diff --git a/src/diskwriter.cxx b/src/diskwriter.cxx
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+
+#include "diskwriter.hxx"
+
+DiskWriter::DiskWriter()
+{
+};
+
+void DiskWriter::writeAudioBuffer(int track, int scene, AudioBuffer* ab )
+{
+  // add the track / scene / name combo to audioConfig JSON node
+  
+  // write the AudioBuffer contents to <path>/samples/  as  <name>.wav
+  // or alternatively t_<track>_s_<scene>.wav
+  
+}
+
+void DiskWriter::writeSession( std::string path, std::string sessionName )
+{
+  // write the audioConfig JSON node to <path>/samples/sample.cfg
+  
+  
+  // write session.luppp JSON node to <path>/<sessionName>.luppp
+  
+  
+}
diff --git a/src/diskwriter.hxx b/src/diskwriter.hxx
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+
+#ifndef LUPPP_DISK_WRITER_H
+#define LUPPP_DISK_WRITER_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+class AudioBuffer;
+
+/** DiskWriter
+ * This class writes soundfiles to disk, and keeps track of which filename was
+ * in which track/scene combo in the grid. This metadata is then written to the
+ * <sessionName>.luppp file.
+**/
+class DiskWriter
+{
+  public:
+    DiskWriter();
+    
+    /// writes a single audio buffer to disk
+    void writeAudioBuffer(int track, int scene, AudioBuffer* ab );
+    
+    void writeSession( std::string path, std::string sessionName );
+  
+  private:
+    
+};
+
+#endif // LUPPP_DISK_WRITER_H