cava in waybar

https://imgur.com/a/aR5lfkS

i, a simpleton, have succeeded in placing cava within my waybar. But i, a simpleton, have succeded in making cava a solid bar when audio is playing. is there a way to adjust this ? should i remove some of the icons in the modules section of my waybar config? would that even help? am i to just shout into the void?

tldr: cava make too big. Me unhappy.