diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MidiPlayer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MidiPlayer.java
index 978dddaa5..bf218c2b1 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MidiPlayer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MidiPlayer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //
-// $Id: MidiPlayer.java,v 1.2 2002/11/22 19:21:12 ray Exp $
+// $Id: MidiPlayer.java,v 1.3 2002/11/26 02:39:40 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import javax.sound.midi.InvalidMidiDataException;
 import javax.sound.midi.MetaEventListener;
@@ -42,11 +43,10 @@ public class MidiPlayer extends MusicPlayer
     }
 
     // documentation inherited
-    public void start (String set, String path)
+    public void start (InputStream stream)
         throws Exception
     {
-        _sequencer.setSequence(
-            new BufferedInputStream(_rmgr.getResource(set, path)));
+        _sequencer.setSequence(new BufferedInputStream(stream));
         _sequencer.start();
         _sequencer.addMetaEventListener(this);
     }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/ModPlayer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/ModPlayer.java
index 669580e5d..d813a4755 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/ModPlayer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/ModPlayer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //
-// $Id: ModPlayer.java,v 1.4 2002/11/22 19:21:12 ray Exp $
+// $Id: ModPlayer.java,v 1.5 2002/11/26 02:39:40 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import micromod.MicroMod;
@@ -37,11 +38,10 @@ public class ModPlayer extends MusicPlayer
     }
 
     // documentation inherited
-    public void start (String set, String path)
+    public void start (InputStream stream)
         throws Exception
     {
-        Module module = ModuleLoader.read(
-            new DataInputStream(_rmgr.getResource(set, path)));
+        Module module = ModuleLoader.read(new DataInputStream(stream));
 
         final MicroMod mod = new MicroMod(
             module, _device, new LinearResampler());
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Mp3Player.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Mp3Player.java
index 77431f497..dcbe5e882 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Mp3Player.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Mp3Player.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Mp3Player.java,v 1.2 2002/11/22 19:21:12 ray Exp $
+// $Id: Mp3Player.java,v 1.3 2002/11/26 02:39:40 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public class Mp3Player extends MusicPlayer
     // documentation inherited
     public void init ()
     {
+        // TODO: some stuff needs to move here, like setting up the line
+        // but we don't yet know the audio format, so I need to figure that
+        // out (the format might always be known..).
     }
 
     // documentation inherited
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ public class Mp3Player extends MusicPlayer
     }
 
     // documentation inherited
-    public void start (final String set, final String path)
+    public void start (final InputStream stream)
         throws Exception
     {
         // TODO: some stuff needs to come out of here and into init/shutdown
@@ -51,14 +54,9 @@ public class Mp3Player extends MusicPlayer
                 AudioInputStream inStream = null;
                 try {
                     inStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(
-//                       new ByteArrayInputStream(StreamUtils.streamAsBytes(
-//                               _rmgr.getResource(path), 8192)));
-                        // TODO: use the fucking resource sets
-                        new BufferedInputStream(
-                            _rmgr.getResource(set, path), 4096));
+                        new BufferedInputStream(stream, BUFFER_SIZE));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    Log.warning("MP3 fuckola [path=" + path +
-                        ", e=" + e + "].");
+                    Log.warning("MP3 fuckola. [e=" + e + "].");
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -70,19 +68,18 @@ public class Mp3Player extends MusicPlayer
                     targetEnc, inStream);
                 AudioFormat format = inStream.getFormat();
 
-                SourceDataLine line = null;
                 DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(
                     SourceDataLine.class, format);
 
                 try {
-                    line = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
-                    line.open(format);
+                    _line = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
+                    _line.open(format);
                 } catch (LineUnavailableException lue) {
                     Log.warning("MP3 line unavailable: " + lue);
                     return;
                 }
 
-                line.start();
+                _line.start();
 
                 byte[] data = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
                 int count = 0;
@@ -94,15 +91,15 @@ public class Mp3Player extends MusicPlayer
                         break;
                     }
                     if (count >= 0) {
-                        line.write(data, 0, count);
+                        _line.write(data, 0, count);
                     }
                     if (_player != Thread.currentThread()) {
                         return;
                     }
                 }
 
-                line.drain();
-                line.close();
+                _line.drain();
+                _line.close();
                 _musicListener.musicStopped();
             }
         };
@@ -121,12 +118,18 @@ public class Mp3Player extends MusicPlayer
     // documentation inherited
     public void setVolume (float volume)
     {
-        // TODO
+        // TODO : line won't be null when we initialize it in the right place
+        if (_line != null) {
+            SoundManager.adjustVolume(_line, volume);
+        }
     }
 
     /** The thread that transfers data to the line. */
     protected Thread _player;
 
+    /** The line that we play through. */
+    protected SourceDataLine _line;
+
     /** The size of our buffer. */
     protected static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MusicPlayer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MusicPlayer.java
index e92bd3d7e..d5ca3bf91 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MusicPlayer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/MusicPlayer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //
-// $Id: MusicPlayer.java,v 1.2 2002/11/22 19:21:12 ray Exp $
+// $Id: MusicPlayer.java,v 1.3 2002/11/26 02:39:40 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
-import com.threerings.resource.ResourceManager;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 /**
  * Abstract music player.
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ public abstract class MusicPlayer
     /**
      * Initialize the music player.
      */
-    public final void init (
-        ResourceManager rmgr, MusicEventListener musicListener)
+    public final void init (MusicEventListener musicListener)
         throws Exception
     {
-        _rmgr = rmgr;
         _musicListener = musicListener;
 
         init();
@@ -51,9 +49,9 @@ public abstract class MusicPlayer
     }
 
     /**
-     * Start playing the specified song.
+     * Start playing song data from the specified stream.
      */
-    public abstract void start (String set, String path)
+    public abstract void start (InputStream stream)
         throws Exception;
 
     /**
@@ -68,9 +66,6 @@ public abstract class MusicPlayer
      */
     public abstract void setVolume (float volume);
 
-    /** The place we load data from. */
-    protected ResourceManager _rmgr;
-
     /** Tell this guy about it when a song stops. */
     protected MusicEventListener _musicListener;
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/SoundManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/SoundManager.java
index 911dbbe52..7f83b9a27 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/SoundManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/SoundManager.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 //
-// $Id: SoundManager.java,v 1.28 2002/11/25 20:02:31 ray Exp $
+// $Id: SoundManager.java,v 1.29 2002/11/26 02:39:40 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ import com.samskivert.util.LRUHashMap;
 import com.samskivert.util.Queue;
 
 import com.threerings.resource.ResourceManager;
+import com.threerings.util.RandomUtil;
 
 import com.threerings.media.Log;
 
@@ -194,6 +198,14 @@ public class SoundManager
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the test sound clip directory.
+     */
+    public void setTestDir (String testy)
+    {
+        _testDir = testy;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the volume for all sound clips.
      *
@@ -244,22 +256,22 @@ public class SoundManager
      * Optionally lock the sound data prior to playing, to guarantee
      * that it will be quickly available for playing.
      */
-    public void lock (String set, String path)
+    public void lock (String pkgPath, String key)
     {
         synchronized (_queue) {
             _queue.append(LOCK);
-            _queue.append(new SoundKey(set, path));
+            _queue.append(new SoundKey(pkgPath, key));
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Unlock the specified sound so that its resources can be freed.
      */
-    public void unlock (String set, String path)
+    public void unlock (String pkgPath, String key)
     {
         synchronized (_queue) {
             _queue.append(UNLOCK);
-            _queue.append(new SoundKey(set, path));
+            _queue.append(new SoundKey(pkgPath, key));
         }
     }
 
@@ -267,7 +279,7 @@ public class SoundManager
      * Play the specified sound of as the specified type of sound.
      * Note that a sound need not be locked prior to playing.
      */
-    public void play (SoundType type, String set, String path)
+    public void play (SoundType type, String pkgPath, String key)
     {
         if (type == null) {
             // let the lazy kids play too
@@ -278,12 +290,12 @@ public class SoundManager
             synchronized (_queue) {
                 if (_queue.size() < MAX_QUEUE_SIZE) {
                     _queue.append(PLAY);
-                    _queue.append(new SoundKey(set, path));
+                    _queue.append(new SoundKey(pkgPath, key));
 
                 } else {
                     Log.warning("SoundManager not playing sound because " +
-                        "too many sounds in queue [path=" + path +
-                        ", type=" + type + "].");
+                        "too many sounds in queue [pkgPath=" + pkgPath +
+                        ", key=" + key + ", type=" + type + "].");
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -292,19 +304,19 @@ public class SoundManager
     /**
      * Start playing the specified music repeatedly.
      */
-    public void pushMusic (String set, String path)
+    public void pushMusic (String pkgPath, String key)
     {
-        pushMusic(set, path, -1);
+        pushMusic(pkgPath, key, -1);
     }
 
     /**
      * Start playing music for the specified number of loops.
      */
-    public void pushMusic (String set, String path, int numloops)
+    public void pushMusic (String pkgPath, String key, int numloops)
     {
         synchronized (_queue) {
             _queue.append(PLAYMUSIC);
-            _queue.append(new MusicInfo(set, path, numloops));
+            _queue.append(new MusicInfo(pkgPath, key, numloops));
         }
     }
 
@@ -312,11 +324,11 @@ public class SoundManager
      * Remove the specified music from the playlist. If it is currently
      * playing, it will be stopped and the previous song will be started.
      */
-    public void removeMusic (String set, String path)
+    public void removeMusic (String pkgPath, String key)
     {
         synchronized (_queue) {
             _queue.append(STOPMUSIC);
-            _queue.append(new SoundKey(set, path));
+            _queue.append(new SoundKey(pkgPath, key));
         }
     }
 
@@ -388,7 +400,18 @@ public class SoundManager
         }
 
         MusicInfo info = (MusicInfo) _musicStack.getFirst();
-        Class playerClass = getMusicPlayerClass(info.path);
+
+        Config c = getConfig(info);
+        String[] names = c.getValue(info.key, (String[])null);
+        if (names == null) {
+            Log.warning("No such music [key=" + info + "].");
+            _musicStack.removeFirst();
+            playTopMusic();
+            return;
+        }
+        String music = names[RandomUtil.getInt(names.length)];
+
+        Class playerClass = getMusicPlayerClass(music);
 
         // shutdown the old player if we're switching music types
         if (! playerClass.isInstance(_musicPlayer)) {
@@ -399,7 +422,7 @@ public class SoundManager
             // set up the new player
             try {
                 _musicPlayer = (MusicPlayer) playerClass.newInstance();
-                _musicPlayer.init(_rmgr, this);
+                _musicPlayer.init(this);
 
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 Log.warning("Unable to instantiate music player [class=" +
@@ -416,11 +439,13 @@ public class SoundManager
         }
 
         // play!
+        String bundle = c.getValue("bundle", (String)null);
         try {
-            _musicPlayer.start(info.set, info.path);
+            // TODO: buffer for the music player?
+            _musicPlayer.start(_rmgr.getResource(bundle, music));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Log.warning("Error playing music, skipping [e=" + e +
-                ", set=" + info.set + ", path=" + info.path + "].");
+                ", bundle=" + bundle + ", music=" + music + "].");
             _musicStack.removeFirst();
             playTopMusic();
             return;
@@ -556,14 +581,77 @@ public class SoundManager
     protected byte[] getClipData (SoundKey key)
         throws IOException, UnsupportedAudioFileException
     {
-        byte[] data = (byte[]) _clipCache.get(key);
+        byte[][] data = (byte[][]) _clipCache.get(key);
         if (data == null) {
-            data = StreamUtils.streamAsBytes(
-                _rmgr.getResource(key.set, key.path), BUFFER_SIZE);
-            _clipCache.put(key, data);
+
+            // if there is a test sound, JUST use the test sound.
+            InputStream stream = getTestClip(key);
+            if (stream != null) {
+                data = new byte[1][];
+                data[0] = StreamUtils.streamAsBytes(stream, BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+            } else { 
+                // otherwise, randomize between all available sounds
+                Config c = getConfig(key);
+                String[] names = c.getValue(key.key, (String[])null);
+                if (names == null) {
+                    Log.warning("No such sound [key=" + key + "].");
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                data = new byte[names.length][];
+                String bundle = c.getValue("bundle", (String)null);
+                for (int ii=0; ii < names.length; ii++) {
+                    data[ii] = StreamUtils.streamAsBytes(
+                        _rmgr.getResource(bundle, names[ii]), BUFFER_SIZE);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // TODO: be more sophisticated and allow locked sounds (as long
+            // as they're locked) to be put in the cache
+            // for now- nothing is cached when we're testing
+            if (_testDir == null) {
+                _clipCache.put(key, data);
+            }
         }
 
-        return data;
+        return data[RandomUtil.getInt(data.length)];
+    }
+
+    protected InputStream getTestClip (SoundKey key)
+    {
+        if (_testDir == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final String namePrefix = key.key + ".";
+        File f = new File(_testDir);
+        File[] list = f.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
+            public boolean accept (File f, String name)
+            {
+                return name.startsWith(namePrefix);
+            }
+        });
+        if (list != null) {
+            try {
+                return new FileInputStream(list[0]);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                Log.warning("Error reading test sound [e=" + e + ", file=" +
+                    list[0] + "].");
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    protected Config getConfig (SoundKey key)
+    {
+        Config c = (Config) _configs.get(key.pkgPath);
+        if (c == null) {
+            String propPath = key.pkgPath + Sounds.PROP_NAME;
+            c = new Config(propPath);
+            _configs.put(key.pkgPath, c);
+        }
+        return c;
     }
 
 //    /**
@@ -832,26 +920,26 @@ public class SoundManager
      */
     protected static class SoundKey
     {
-        public String path;
+        public String pkgPath;
 
-        public String set;
+        public String key;
 
-        public SoundKey (String set, String path)
+        public SoundKey (String pkgPath, String key)
         {
-            this.set = set;
-            this.path = path;
+            this.pkgPath = pkgPath;
+            this.key = key;
         }
 
         // documentation inherited
         public String toString ()
         {
-            return "SoundKey{set=" + set + ", path=" + path + "}";
+            return "SoundKey{pkgPath=" + pkgPath + ", key=" + key + "}";
         }
 
         // documentation inherited
         public int hashCode ()
         {
-            return path.hashCode() ^ set.hashCode();
+            return pkgPath.hashCode() ^ key.hashCode();
         }
 
         // documentation inherited
@@ -859,8 +947,8 @@ public class SoundManager
         {
             if (o instanceof SoundKey) {
                 SoundKey that = (SoundKey) o;
-                return this.path.equals(that.path) &&
-                       this.set.equals(that.set);
+                return this.pkgPath.equals(that.pkgPath) &&
+                       this.key.equals(that.key);
             }
             return false;
         }
@@ -874,6 +962,7 @@ public class SoundManager
         /** How many times to loop, or -1 for forever. */
         public int loops;
 
+        // TODO rename
         public MusicInfo (String set, String path, int loops)
         {
             super(set, path);
@@ -881,6 +970,9 @@ public class SoundManager
         }
     }
 
+    /** Directory from which we load test sounds. */
+    protected String _testDir;
+
     /** The resource manager from which we obtain audio files. */
     protected ResourceManager _rmgr;
 
@@ -911,6 +1003,9 @@ public class SoundManager
     /** A set of soundTypes for which sound is enabled. */
     protected HashSet _disabledTypes = new HashSet();
 
+    /** A cache of config objects we've created. */
+    protected HashMap _configs = new HashMap();
+
     /** Signals to the queue to do different things. */
     protected Object PLAY = new Object();
     protected Object PLAYMUSIC = new Object();
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Sounds.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Sounds.java
index 8580494e4..c25d5e492 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Sounds.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/sound/Sounds.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 //
-// $Id: Sounds.java,v 1.1 2002/11/22 21:54:49 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Sounds.java,v 1.2 2002/11/26 02:39:40 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 /**
  * A base class for sound repository classes. These would extend this
  * class and define keys for the various sounds that are mapped in the
@@ -14,18 +16,19 @@ public class Sounds
     public static final String PROP_NAME = "sounds";
 
     /**
+     * Return the package path prefix of the supplied class.
+     *
      * Generates the key for the sound repository configuration file in
      * the package associated with the class. For example, if a the class
      * <code>com.threerings.happy.fun.GameSounds</code> were supplied to
      * this method, it would return
-     * <code>com.threerings.happy.fun.sounds</code> which would reference
+     * <code>com/threerings/happy/fun/sounds/</code> which would reference
      * a <code>sounds.properties</code> file in the
      * <code>com.threerings.happy.fun</code> package.
      */
-    protected static String makeKey (Class clazz)
+    protected static String getPackagePath (Class clazz)
     {
-        String cname = clazz.getName();
-        int didx = cname.lastIndexOf(".");
-        return (didx != -1) ? cname.substring(0, didx) : "";
+        return clazz.getPackage().getName().replace('.', File.separatorChar) +
+            File.separator;
     }
 }