Working on a Flash project. I had to use the microphone to record some audio and generate a simple waveform so the user has some feedback that they are being heard. While not a true waveform, you can use the microphone activity level to generate something that works pretty well.

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Here is the code to generate the above sample:

import com.wirelust.waveform.Waveform;
import flash.media.Microphone;
 
private var wave:Waveform = new Waveform();
private var mic:Microphone;
 
private function init():void {
	wave.height = 50;
	wave.width = 450;
	wave.y = this.height/2 - wave.height/2;
	wave.x = this.width/2 - wave.width/2;
	this.addChild(wave);
	
	mic = Microphone.getMicrophone();
	mic.setUseEchoSuppression(false);
	
	// loopback is required so we can get the activity level and create the waveform. - so stupid
	mic.setLoopBack(true);
	
	// turn off the volume for the loopback
	var mySoundTransform:SoundTransform = new SoundTransform();
	mySoundTransform.volume = 0;
	mic.soundTransform = mySoundTransform;
	
	this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrameEnter);
}
 
private function onFrameEnter(event:Event):void {
	if (mic != null && !mic.muted) {
		wave.add(mic.activityLevel);
		wave.invalidateDisplayList();
	}
}

And for the Waform class:

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.geom.Matrix;
 
import mx.core.*;
import mx.graphics.IFill;
import mx.graphics.IStroke;
import mx.graphics.SolidColor;
import mx.graphics.Stroke;
 
public class Waveform extends UIComponent {
	private var levels:Array = new Array();
	public var color:uint = 0x000000;
	public var borderColor:uint = 0xCCCCCC;
	public var borderWidth:uint = 1;
	public var autoScale:Boolean = true;
	
	public function Waveform() {
	}
	
	public function add(level:Number):void {
		// trim the levels so we don't keep eating up memory
		while(levels.length > this.width) {
			levels.shift();
		}
		levels.push(level);
	}
	
	override protected function updateDisplayList(param1:Number, param2:Number) : void {
		var scaleFactor:Number = 1;
		// autoscale will find the highest volume and scale all lines in the display accordingly.
		if (autoScale) {
			var highestLevel:Number = 0;
			for (var i:uint=0; i<levels.length; i++) {
				if (levels[i] > highestLevel) {
					highestLevel = levels[i];
				}
			}
			scaleFactor = height/2/highestLevel;
		}
 
		super.updateDisplayList(param1, param2);
		graphics.clear();
		graphics.lineStyle(1, color, 1, true, LineScaleMode.NORMAL);
		var lineX:uint = 0;
		for (var j:uint=0; j<levels.length; j++) {
			graphics.moveTo(lineX, this.height/2 - (levels[j] * scaleFactor));
			graphics.lineTo(lineX, this.height/2 + (levels[j] * scaleFactor));
			lineX++;
		}
		
		if (borderWidth > 0) {
			graphics.lineStyle(borderWidth, borderColor, 1, true, LineScaleMode.NORMAL);
			graphics.drawRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);
		}
	}
}
}

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