Finally 7 Vus and 11 patterns working on Arduino Nano and Arduino Pro Mini 3.3 volts. I say finally working because on the Arduino Nano when using Adafruit's Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX4466 ...

Humans love visualising music, whether it’s in the form of an inscrutable equation drawing squiggles in Winamp, or a simple VU meter pulsing with the beat. This build from [mircemk] is of the latter ...

You can still get moving-needle meters off the shelf if you desire that old school look in one of you projects. However, if you want a more flexible and modern solution, you could use round displays ...