.0f;
+    const float lo = 1.0f;
+    const float hi = static_cast<float>(mag.size() - 1);
+    const float f  = std::clamp(frac01, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+    const float bin = lo * std::pow(hi / lo, f);
+    const int i0 = static_cast<int>(bin);
+    const int i1 = std::min(i0 + 1, static_cast<int>(mag.size()) - 1);
+    const float t = bin - static_cast<float>(i0);
+    return mag[i0] * (1.0f - t) + mag[i1] * t;
+}
+
+float SpectrogramBuffer::norm01(float magnitude) {
+    const float db = 20.0f * std::log10(std::max(magnitude, 1e-6f));
+    return std::clamp((db + 60.0f) / 60.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+}
+
+void SpectrogramBuffer::pushColumn(const std::vector<float>& magCh1,
+                                   const std::vector<float>& magCh2) {
+    const int col  = writeIndex_;
+    const int half = height_ / 2;
+
+    // CH1 -> northern rows [half, height_): row half = equator (low freq),
+    // row height_-1 = north pole (high freq).
+    for (int r = half; r < height_; ++r) {
+        const float frac = static_cast<float>(r - half) /
+                           static_cast<float>(half - 1);
+        data_[static_cast<std::size_t>(r) * width_ + col] =
+            norm01(logResample(magCh1, frac));
+    }
+    // CH2 -> southern rows [0, half): row half-1 = equator (low freq),
+    // row 0 = south pole (high freq).
+    for (int r = 0; r < half; ++r) {
+        const float frac = static_cast<float>(half - 1 - r) /
+                           static_cast<float>(half - 1);
+        data_[static_cast<std::size_t>(r) * width_ + col] =
+            norm01(logResample(magCh2, frac));
+    }
+    writeIndex_ = (writeIndex_ + 1) % width_;
+}
+
+} // namespace oscope
diff --git a/oscope-sphere/src/SpectrogramBuffer.h b/oscope-sphere/src/SpectrogramBuffer.h
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+#pragma once
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace oscope {
+
+// Pure-C++ rolling spectrogram column store. No GL dependency.
+// Layout: row-major, data()[row * width + col].
+// Height is forced even. Rows [H/2, H) hold CH1 (equator -> north pole),
+// rows [0, H/2) hold CH2 (equator -> south pole). Frequency is log-scaled
+// along the rows; magnitudes are normalised to [0,1] via a -60..0 dB map.
+class SpectrogramBuffer {
+public:
+    SpectrogramBuffer(int width, int height);
+
+    // magCh1 / magCh2: raw FFT magnitudes. Log-resampled into one column
+    // at the current write index, which then advances modulo width.
+    void pushColumn(const std::vector<float>& magCh1,
+                    const std::vector<float>& magCh2);
+
+    int width()  const { return width_; }
+    int height() const { return height_; }
+    int writeIndex() const { return writeIndex_; }
+    const std::vector<float>& data() const { return data_; }
+
+private:
+    static float logResample(const std::vector<float>& mag, float frac01);
+    static float norm01(float magnitude);
+
+    int width_;
+    int height_;
+    int writeIndex_ = 0;
+    std::vector<float> data_;
+};
+
+} // namespace oscope
diff --git a/oscope-sphere/tests/test_spectrogram.cpp b/oscope-sphere/tests/test_spectrogram.cpp
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+#include "check.h"
+#include "SpectrogramBuffer.h"
+#include <vector>
+
+using oscope::SpectrogramBuffer;
+
+// writeIndex advances modulo width.
+static void test_write_index_wraps() {
+    SpectrogramBuffer buf(8, 4);
+    std::vector<float> z(1024, 0.0f);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) buf.pushColumn(z, z);
+    CHECK(buf.writeIndex() == 2);                 // 10 % 8
+    CHECK(static_cast<int>(buf.data().size()) == 8 * 4);
+}
+
+// High-frequency energy must land near the poles for both channels.
+static void test_high_freq_maps_to_poles() {
+    SpectrogramBuffer buf(4, 8);   // H=8 -> CH1 rows 4..7, CH2 rows 0..3
+    std::vector<float> hi(1024, 0.0f);
+    hi[1023] = 100.0f;             // energy at the top FFT bin
+    buf.pushColumn(hi, hi);        // both channels: high-frequency content
+    const std::vector<float>& d = buf.data();
+    const int W = buf.width();
+    CHECK(d[7 * W + 0] > d[4 * W + 0]);   // CH1: north pole > equator
+    CHECK(d[0 * W + 0] > d[3 * W + 0]);   // CH2: south pole > equator
+}
+
+int main() {
+    test_write_index_wraps();
+    test_high_freq_maps_to_poles();
+    REPORT();
+}