diff --git a/audio/audio.go b/audio/audio.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04e3a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/audio.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package audio
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+
+type MicStreamConfig struct {
+	Format string
+	Device string
+	Encoding string
+	Bitrate int
+	Channels int
+}
+
+func StreamMic(config MicStreamConfig) *exec.Cmd {
+	cmd := exec.Command("ffmpeg", "-re",
+		"-f", config.Format,
+		"-i", config.Device,
+		"-f", config.Encoding,
+		"-ar", fmt.Sprintf("%d", config.Bitrate),
+		"-ac", fmt.Sprintf("%d", config.Channels),
+		"-",
+	)
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func GetMicDevice() (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("ffmpeg",
+		"-f", "avfoundation",
+		"-list_devices", "true",
+		"-i", "\"\"",
+	)
+	// ignore error, this ffmpeg command returns exit status 1
+	outputBytes, _ := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	output := string(outputBytes)
+	parsedOutput := parseDeviceNumber(output)
+	if parsedOutput == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Command: %s\nFailed to parse FFmpeg output:\n%s", cmd, output)
+	}
+	return parsedOutput, nil
+}
+
+func parseDeviceNumber(ffmpegOutput string) string {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\[(\d)\].*?[Mm]icrophone`)
+	matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(ffmpegOutput)	
+	if (len(matches) == 2) {
+		return matches[1]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8d71925..4d2cfb5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"io"
 	"time"
 	"remote-mic/socketops"
 	"remote-mic/pulsectl"
+	"remote-mic/audio"
 )
 
 
-func nop() {
+func socketExample() {
 	fmt.Print("Listening for TCP connection on port 8080... ")
 	conn, err := socketops.AcceptConn(":8080")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ func nop() {
 	fmt.Println("Exiting.")
 }
 
-func main() {
+func pulsectlExample() {
 	pulsectl.LoadPipeSource(pulsectl.PipeSourceConfig{
 		"remote-mic",
 		"/dev/shm",
@@ -35,3 +38,33 @@ func main() {
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
 	pulsectl.UnloadPipeSource()
 }
+
+func micStreamExample() {
+	cmd := audio.StreamMic(audio.MicStreamConfig{
+		"avfoundation",
+		":0",
+		"s16le",
+		44100,
+		2,
+	})
+
+	pipe, _ := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+
+	cmd.Start()
+	
+	for {
+		io.Copy(os.Stdout, pipe)
+	}
+}
+
+func getDeviceExample() {
+	device, err := audio.GetMicDevice()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(device)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	getDeviceExample()
+}