diff --git a/src/LibBasicFunctions.cpp b/src/LibBasicFunctions.cpp
index 25e3178..43bc0c2 100644
--- a/src/LibBasicFunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/LibBasicFunctions.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,55 @@
 
 namespace BAGuitar {
 
+AudioDelay::AudioDelay(MemType type, size_t maxSamples)
+{
+    m_type = type;
+    if (type == MemType::INTERNAL) {
+        // INTERNAL memory consisting of audio_block_t data structures.
+        QueuePosition pos = calcQueuePosition(maxSamples);
+        m_ringBuffer = new RingBuffer<audio_block_t *>(pos.index+2); // If the delay is in queue x, we need to overflow into x+1, thus x+2 total buffers.
+    } else {
+        // TODO EXTERNAL memory
+
+    }
+}
+
+AudioDelay::AudioDelay(MemType type, float delayTimeMs)
+: AudioDelay(type, calcAudioSamples(delayTimeMs))
+{
+
+}
+
+AudioDelay::~AudioDelay()
+{
+    if (m_ringBuffer) delete m_ringBuffer;
+}
+
+bool AudioDelay::addBlock(audio_block_t *block)
+{
+    if (m_type != MemType::INTERNAL) return false; // ERROR
+
+    // purposefully don't check if block is valid, the ringBuffer can support nullptrs
+    if ( m_ringBuffer->size() < m_ringBuffer->max_size() ) {
+        // pop before adding
+        release(m_ringBuffer->front());
+        m_ringBuffer->pop_front();
+    }
+
+    // add the new buffer
+    m_ringBuffer->push_back(block);
+
+}
+
+void AudioDelay::getSamples(audio_block_t *dest, size_t offset, size_t numSamples = AUDIO_BLOCK_SAMPLES)
+{
+    QueuePosition pos = calcQueuePosition(offset);
+    size_t readOffset = pos.offset;
+    size_t index = pos.index;
+
+    // Audio is stored in reverse order. That means the first sample (in time) goes in the last location in the audio block.
+
+}
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/LibBasicFunctions.h b/src/LibBasicFunctions.h
index 02146aa..3031166 100644
--- a/src/LibBasicFunctions.h
+++ b/src/LibBasicFunctions.h
@@ -9,15 +9,39 @@
 #include <new>
 
 #include "Arduino.h"
+#include "Audio.H"
+#include "LibMemoryManagement.h"
 
 #ifndef SRC_LIBBASICFUNCTIONS_H_
 #define SRC_LIBBASICFUNCTIONS_H_
 
 namespace BAGuitar {
 
+class RingBuffer; // forward declare
+
+enum MemType : unsigned {
+    INTERNAL,
+    EXTERNAL
+};
+
 struct INTERNAL_MEMORY {};
 struct EXTERNAL_MEMORY {};
 
+class AudioDelay {
+
+    AudioDelay() = delete;
+    AudioDelay(MemType type, size_t maxSamples);
+    AudioDelay(MemType type, float delayTimeMs);
+    ~AudioDelay();
+
+    void addBlock(audio_block_t *block);
+
+    void getSamples(size_t offset, size_t numSamples);
+private:
+    MemType m_type;
+    RingBuffer *m_ringBuffer = nullptr;
+};
+
 template <class T>
 class RingBuffer {
 public:
@@ -97,7 +121,9 @@ public:
 		return m_size;
 	}
 
-	size_t getMaxSize() const { return m_maxSize; }
+	size_t max_size() const {
+	    return m_maxSize;
+	}
 
     T& operator[] (size_t index) {
         return m_buffer[index];
diff --git a/src/LibMemoryManagement.h b/src/LibMemoryManagement.h
index ea163b8..319a18f 100644
--- a/src/LibMemoryManagement.h
+++ b/src/LibMemoryManagement.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "BAHardware.h"
 #include "BASpiMemory.h"
-#include "LibBasicFunctions.h"
+//#include "LibBasicFunctions.h"
 
 namespace BAGuitar {