diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 872e07e..2fb99f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ package.description = "databending made easy"
 package.authors = ["Breval Ferrari <breee@duck.com>"]
 package.repository = "https://codeberg.org/p6nj/bent"
 package.keywords = ["databending", "data-bending", "bending", "bend", "art"]
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+dasp_sample = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/bingus/Cargo.toml b/bingus/Cargo.toml
index e696687..8027b64 100644
--- a/bingus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bingus/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
 [dependencies]
+dasp_sample = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/bingus/src/lib.rs b/bingus/src/lib.rs
index 7d12d9a..a717ba8 100644
--- a/bingus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,61 @@
-pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
-    left + right
+use dasp_sample::{FromSample, Sample, U24};
+mod media;
+
+pub trait AsMedia<M, T> {
+    fn as_media(self) -> T;
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
+pub trait AsSample<S>
+where
+    S: Sample,
+{
+    fn as_sample(self) -> S;
+}
 
-    #[test]
-    fn it_works() {
-        let result = add(2, 2);
-        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+impl<S> AsSample<S> for u8
+where
+    S: Sample + FromSample<u8>,
+{
+    fn as_sample(self) -> S {
+        self.to_sample()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> AsSample<S> for (u8, u8)
+where
+    S: Sample + FromSample<u16>,
+{
+    fn as_sample(self) -> S {
+        (((self.0 as u16) << 8) | self.1 as u16).to_sample()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> AsSample<S> for (u8, u8, u8)
+where
+    S: Sample + FromSample<U24>,
+{
+    fn as_sample(self) -> S {
+        (((U24::from(self.0)) << 16.into()) | (U24::from(self.1) << 8.into()) | U24::from(self.2))
+            .to_sample()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> AsSample<S> for (u8, u8, u8, u8)
+where
+    S: Sample + FromSample<u32>,
+{
+    fn as_sample(self) -> S {
+        (((self.0 as u32) << 24) | ((self.1 as u32) << 16) | ((self.2 as u32) << 8) | self.3 as u32)
+            .to_sample()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, S> AsMedia<media::Sample, S> for T
+where
+    T: AsSample<S>,
+    S: Sample,
+{
+    fn as_media(self) -> S {
+        self.as_sample()
     }
 }
diff --git a/bingus/src/media.rs b/bingus/src/media.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43abd1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bingus/src/media.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub struct Sample;
diff --git a/bong/Cargo.toml b/bong/Cargo.toml
index 72e02ed..c739bb9 100644
--- a/bong/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bong/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
+dependencies.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html