diff --git a/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/visualizer/VisualizerCore.java b/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/visualizer/VisualizerCore.java
index de26aca..83586cb 100755
--- a/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/visualizer/VisualizerCore.java
+++ b/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/visualizer/VisualizerCore.java
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ public class VisualizerCore implements Disposable {
 		if (mm != null && calc && mm.isPlaying()) {
 			updateTimer += delta;
 			if (updateTimer >= updateRate) {
-				mm.playbackIndexUpdate();
-				System.out.println(mm.getPlaybackIndexPosition() + "vs" + mm.getReadIndex());
-				while (mm.getPlaybackIndexPosition() > mm.getReadIndex()) {
-					mm.skipReadWindow();
-				}
+				//TODO use current buffer being played
 				lock.lock();
 				mm.readSamples(audioPCM);
 				fft.realForward(audioPCM);
diff --git a/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/wavedecoder/AudioSampleReader.java b/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/wavedecoder/WAVSampleReader.java
similarity index 95%
rename from core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/wavedecoder/AudioSampleReader.java
rename to core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/wavedecoder/WAVSampleReader.java
index 9589214..1bb0ed4 100755
--- a/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/wavedecoder/AudioSampleReader.java
+++ b/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/audio/wavedecoder/WAVSampleReader.java
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
 
-public class AudioSampleReader {
+public class WAVSampleReader {
 	private int channels;
 	private double sampleRate;
 	private byte[] buffer;
 	private AudioInputStream audioInputStream;
 	private boolean mergeChannels;
 	
-	public AudioSampleReader(AudioInputStream ais) throws IOException {
+	public WAVSampleReader(AudioInputStream ais) throws IOException {
 		audioInputStream = ais;
 		buffer = new byte[audioInputStream.getFormat().getFrameSize()];
 		
diff --git a/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/util/MusicManager.java b/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/util/MusicManager.java
index a00bd3a..fae1438 100755
--- a/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/util/MusicManager.java
+++ b/core/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/util/MusicManager.java
@@ -83,14 +83,8 @@ public interface MusicManager extends Disposable {
 	public FileHandle getMusicFile();
 	
 	/**
-	 * Synchronizes the playback and read threads
+	 * @return the amount of windows that have been read.
 	 */
-	public void synchronize();
+	public int framesRead();
 	
-	/**
-	 * @return the window that the current read index is on
-	 */
-	public int getReadIndex();
-	
-	public void skipReadWindow();
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/Mp3Manager.java b/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/Mp3Manager.java
index 26f7b76..a90d668 100755
--- a/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/Mp3Manager.java
+++ b/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/Mp3Manager.java
@@ -1,214 +1,269 @@
 package zero1hd.rhythmbullet.desktop.audio;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFileFormat;
-import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
-import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
-import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
-import javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException;
-
-import org.jaudiotagger.audio.AudioFile;
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.exceptions.InvalidAudioFrameException;
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.exceptions.ReadOnlyFileException;
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.mp3.MP3File;
+import org.jaudiotagger.tag.TagException;
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Music;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Music.OnCompletionListener;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.math.MathUtils;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException;
 
-import zero1hd.rhythmbullet.audio.wavedecoder.AudioSampleReader;
+import javazoom.jl.decoder.Bitstream;
+import javazoom.jl.decoder.BitstreamException;
+import javazoom.jl.decoder.DecoderException;
+import javazoom.jl.decoder.Header;
+import javazoom.jl.decoder.MP3Decoder;
+import javazoom.jl.decoder.OutputBuffer;
 import zero1hd.rhythmbullet.util.MusicManager;
 
 
 public class Mp3Manager implements MusicManager {
 	private int readWindowSize = 1024;
-	private Music music;
-	private int playbackIndex, readIndex;
-	private FileHandle fileHandle;
-	private AudioInputStream in;
-	private AudioInputStream ais;
-	private AudioFormat af;
-	private AudioSampleReader d;
 	
-	public Mp3Manager(FileHandle file) {
-		this.fileHandle = file;
+	private Music playbackMusic;
+	private int playbackIndex, readIndex;
+	
+	private int sampleRate;
+	private long sampleCount;
+	private double durationInSeconds;
+	private byte channels;
+	Bitstream bitstream;
+	MP3Decoder decoder;
+	OutputBuffer sampleBuffer;
+	private byte[] currentByteSet;
+	private byte[] workset;
+	private int indexHead = -1;
+	
+	private FileHandle file;
+	ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
+	
+	private ExecutorService exec;
+	
+	private String basicSongName;
+	public Mp3Manager(FileHandle audioFile) {
+		this.file = audioFile;
+		lock = new ReentrantLock();
+		this.basicSongName = audioFile.name();
+		exec = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+		exec.submit(() -> {
+			lock.lock();
+			Logger.getLogger("org.jaudiotagger").setLevel(Level.OFF);
+			try {
+				MP3File mp3File = new MP3File(audioFile.file());
+				sampleCount = MathUtils.round(Float.valueOf((float) (mp3File.getAudioHeader().getSampleRateAsNumber()*mp3File.getMP3AudioHeader().getPreciseTrackLength()))); 
+				sampleRate = mp3File.getMP3AudioHeader().getSampleRateAsNumber();
+				durationInSeconds = mp3File.getMP3AudioHeader().getPreciseTrackLength();
+
+			} catch (IOException | TagException | ReadOnlyFileException | InvalidAudioFrameException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			lock.unlock();
+		});
+		
+		bitstream = new Bitstream(audioFile.read());
+		decoder = new MP3Decoder();
 		
 		try {
-			in = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file.file());
-		    AudioFormat baseFormat = in.getFormat();
-		    af = new AudioFormat(
-					AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED,
-					baseFormat.getSampleRate(),
-					16, baseFormat.getChannels(), 
-					baseFormat.getChannels()*2,
-					baseFormat.getSampleRate(), false);
-			ais = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(af, in);
-			d = new AudioSampleReader(ais);
-			music = Gdx.audio.newMusic(file);
-		} catch (IOException | UnsupportedAudioFileException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void dispose() {
-		music.dispose();
-		try {
-			ais.close();
-			in.close();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			Header header = bitstream.readFrame();
+			if (header == null) throw new GdxRuntimeException("Empty MP3");
+			channels = (byte) (header.mode() == Header.SINGLE_CHANNEL ? 1 : 2);
+			sampleBuffer = new OutputBuffer(channels, false);
+			decoder.setOutputBuffer(sampleBuffer);
+			workset = new byte[channels*2];
+		} catch (BitstreamException e) {
+			throw new GdxRuntimeException("error while preloading mp3", e);
 		}
+		
+		playbackMusic = Gdx.audio.newMusic(audioFile);
+		
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void playbackIndexUpdate() {
-		playbackIndex = (int) ((getPositionInSeconds()*getSampleRate())/getReadWindowSize());
+		playbackIndex = (int) (playbackMusic.getPosition() * sampleRate / readWindowSize);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int getPlaybackIndexPosition() {
 		return playbackIndex;
 	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getReadIndex() {
-		return readIndex;
-	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public int getReadWindowSize() {
 		return readWindowSize;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int readSamples(float[] samples) {
-		try {
-			readIndex++;
-			return d.readSamples(samples);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		};
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public long getSampleCount() {
-		return ais.getFrameLength();
+		return sampleCount;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public float getDuration() {
-		return 0;
+		return Float.valueOf(String.valueOf(durationInSeconds));
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public int readSamples(float[] samples) {
+		readIndex++;
+		int framesRead = 0;
+		for (int sid = 0; sid < samples.length; sid++) {
+			for (int wsid = 0; wsid < workset.length; wsid++) {
+				workset[wsid] = nextByte();
+			}
+			if (currentByteSet != null) {
+				samples[sid] += (workset[1] << 8) + (workset[0] & 0x00ff);
+				if (channels > 1) {
+					short altChan = (short) ((workset[3] << 8) + (workset[2] & 0x00ff));
+					
+					samples[sid] = altChan > samples[sid] ? altChan : samples[sid];
+				}
+				framesRead ++;
+				samples[sid] /= Short.MAX_VALUE+1;
+			}
+		}
+		return framesRead;
+	}
+	
+	public byte nextByte() {
+		indexHead++;
+		if (currentByteSet == null || indexHead >= currentByteSet.length) {
+			loadNextBuffer();
+			if (currentByteSet == null) {
+				return 0;
+			}
+			indexHead = 0;
+		}
+		
+		return currentByteSet[indexHead];
+	}
+	
+	public int loadNextBuffer() {
+		if (bitstream != null) {
+			int bytesRead = 0;
+			try {
+				Header header = bitstream.readFrame();
+				if (header != null) {
+					
+					try {
+						decoder.decodeFrame(header, bitstream);
+					} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException | DecoderException e) {
+						System.out.println(e);
+					}
+					
+					bitstream.closeFrame();
+					bytesRead = sampleBuffer.reset();
+					
+					currentByteSet = sampleBuffer.getBuffer();
+				} else {
+					currentByteSet = null;
+				}
+			} catch (BitstreamException e1) {
+				e1.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			return bytesRead;
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public float getSampleRate() {
-		return af.getSampleRate();
+		return sampleRate;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void pause() {
-		music.pause();
+		Gdx.app.debug("MP3Manager", "Pausing...");
+		playbackMusic.pause();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void play() {
-		music.play();
+		Gdx.app.debug("Mp3Manager", "MP3 Playing...");
+		playbackMusic.play();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isPlaying() {
-		return music.isPlaying();
+		return playbackMusic.isPlaying();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public float getPositionInSeconds() {
-		
-		return music.getPosition();
+		return playbackMusic.getPosition();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void setPosition(float position) {
-		music.setPosition(position);
+		playbackMusic.setPosition(position);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void setOnCompletionListener(OnCompletionListener listener) {
-		music.setOnCompletionListener(listener);
+		playbackMusic.setOnCompletionListener(listener);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void setVolume(float percent) {
-		music.setVolume(percent);
+		playbackMusic.setVolume(percent);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isFinishedLoading() {
-		return true;
+		if (lock.isHeldByCurrentThread()) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			try {
+				if (lock.tryLock(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+					return true;
+				} else {
+					return false;
+				}
+			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getBasicSongName() {
-		return fileHandle.nameWithoutExtension();
+		return basicSongName;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public FileHandle getMusicFile() {
-		return fileHandle;
-	}
-
-	public void seek(long position) {
-		closeStream();
-		reInitStream();
-		skip(position);
+		return file;
 	}
 	
-	private void closeStream() {
-		if (ais != null) {
-			try {
-				ais.close();
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	private void reInitStream() {
+	@Override
+	public void dispose() {
+		Gdx.app.debug("MP3Manager", "Disposing...");
+		playbackMusic.stop();
+		playbackMusic.dispose();
+		exec.shutdown();
 		try {
-			AudioInputStream in = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(fileHandle.file());
-			ais = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(af, in);
-			in.close();
-		} catch (UnsupportedAudioFileException | IOException e) {
+			bitstream.close();
+			bitstream = null;
+		} catch (BitstreamException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void synchronize() {
-		seek(MathUtils.round(((Integer) properties.get("audio.length.bytes")).intValue() * (getPositionInSeconds()/getDuration())));
+	public int framesRead() {
+		return readIndex;
 	}
-
-	public void skip(long bytes) {
-		long totalSkipped = 0;
-		long skipped = 0;
-		while (totalSkipped < bytes) {
-			try {
-				skipped = ais.skip(bytes-totalSkipped);
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-			
-			if (skipped == 0) break;
-			totalSkipped += skipped;
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void skipReadWindow() {
-		skip(readWindowSize*af.getFrameSize());
-		readIndex++;
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/WAVManager.java b/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/WAVManager.java
index b4d1799..e0eaa8a 100755
--- a/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/WAVManager.java
+++ b/desktop/src/zero1hd/rhythmbullet/desktop/audio/WAVManager.java
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Music;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Music.OnCompletionListener;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
-import com.badlogic.gdx.math.MathUtils;
 
-import zero1hd.rhythmbullet.audio.wavedecoder.AudioSampleReader;
+import zero1hd.rhythmbullet.audio.wavedecoder.WAVSampleReader;
 import zero1hd.rhythmbullet.util.MusicManager;
 
 public class WAVManager implements MusicManager {
@@ -23,13 +22,13 @@ public class WAVManager implements MusicManager {
 	private FileHandle fileHandle;
 	private AudioInputStream ais;
 	private AudioFormat af;
-	private AudioSampleReader d;
+	private WAVSampleReader d;
 	
 	public WAVManager(FileHandle file) {
 		this.fileHandle = file;
 		try {
 			ais = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file.file());
-			d = new AudioSampleReader(ais);
+			d = new WAVSampleReader(ais);
 			af = ais.getFormat();
 		} catch (UnsupportedAudioFileException | IOException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
@@ -138,54 +137,8 @@ public class WAVManager implements MusicManager {
 		return fileHandle;
 	}
 
-	public void seek(long position) {
-		restartStream();
-		skip(position);
-	}
-	
-	private void restartStream() {
-		try {
-			ais.close();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		
-		try {
-			ais = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(fileHandle.file());
-		} catch (UnsupportedAudioFileException | IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-	}
-	
 	@Override
-	public void synchronize() {
-		seek(MathUtils.round(getPositionInSeconds()*getSampleRate()));
-		readIndex = playbackIndex;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getReadIndex() {
+	public int framesRead() {
 		return readIndex;
 	}
-
-	public void skip(long bytes) {
-		long totalSkipped = 0;
-		long skipped = 0;
-		while (totalSkipped < bytes) {
-			try {
-				skipped = ais.skip(bytes-totalSkipped);
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-			
-			if (skipped == 0) break;
-			totalSkipped += skipped;
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void skipReadWindow() {
-		skip(af.getFrameSize()*readWindowSize);
-		readIndex++;
-	}
 }