diff --git a/include/audio/error.hpp b/include/audio/error.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4cb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/audio/error.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+	This file is a part of the WyZ project
+	Copyright (C) 2020 rexy712
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OUR_DICK_AUDIO_ERROR_HPP
+#define OUR_DICK_AUDIO_ERROR_HPP
+
+namespace audio{
+
+	class error
+	{
+	public:
+		enum err{
+			NONE = 0,
+			UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT,
+			SYSTEM,
+			BAD_FILE,
+			UNSUPPORTED_ENCODING,
+			INVALID_CHANNEL_COUNT,
+			INVALID_SAMPLE_RATE,
+			INVALID_DEVICE,
+			INVALID_FLAG,
+			BAD_DEVICE_COMBO,
+			OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+			BUFFER_TOO_BIG,
+			BUFFER_TOO_SMALL,
+			BAD_CALLBACK,
+			BAD_STREAM,
+			TIMED_OUT,
+			STREAM_STOPPED,
+			STREAM_NOT_STOPPED,
+			INPUT_OVERFLOW,
+			OUTPUT_UNDERFLOW,
+			BAD_BUFFER,
+		};
+	private:
+		int m_actual;
+		int m_homog;
+
+	public:
+		error(int actual);
+		error(const error&) = default;
+		error(error&&) = default;
+		~error() = default;
+		error& operator=(const error&) = default;
+		error& operator=(error&&) = default;
+
+		operator int()const;
+		int get()const;
+		int get_raw()const;
+	};
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/audio/frame_fmt.hpp b/include/audio/frame_fmt.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d0574b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/audio/frame_fmt.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+	This file is a part of our_dick
+	Copyright (C) 2020 rexy712
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OUR_DICK_AUDIO_FRAME_FMT_HPP
+#define OUR_DICK_AUDIO_FRAME_FMT_HPP
+
+#include <portaudio.h>
+
+namespace audio{
+
+	enum class frame_fmt{
+		float32 = paFloat32,
+	};
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/audio/init.hpp b/include/audio/init.hpp
index dafc9ef..6e273c8 100644
--- a/include/audio/init.hpp
+++ b/include/audio/init.hpp
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ namespace audio{
 
 	class pa_system
 	{
-	public:
+	private:
 		pa_system();
 		~pa_system();
+
+	public:
+		static pa_system& instance();
 	};
 
 }
diff --git a/include/audio/sndrd.hpp b/include/audio/sndrd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00af015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/audio/sndrd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+	This file is a part of our_dick
+	Copyright (C) 2020 rexy712
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OUR_DICK_SNDRD_HPP
+#define OUR_DICK_SNDRD_HPP
+
+#include <sndfile.h>
+#include <cstddef> //size_t
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#include "error.hpp"
+
+namespace audio{
+
+	class sndrd
+	{
+	private:
+		SF_INFO m_info = {};
+		SNDFILE* m_fp = nullptr;
+
+	public:
+		enum class mode : int{
+			r = SFM_READ,
+			w = SFM_WRITE,
+			rw = SFM_RDWR,
+		};
+	public:
+		constexpr sndrd(void)noexcept = default;
+		sndrd(const char* f, mode m = mode::r)noexcept;
+		sndrd(const sndrd&) = delete;
+		sndrd(sndrd&& f)noexcept;
+		~sndrd(void)noexcept;
+		sndrd& operator=(const sndrd&) = delete;
+		sndrd& operator=(sndrd&& f)noexcept;
+
+		SNDFILE* release(void)noexcept;
+
+		//Returns length in frames
+		size_t length(void)noexcept;
+		//Returns position in frames
+		size_t position(void)const noexcept;
+		void set_pos(size_t newpos)noexcept;
+		void seek(long int offset)noexcept;
+
+		operator SNDFILE*(void)noexcept;
+		operator const SNDFILE*(void)const noexcept;
+		SNDFILE* get(void)noexcept;
+		const SNDFILE* get(void)const noexcept;
+		bool valid()const noexcept;
+
+		size_t read(float* dest, size_t items)noexcept;
+		size_t read_frames(float* dest, size_t frames)noexcept;
+		//TODO other formats
+
+		size_t write(const float* src, size_t items)noexcept;
+		size_t write_frames(const float* src, size_t frames)noexcept;
+		//TODO other formats
+
+		void close()noexcept;
+
+		//getters
+		size_t frames()const noexcept;
+		int samplerate()const noexcept;
+		int channels()const noexcept;
+		int file_format()const noexcept;
+		int sections()const noexcept;
+		bool seekable()const noexcept;
+
+		error last_error()const noexcept;
+	};
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/audio/stream.hpp b/include/audio/stream.hpp
index 90c73b4..e49523e 100644
--- a/include/audio/stream.hpp
+++ b/include/audio/stream.hpp
@@ -24,44 +24,41 @@
 
 #include "detail/utility.hpp"
 #include "detail.hpp"
+#include "error.hpp"
 
 namespace audio{
 
-	enum class stream_fmt{
-		float32 = paFloat32,
-	};
-
 	class stream
 	{
 	private:
 		detail::callback_iface* m_cb = nullptr;
 		PaStream* m_stream = nullptr;
-		PaError m_err = paNoError;
+		mutable PaError m_err = paNoError;
 
 	public:
 		template<typename Callback, typename... Args>
-		stream(int in_c, int out_c, stream_fmt fmt, double samplerate, size_t buffersize, Callback&& cb, Args&&... cbargs):
+		stream(int in_c, int out_c, double samplerate, size_t buffersize, Callback&& cb, Args&&... cbargs):
 			m_cb(new detail::callback_impl<Callback,Args...>(std::forward<Callback>(cb), std::forward<Args>(cbargs)...)),
 			m_stream(initialize_global_instance()),
-			m_err(open_default_stream(&m_stream, in_c, out_c, fmt, samplerate, buffersize, m_cb)){}
+			m_err(open_default_stream(&m_stream, in_c, out_c, paFloat32, samplerate, buffersize, m_cb)){}
 
 		~stream();
 
-		int start();
-		int stop();
-		int abort();
-		int close();
+		error start();
+		error stop();
+		error abort();
+		error close();
 
 		bool is_stopped()const;
 		bool is_active()const;
 
-		int last_error()const;
+		error last_error()const;
 
 	private:
 		static PaStream* initialize_global_instance();
 		//to avoid using portaudio functions in the header
 		static int open_default_stream(PaStream**, int in_c, int out_c,
-		                               stream_fmt fmt, double samplerate,
+		                               int fmt, double samplerate,
 		                               size_t bufsize, detail::callback_iface* cb);
 		static int callback(const void* input, void* output, unsigned long framecount,
 		                    const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo* /*timeInfo*/, PaStreamCallbackFlags /*statusFlags*/,
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index cd64199..5e5ebc6 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	CC::=gcc
 	CXX::=g++
 	LDLIBS::=
-	LDFLAGS::= -lglfw -lgl3w -ldl -lm -lportaudio -lasound
+	LDFLAGS::= -lglfw -lgl3w -ldl -lm -lportaudio -lasound -lsndfile
 	STRIP::=strip
 	RANLIB::=ranlib
 	AR::=ar
diff --git a/src/audio/error.cpp b/src/audio/error.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3221cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/error.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/**
+	This file is a part of the WyZ project
+	Copyright (C) 2020 rexy712
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "audio/error.hpp"
+
+#include <portaudio.h>
+#include <sndfile.h>
+
+namespace audio{
+
+	static int map_lib_errors(int liberr){
+		//portaudio and sndfile have no error overlaps, so a switch covers both
+		switch(liberr){
+			default:
+			case SF_ERR_NO_ERROR:
+			//case paNoError: //same value as SF_ERR_NO_ERROR
+				return error::NONE;
+			case paSampleFormatNotSupported:
+			case SF_ERR_UNRECOGNISED_FORMAT:
+				return error::UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT;
+			case SF_ERR_MALFORMED_FILE:
+				return error::BAD_FILE;
+			case SF_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ENCODING:
+				return error::UNSUPPORTED_ENCODING;
+
+			case paInvalidChannelCount:
+				return error::INVALID_CHANNEL_COUNT;
+			case paInvalidSampleRate:
+				return error::INVALID_SAMPLE_RATE;
+			case paDeviceUnavailable:
+			case paInvalidDevice:
+				return error::INVALID_DEVICE;
+			case paInvalidFlag:
+				return error::INVALID_FLAG;
+			case paBadIODeviceCombination:
+				return error::BAD_DEVICE_COMBO;
+			case paInsufficientMemory:
+				return error::OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+			case paBufferTooBig:
+				return error::BUFFER_TOO_BIG;
+			case paBufferTooSmall:
+				return error::BUFFER_TOO_SMALL;
+			case paNullCallback:
+				return error::BAD_CALLBACK;
+			case paCanNotReadFromACallbackStream:
+			case paCanNotWriteToACallbackStream:
+			case paCanNotReadFromAnOutputOnlyStream:
+			case paCanNotWriteToAnInputOnlyStream:
+			case paBadStreamPtr:
+				return error::BAD_STREAM;
+			case paTimedOut:
+				return error::TIMED_OUT;
+			case paStreamIsStopped:
+				return error::STREAM_STOPPED;
+			case paStreamIsNotStopped:
+				return error::STREAM_NOT_STOPPED;
+			case paInputOverflowed:
+				return error::INPUT_OVERFLOW;
+			case paOutputUnderflowed:
+				return error::OUTPUT_UNDERFLOW;
+			case paBadBufferPtr:
+				return error::BAD_BUFFER;
+
+			case paIncompatibleStreamHostApi:
+			case paInvalidHostApi:
+			case paHostApiNotFound:
+			case paIncompatibleHostApiSpecificStreamInfo:
+			case paInternalError:
+			case paNotInitialized:
+			case paUnanticipatedHostError:
+			case SF_ERR_SYSTEM:
+				return error::SYSTEM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	error::error(int actual):
+		m_actual(actual),
+		m_homog(map_lib_errors(actual)){}
+
+	error::operator int()const{
+		return m_homog;
+	}
+	int error::get()const{
+		return m_homog;
+	}
+	int error::get_raw()const{
+		return m_actual;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/audio/init.cpp b/src/audio/init.cpp
index 13735b2..4dd4be3 100644
--- a/src/audio/init.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/init.cpp
@@ -41,4 +41,8 @@ namespace audio{
 		Pa_Terminate();
 	}
 
+	pa_system& pa_system::instance(){
+		static pa_system inst;
+		return inst;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/audio/sndrd.cpp b/src/audio/sndrd.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d6e495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/sndrd.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/**
+	This file is a part of our_dick
+	Copyright (C) 2020 rexy712
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "audio/sndrd.hpp"
+#include "audio/error.hpp"
+
+#include <utility> //exchange, swap
+
+namespace audio{
+
+	sndrd::sndrd(const char* f, mode m)noexcept:
+		m_info(),
+		m_fp(sf_open(f, static_cast<int>(m), &m_info)){}
+	sndrd::sndrd(sndrd&& f)noexcept:
+		m_info(f.m_info),
+		m_fp(std::exchange(f.m_fp, nullptr)){}
+	sndrd::~sndrd()noexcept{
+		close();
+	}
+	sndrd& sndrd::operator=(sndrd&& f)noexcept{
+		std::swap(m_fp, f.m_fp);
+		m_info = f.m_info;
+		return *this;
+	}
+
+	SNDFILE* sndrd::release()noexcept{
+		return std::exchange(m_fp, nullptr);
+	}
+	size_t sndrd::length()noexcept{
+		size_t pos = position();
+		size_t len = sf_seek(m_fp, 0, SEEK_END);
+		sf_seek(m_fp, pos, SEEK_SET);
+		return len;
+	}
+	size_t sndrd::position()const noexcept{
+		return sf_seek(m_fp, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+	}
+	void sndrd::set_pos(size_t newpos)noexcept{
+		sf_seek(m_fp, newpos, SEEK_SET);
+	}
+	void sndrd::seek(long int offset)noexcept{
+		size_t pos = position();
+		sf_seek(m_fp, pos + offset, SEEK_SET);
+	}
+
+	sndrd::operator SNDFILE*()noexcept{
+		return m_fp;
+	}
+	sndrd::operator const SNDFILE*()const noexcept{
+		return m_fp;
+	}
+	SNDFILE* sndrd::get()noexcept{
+		return m_fp;
+	}
+	const SNDFILE* sndrd::get()const noexcept{
+		return m_fp;
+	}
+	bool sndrd::valid()const noexcept{
+		return m_fp && !last_error();
+	}
+
+	size_t sndrd::read(float* dest, size_t items)noexcept{
+		return sf_read_float(m_fp, dest, items);
+	}
+	size_t sndrd::read_frames(float* dest, size_t frames)noexcept{
+		return sf_readf_float(m_fp, dest, frames);
+	}
+
+	size_t sndrd::write(const float* src, size_t items)noexcept{
+		return sf_write_float(m_fp, src, items);
+	}
+	size_t sndrd::write_frames(const float* src, size_t frames)noexcept{
+		return sf_writef_float(m_fp, src, frames);
+	}
+
+	void sndrd::close()noexcept{
+		if(m_fp)
+			sf_close(m_fp);
+		m_fp = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	size_t sndrd::frames()const noexcept{
+		return m_info.frames;
+	}
+	int sndrd::samplerate()const noexcept{
+		return m_info.samplerate;
+	}
+	int sndrd::channels()const noexcept{
+		return m_info.channels;
+	}
+	int sndrd::file_format()const noexcept{
+		return m_info.format;
+	}
+	int sndrd::sections()const noexcept{
+		return m_info.sections;
+	}
+	bool sndrd::seekable()const noexcept{
+		return m_info.seekable;
+	}
+
+	error sndrd::last_error()const noexcept{
+		return error(sf_error(m_fp));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/audio/stream.cpp b/src/audio/stream.cpp
index 1d16ee7..ce96f35 100644
--- a/src/audio/stream.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/stream.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "audio/stream.hpp"
 #include "audio/init.hpp"
+#include "audio/error.hpp"
 
 #include <portaudio.h>
 
@@ -27,45 +28,45 @@ namespace audio{
 		close();
 		delete m_cb;
 	}
-	int stream::start(){
-		return m_err = Pa_StartStream(m_stream);
+	error stream::start(){
+		return error(m_err = Pa_StartStream(m_stream));
 	}
-	int stream::stop(){
-		return m_err = Pa_StopStream(m_stream);
+	error stream::stop(){
+		return error(m_err = Pa_StopStream(m_stream));
 	}
-	int stream::abort(){
-		return m_err = Pa_AbortStream(m_stream);
+	error stream::abort(){
+		return error(m_err = Pa_AbortStream(m_stream));
 	}
-
-	bool stream::is_stopped()const{
-		return Pa_IsStreamStopped(m_stream);
-	}
-	bool stream::is_active()const{
-		return Pa_IsStreamActive(m_stream);
-	}
-
-	int stream::close(){
+	error stream::close(){
 		if(m_stream){
 			m_err = Pa_CloseStream(m_stream);
 			m_stream = nullptr;
-			return m_err;
+			return error(m_err);
 		}
-		return paNotInitialized;
+		return error(paNotInitialized);
 	}
 
-	int stream::last_error()const{
-		return m_err;
+	bool stream::is_stopped()const{
+		return (m_err = Pa_IsStreamStopped(m_stream)) == 1;
+	}
+	bool stream::is_active()const{
+		return (m_err = Pa_IsStreamActive(m_stream)) == 1;
+	}
+
+
+	error stream::last_error()const{
+		return error(m_err);
 	}
 
 	PaStream* stream::initialize_global_instance(){
-		static pa_system sys;
+		pa_system::instance();
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 	int stream::open_default_stream(PaStream** stream, int in_c, int out_c,
-	                                stream_fmt fmt, double samplerate,
+	                                int fmt, double samplerate,
 	                                size_t bufsize, detail::callback_iface* cb)
 	{
-		return Pa_OpenDefaultStream(stream, in_c, out_c, static_cast<int>(fmt), samplerate, bufsize, callback, cb);
+		return Pa_OpenDefaultStream(stream, in_c, out_c, fmt, samplerate, bufsize, callback, cb);
 	}
 	int stream::callback(const void* input, void* output, unsigned long framecount,
 	                    const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo* /*timeInfo*/, PaStreamCallbackFlags /*statusFlags*/,