function BasicMP3Player() {
	  var self = this;
	  var pl = this;
	  var sm = soundManager; // soundManager instance
	  this.excludeClass = 'button-exclude'; // CSS class for ignoring MP3 links
	  this.links = [];
	  this.sounds = [];
	  this.soundsByURL = [];
	  this.indexByURL = [];
	  this.lastSound = null;
	  this.soundCount = 0;
	  var isIE = (navigator.userAgent.match(/msie/i));
	
	  this.config = {
		 playNext: false, // stop after one sound, or play through list until end
		autoPlay: false  // start playing the first sound right away
	  }
	
	  this.css = {
		 // CSS class names appended to link during various states
		 sDefault: 'sm2_button', // default state
		 sLoading: 'sm2_loading',
		 sPlaying: 'sm2_playing',
		 sPaused: 'sm2_paused'
	  }
	
	  this.includeClass = this.css.sDefault;
	
	
	  this.addEventHandler = function(o,evtName,evtHandler) {
		 typeof(attachEvent)=='undefined'?o.addEventListener(evtName,evtHandler,false):o.attachEvent('on'+evtName,evtHandler);
	  }
	
	  this.removeEventHandler = function(o,evtName,evtHandler) {
		 typeof(attachEvent)=='undefined'?o.removeEventListener(evtName,evtHandler,false):o.detachEvent('on'+evtName,evtHandler);
	  }
	
	  this.classContains = function(o,cStr) {
		return (typeof(o.className)!='undefined'?o.className.match(new RegExp('(\\s|^)'+cStr+'(\\s|$)')):false);
	  }
	
	  this.addClass = function(o,cStr) {
		 if (!o || !cStr || self.classContains(o,cStr)) return false;
		 o.className = (o.className?o.className+' ':'')+cStr;
	  }
	
	  this.removeClass = function(o,cStr) {
		 if (!o || !cStr || !self.classContains(o,cStr)) return false;
		 o.className = o.className.replace(new RegExp('( '+cStr+')|('+cStr+')','g'),'');
	  }
	
	  this.getSoundByURL = function(sURL) {
		 return (typeof self.soundsByURL[sURL] != 'undefined'?self.soundsByURL[sURL]:null);
	  }
	
	  this.isChildOfNode = function(o,sNodeName) {
		 if (!o || !o.parentNode) {
			return false;
		 }
		 sNodeName = sNodeName.toLowerCase();
		 do {
			o = o.parentNode;
		 } while (o && o.parentNode && o.nodeName.toLowerCase() != sNodeName);
		 return (o.nodeName.toLowerCase() == sNodeName?o:null);
	  }
	
	  this.events = {
	
		 // handlers for sound events as they're started/stopped/played
	
		 play: function() {
			pl.removeClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
			this._data.className = pl.css.sPlaying;
			pl.addClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
		 },
	
		 stop: function() {
			pl.removeClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
			this._data.className = '';
		 },
	
		 pause: function() {
			pl.removeClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
			this._data.className = pl.css.sPaused;
			pl.addClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
		 },
	
		 resume: function() {
			pl.removeClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
			this._data.className = pl.css.sPlaying;
			pl.addClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);      
		 },
	
		 finish: function() {
			pl.removeClass(this._data.oLink,this._data.className);
			this._data.className = '';
			if (pl.config.playNext) {
			  var nextLink = (pl.indexByURL[this._data.oLink.href]+1);
			  if (nextLink<pl.links.length) {
				 pl.handleClick({'target':pl.links[nextLink]});
			  }
			}
		 }
	
	  }
	
	  this.stopEvent = function(e) {
		if (typeof e != 'undefined' && typeof e.preventDefault != 'undefined') {
			e.preventDefault();
		 } else if (typeof event != 'undefined' && typeof event.returnValue != 'undefined') {
			event.returnValue = false;
		 }
		 return false;
	  }
	
	  this.getTheDamnLink = (isIE)?function(e) {
		 // I really didn't want to have to do this.
		 return (e && e.target?e.target:window.event.srcElement);
	  }:function(e) {
		 return e.target;
	  }
	
	  this.handleClick = function(e) {
		 // a sound link was clicked
		 if (typeof e.button != 'undefined' && e.button>1) {
		  // ignore right-click
		  return true;
		 }
		 var o = self.getTheDamnLink(e);
		 if (o.nodeName.toLowerCase() != 'a') {
			o = self.isChildOfNode(o,'a');
			if (!o) return true;
		 }
		 var sURL = o.getAttribute('href');
		 if (!o.href || !soundManager.canPlayLink(o) || self.classContains(o,self.excludeClass)) {
			return true; // pass-thru for non-MP3/non-links
		 }
		 if (!self.classContains(o,self.includeClass)) {
			return true;
		 }
		 sm._writeDebug('handleClick()');
		 var soundURL = (o.href);
		 var thisSound = self.getSoundByURL(soundURL);
		 if (thisSound) {
			// already exists
			if (thisSound == self.lastSound) {
			  // and was playing (or paused)
			  thisSound.togglePause();
			} else {
			  // different sound
			  thisSound.togglePause(); // start playing current
			  sm._writeDebug('sound different than last sound: '+self.lastSound.sID);
			  if (self.lastSound) self.stopSound(self.lastSound);
			}
		 } else {
			// create sound
			thisSound = sm.createSound({
			 id:'basicMP3Sound'+(self.soundCount++),
			 url:soundURL,
			 onplay:self.events.play,
			 onstop:self.events.stop,
			 onpause:self.events.pause,
			 onresume:self.events.resume,
			 onfinish:self.events.finish
			});
			// tack on some custom data
			thisSound._data = {
			  oLink: o, // DOM node for reference within SM2 object event handlers
			  className: self.css.sPlaying
			};
			self.soundsByURL[soundURL] = thisSound;
			self.sounds.push(thisSound);
			if (self.lastSound) {
			  // stop last sound
			 self.stopSound(self.lastSound);
		  }
			thisSound.play();
		 }
	
		 self.lastSound = thisSound; // reference for next call
	
		 if (typeof e != 'undefined' && typeof e.preventDefault != 'undefined') {
			e.preventDefault();
		 } else {
			event.returnValue = false;
		 }
		 return false;
	  }
	
	  this.stopSound = function(oSound) {
		 soundManager.stop(oSound.sID);
		 soundManager.unload(oSound.sID);
	  }
	
	  this.init = function() {

		var oLinks = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
		 // grab all links, look for .mp3
		 var foundItems = 0;
		 for (var i=0, j=oLinks.length; i<j; i++) {
			if (self.classContains(oLinks[i],self.css.sDefault) && !self.classContains(oLinks[i],self.excludeClass)) {
			  // self.addClass(oLinks[i],self.css.sDefault); // add default CSS decoration - good if you're lazy and want ALL MP3/playable links to do this
			  self.links[foundItems] = (oLinks[i]);
			  self.indexByURL[oLinks[i].href] = foundItems; // hack for indexing
			  foundItems++;
			}
		 }
	
		 if (foundItems>0) 
			self.addEventHandler(document,'click',self.handleClick);
		 
	  }
	
	  this.init();
	
	}
	
	var basicMP3Player = null;
	
	soundManager.useFlashBlock = false;
	soundManager.debugMode = false;
	//soundManager.useFlashBlock = true;
	soundManager.url = './_scripts/SoundManager2/swf/'; // path to directory containing SM2 SWF
	
	soundManager.onready(function() {
	  if (soundManager.supported()) {
		 // soundManager.createSound() etc. may now be called
		 basicMP3Player = new BasicMP3Player();
	  }
	});