diff --git a/apps/plugins/varvara/SOURCES b/apps/plugins/varvara/SOURCES
index 8793ca4916..1920ad5344 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/varvara/SOURCES
+++ b/apps/plugins/varvara/SOURCES
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ devices/ppu.h
 devices/ppu.c
 devices/file.h
 devices/file.c
+devices/apu.h
+devices/apu.c
 varvara.c
diff --git a/apps/plugins/varvara/varvara.c b/apps/plugins/varvara/varvara.c
index aabde9313e..b735140f11 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/varvara/varvara.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/varvara/varvara.c
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ TODO audio device
 TODO clean up
 */
 
+#define POLYPHONY 4
+#define AUDIO_BUF_SIZE 1024
+
 #include "uxn.h"
 #include "devices/ppu.h"
 #include "devices/file.h"
+#include "devices/apu.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
 #include "keymaps.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -26,11 +30,12 @@ TODO clean up
 
 static Uxn u;
 static Ppu ppu;
-static Device *devctrl, *devsystem, *devconsole, *devscreen;
+static Apu apu[POLYPHONY];
+static Device *devctrl, *devsystem, *devconsole, *devscreen, *devaudio0;
 unsigned int palette[3];
 static Uint8 framebuffer[LCD_HEIGHT * LCD_WIDTH * 4];
 static fb_data *lcd_fb = NULL;
-
+int audio_buf[AUDIO_BUF_SIZE];
 
 static unsigned long starttick;
 static long sleeptime;
@@ -208,6 +213,53 @@ datetime_dei(Device *d, Uint8 port)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+apu_finished_handler(Apu *c)
+{
+	DEBUGF("APU done\n");
+}
+
+void audio_callback(const void** start, size_t *size) {
+     int high = 32000;
+     int low = 0;
+     for (size_t i = 0; i < AUDIO_BUF_SIZE; i++) {
+         if (i & 1) {
+             audio_buf[i] = high;
+         } else {
+             audio_buf[i] = low;
+         }
+     }
+     
+	*start = &audio_buf;
+	*size = AUDIO_BUF_SIZE;
+}
+
+static Uint8
+audio_dei(Device *d, Uint8 port)
+{
+	Apu *c = &apu[d - devaudio0];
+	switch(port) {
+	case 0x4: return apu_get_vu(c);
+	case 0x2: poke16(d->dat, 0x2, c->i); /* fall through */
+	default: return d->dat[port];
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+audio_deo(Device *d, Uint8 port)
+{
+	Apu *c = &apu[d - devaudio0];
+	if(port == 0xf) {
+		c->len = peek16(d->dat, 0xa);
+		c->addr = &d->mem[peek16(d->dat, 0xc)];
+		c->volume[0] = d->dat[0xe] >> 4;
+		c->volume[1] = d->dat[0xe] & 0xf;
+		c->repeat = !(d->dat[0xf] & 0x80);
+		apu_start(c, peek16(d->dat, 0x8), d->dat[0xf] & 0x7f);
+	}
+}
+
+
 // TODO mono and greyscale that don't suck
 static void redraw(void)
 {
@@ -313,7 +365,19 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(const void* parameter)
 		rb->splash(HZ, "Please open a .rom file using this plugin!");
 		return PLUGIN_ERROR;
 	}
-	
+
+	/* audio init */
+	#if INPUT_SRC_CAPS != 0
+	    /* Select playback */
+	    rb->audio_set_input_source(AUDIO_SRC_PLAYBACK, SRCF_PLAYBACK);
+	    rb->audio_set_output_source(AUDIO_SRC_PLAYBACK);
+	#endif
+         
+	rb->pcm_play_stop();
+	rb->mixer_set_frequency(44100);
+	rb->mixer_channel_play_data(PCM_MIXER_CHAN_PLAYBACK, audio_callback, NULL, 0);
+
+	/* uxn init */
 	DEBUGF("zeroing\n");
     memzero8(&u, sizeof(Uxn));
     
@@ -338,7 +402,7 @@ enum plugin_status plugin_start(const void* parameter)
     /* system   */ devsystem = uxn_port(&u, 0x0, system_dei, system_deo);
 	/* console  */ devconsole = uxn_port(&u, 0x1, nil_dei, console_deo);
 	/* screen   */ devscreen = uxn_port(&u, 0x2, screen_dei, screen_deo);
-	/* audio0   */ uxn_port(&u, 0x3, nil_dei, nil_deo);
+	/* audio0   */ devaudio0 = uxn_port(&u, 0x3, audio_dei, audio_deo);
 	/* audio1   */ uxn_port(&u, 0x4, nil_dei, nil_deo);
 	/* audio2   */ uxn_port(&u, 0x5, nil_dei, nil_deo);
 	/* audio3   */ uxn_port(&u, 0x6, nil_dei, nil_deo);