diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Piano/Music.h b/Userland/Applications/Piano/Music.h
index 55dc329704..bfb4a4c930 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Piano/Music.h
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Piano/Music.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ struct Sample {
     i16 right;
 };
 
-constexpr int sample_count = 1 << 9;
+// HACK: needs to increase with device sample rate, but all of the sample_count stuff is static for now
+constexpr int sample_count = 1 << 12;
 
 constexpr int buffer_size = sample_count * sizeof(Sample);
 
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/SoundPlayer/BarsVisualizationWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/SoundPlayer/BarsVisualizationWidget.cpp
index 3be48ff79c..f6ccd353b2 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/SoundPlayer/BarsVisualizationWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/SoundPlayer/BarsVisualizationWidget.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ void BarsVisualizationWidget::set_buffer(RefPtr<Audio::Buffer> buffer, int sampl
     if (m_is_using_last)
         return;
     m_is_using_last = true;
-    VERIFY(buffer->sample_count() >= 256);
+    // FIXME: We should dynamically adapt to the sample count and e.g. perform the fft over multiple buffers.
+    // For now, the visualizer doesn't work with extremely low global sample rates.
+    if (buffer->sample_count() < 256)
+        return;
     m_sample_count = round_previous_power_of_2(samples_to_use);
     m_sample_buffer.resize(m_sample_count);
     for (int i = 0; i < m_sample_count; i++) {