diff --git a/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/buffer.rs b/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65455fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Buffr Glitch: a MIDI-controlled buffer repeater
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Robbert van der Helm
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+use nih_plug::prelude::util;
+
+/// A super simple ring buffer abstraction to store the last received audio. This needs to be able
+/// to store at least the number of samples that correspond to the period size of MIDI note 0.
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct RingBuffer {
+    /// Sample buffers indexed by channel and sample index.
+    buffers: Vec<Vec<f32>>,
+    /// The positions within the sample buffers the next sample should be written to. Since all
+    /// channels will be written to in lockstep we only need a single value here. It's incremented
+    /// when writing a sample for the last channel.
+    next_write_pos: usize,
+}
+
+impl RingBuffer {
+    /// Initialize or resize the buffers to fit a certain number of channels and samples. The inner
+    /// buffer capacity is determined by the number of samples it takes to represent the period of
+    /// MIDI note 0 at the specified sample rate, rounded up to a power of two. Make sure to call
+    /// [`reset()`][Self::reset()] after this.
+    pub fn resize(&mut self, num_channels: usize, sample_rate: f32) {
+        let note_frequency = util::midi_note_to_freq(0);
+        let note_period_samples = (note_frequency.recip() * sample_rate).ceil() as usize;
+        let buffer_len = note_period_samples.next_power_of_two();
+
+        self.buffers.resize_with(num_channels, Vec::new);
+        for buffer in self.buffers.iter_mut() {
+            buffer.resize(buffer_len, 0.0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Zero out the buffers.
+    pub fn reset(&mut self) {
+        for buffer in self.buffers.iter_mut() {
+            buffer.fill(0.0);
+        }
+        self.next_write_pos = 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/lib.rs b/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/lib.rs
index c083239f..9e151a4c 100644
--- a/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/buffr_glitch/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@
 use nih_plug::prelude::*;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+mod buffer;
+
 struct BuffrGlitch {
     params: Arc<BuffrGlitchParams>,
+
+    sample_rate: f32,
+    /// The ring buffer we'll write samples to. When a key is held down, we'll stop writing samples
+    /// and instead keep reading from this buffer until the key is released.
+    buffer: buffer::RingBuffer,
 }
 
 #[derive(Params)]
@@ -28,6 +35,9 @@ impl Default for BuffrGlitch {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             params: Arc::new(BuffrGlitchParams::default()),
+
+            sample_rate: 1.0,
+            buffer: buffer::RingBuffer::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -59,6 +69,25 @@ impl Plugin for BuffrGlitch {
         config.num_input_channels == config.num_output_channels && config.num_input_channels > 0
     }
 
+    fn initialize(
+        &mut self,
+        bus_config: &BusConfig,
+        buffer_config: &BufferConfig,
+        _context: &mut impl InitContext<Self>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        self.sample_rate = buffer_config.sample_rate;
+        self.buffer.resize(
+            bus_config.num_input_channels as usize,
+            buffer_config.sample_rate,
+        );
+
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn reset(&mut self) {
+        self.buffer.reset();
+    }
+
     fn process(
         &mut self,
         _buffer: &mut Buffer,