diff --git a/direction_finder.py b/direction_finder.py
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+import numpy as np
+import time
+from datetime import datetime
+
+FIFO_PATH = "/tmp/esp32_audio"
+SAMPLE_RATE = 16000
+CHANNELS = 2          # set to 1 if mono
+BLOCK_FRAMES = 512    # ~32 ms at 16 kHz
+BYTES_PER_SAMPLE = 2  # s16le
+
+MARGIN = 3.0          # multiplier above baseline
+ALPHA = 0.01          # smoothing factor for rolling baseline
+COOLDOWN = 0.5   # seconds to ignore after a trigger
+
+def read_block(f, block_bytes):
+    data = f.read(block_bytes)
+    if not data:
+        return None
+    return np.frombuffer(data, dtype=np.int16)
+
+def main():
+    block_bytes = BLOCK_FRAMES * CHANNELS * BYTES_PER_SAMPLE
+
+    with open(FIFO_PATH, "rb") as f:
+        print("Listening with rolling baseline + cooldown...")
+        baseline = None
+        last_trigger = 0
+
+        while True:
+            audio = read_block(f, block_bytes)
+            if audio is None:
+                continue
+
+            if CHANNELS == 2:
+                left = audio[0::2]
+                right = audio[1::2]
+                left_peak = np.max(np.abs(left))
+                right_peak = np.max(np.abs(right))
+                current_level = (left_peak + right_peak) / 2
+            else:
+                current_level = np.max(np.abs(audio))
+
+            if baseline is None:
+                baseline = current_level
+                continue
+
+            baseline = (1 - ALPHA) * baseline + ALPHA * current_level
+            threshold = baseline * MARGIN
+
+            now = time.time()
+            if now - last_trigger < COOLDOWN:
+                continue  # skip triggers during cooldown
+
+            if CHANNELS == 2:
+                if left_peak > threshold or right_peak > threshold:
+                    louder = "LEFT" if left_peak > right_peak else "RIGHT"
+                    ts = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")[:-3]
+                    print(f"[{ts}] Loud noise! {louder} channel louder "
+                          f"(L={left_peak}, R={right_peak}, baseline={baseline:.1f})")
+                    last_trigger = now
+            else:
+                if current_level > threshold:
+                    ts = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")[:-3]
+                    print(f"[{ts}] Loud noise! Peak={current_level}, baseline={baseline:.1f}")
+                    last_trigger = now
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()