diff --git a/src/Audio/AudioUtils.cs b/src/Audio/AudioUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..143eb8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Audio/AudioUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MoonWorks.Audio
+{
+	public static class AudioUtils
+	{
+		public struct WaveHeaderData
+		{
+			public int FileLength;
+			public short FormatTag;
+			public short Channels;
+			public int SampleRate;
+			public short BitsPerSample;
+			public short BlockAlign;
+			public int DataLength;
+		}
+
+		public static WaveHeaderData ReadWaveHeaderData(string filePath)
+		{
+			WaveHeaderData headerData;
+			var fileInfo = new FileInfo(filePath);
+			using FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+			using BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
+
+			headerData.FileLength = (int)fileInfo.Length - 8;
+			fs.Position = 20;
+			headerData.FormatTag = br.ReadInt16();
+			fs.Position = 22;
+			headerData.Channels = br.ReadInt16();
+			fs.Position = 24;
+			headerData.SampleRate = br.ReadInt32();
+			fs.Position = 32;
+			headerData.BlockAlign = br.ReadInt16();
+			fs.Position = 34;
+			headerData.BitsPerSample = br.ReadInt16();
+			fs.Position = 40;
+			headerData.DataLength = br.ReadInt32();
+
+			return headerData;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Audio/StaticSound.cs b/src/Audio/StaticSound.cs
index 8707322..b780c65 100644
--- a/src/Audio/StaticSound.cs
+++ b/src/Audio/StaticSound.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Audio
 
 		private Stack<StaticSoundInstance> Instances = new Stack<StaticSoundInstance>();
 
+		private bool OwnsBuffer;
+
 		public static StaticSound LoadOgg(AudioDevice device, string filePath)
 		{
 			var filePointer = FAudio.stb_vorbis_open_filename(filePath, out var error, IntPtr.Zero);
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Audio
 			);
 		}
 
-		public StaticSound(
+		public unsafe StaticSound(
 			AudioDevice device,
 			ushort formatTag,
 			ushort bitsPerSample,
@@ -212,33 +214,18 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Audio
 			Handle.Flags = FAudio.FAUDIO_END_OF_STREAM;
 			Handle.pContext = IntPtr.Zero;
 			Handle.AudioBytes = bufferLength;
-			Handle.pAudioData = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int) bufferLength);
+			Handle.pAudioData = (nint) NativeMemory.Alloc(bufferLength);
 			Marshal.Copy(buffer, (int) bufferOffset, Handle.pAudioData, (int) bufferLength);
 			Handle.PlayBegin = 0;
 			Handle.PlayLength = 0;
 
-			if (formatTag == 1)
-			{
-				Handle.PlayLength = (uint) (
-					bufferLength /
-					channels /
-					(bitsPerSample / 8)
-				);
-			}
-			else if (formatTag == 2)
-			{
-				Handle.PlayLength = (uint) (
-					bufferLength /
-					blockAlign *
-					(((blockAlign / channels) - 6) * 2)
-				);
-			}
-
 			LoopStart = 0;
 			LoopLength = 0;
+
+			OwnsBuffer = true;
 		}
 
-		public StaticSound(
+		public unsafe StaticSound(
 			AudioDevice device,
 			ushort channels,
 			uint samplesPerSecond,
@@ -258,13 +245,44 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Audio
 			Handle.Flags = FAudio.FAUDIO_END_OF_STREAM;
 			Handle.pContext = IntPtr.Zero;
 			Handle.AudioBytes = (uint) bufferLengthInBytes;
-			Handle.pAudioData = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(bufferLengthInBytes);
+			Handle.pAudioData = (nint) NativeMemory.Alloc((nuint) bufferLengthInBytes);
 			Marshal.Copy(buffer, (int) bufferOffset, Handle.pAudioData, (int) bufferLength);
 			Handle.PlayBegin = 0;
 			Handle.PlayLength = 0;
 
 			LoopStart = 0;
 			LoopLength = 0;
+
+			OwnsBuffer = true;
+		}
+
+		public StaticSound(
+			AudioDevice device,
+			ushort formatTag,
+			ushort bitsPerSample,
+			ushort blockAlign,
+			ushort channels,
+			uint samplesPerSecond,
+			IntPtr bufferPtr,
+			uint bufferLengthInBytes) : base(device)
+		{
+			FormatTag = formatTag;
+			BitsPerSample = bitsPerSample;
+			BlockAlign = blockAlign;
+			Channels = channels;
+			SamplesPerSecond = samplesPerSecond;
+
+			Handle = new FAudio.FAudioBuffer
+			{
+				Flags = FAudio.FAUDIO_END_OF_STREAM,
+				pContext = IntPtr.Zero,
+				pAudioData = bufferPtr,
+				AudioBytes = bufferLengthInBytes,
+				PlayBegin = 0,
+				PlayLength = 0
+			};
+
+			OwnsBuffer = false;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -287,9 +305,12 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Audio
 			Instances.Push(instance);
 		}
 
-		protected override void Destroy()
+		protected override unsafe void Destroy()
 		{
-			Marshal.FreeHGlobal(Handle.pAudioData);
+			if (OwnsBuffer)
+			{
+				NativeMemory.Free((void*) Handle.pAudioData);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }