+        let _ = self.event_tx.send(SoundmodemEvent::Close);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum SoundmodemEvent {
+    Kiss(Arc<[u8]>),
+    BasebandInput(Arc<[i16]>),
+    Start,
+    Close,
+}
+
+fn spawn_soundmodem_worker(
+    event_tx: SyncSender<SoundmodemEvent>,
+    event_rx: Receiver<SoundmodemEvent>,
+    kiss_out_tx: SyncSender<Arc<[u8]>>,
+    input: Box<dyn InputSource>,
+) {
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        // TODO: should be able to provide a custom Demodulator for a soundmodem
+        let mut demod = SoftDemodulator::new();
+        let mut tnc = SoftTnc::new();
+        let mut buf = [0u8; MAX_FRAME_LEN];
+        while let Ok(ev) = event_rx.recv() {
+            match ev {
+                SoundmodemEvent::Kiss(k) => {
+                    let _n = tnc.write_kiss(&k);
+                    // TODO: what does it mean if we fail to write it all?
+                    // Probably we have to read frames for tx first - revisit this during tx
+                }
+                SoundmodemEvent::BasebandInput(b) => {
+                    for sample in &*b {
+                        if let Some(frame) = demod.demod(*sample) {
+                            tnc.handle_frame(frame);
+                            loop {
+                                let n = tnc.read_kiss(&mut buf);
+                                if n > 0 {
+                                    let _ = kiss_out_tx.try_send(buf[0..n].into());
+                                } else {
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                SoundmodemEvent::Start => input.start(event_tx.clone()),
+                SoundmodemEvent::Close => break,
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+pub trait InputSource: Send + Sync + 'static {
+    fn start(&self, samples: SyncSender<SoundmodemEvent>);
+    fn close(&self);
+}
+
+pub struct InputSoundcard {
+    cpal_name: String,
+}
+
+impl InputSource for InputSoundcard {
+    fn start(&self, samples: SyncSender<SoundmodemEvent>) {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn close(&self) {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct InputRrcFile {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    end_tx: Mutex<Option<Sender<()>>>,
+}
+
+impl InputRrcFile {
+    pub fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            path,
+            end_tx: Mutex::new(None),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl InputSource for InputRrcFile {
+    fn start(&self, samples: SyncSender<SoundmodemEvent>) {
+        let (end_tx, end_rx) = channel();
+        let path = self.path.clone();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            // TODO: error handling
+            let mut file = File::open(path).unwrap();
+            let mut baseband = vec![];
+            file.read_to_end(&mut baseband).unwrap();
+
+            // assuming 48 kHz for now
+            const TICK: Duration = Duration::from_millis(25);
+            const SAMPLES_PER_TICK: usize = 1200;
+
+            let mut next_tick = Instant::now() + TICK;
+            let mut buf = [0i16; SAMPLES_PER_TICK];
+            let mut idx = 0;
+
+            for sample in baseband
+                .chunks(2)
+                .map(|pair| i16::from_le_bytes([pair[0], pair[1]]))
+            {
+                buf[idx] = sample;
+                idx += 1;
+                if idx == SAMPLES_PER_TICK {
+                    if let Err(e) = samples.try_send(SoundmodemEvent::BasebandInput(buf.into())) {
+                        debug!("overflow feeding soundmodem: {e:?}");
+                    }
+                    next_tick = next_tick + TICK;
+                    idx = 0;
+                    std::thread::sleep(next_tick.duration_since(Instant::now()));
+                }
+                if end_rx.try_recv() != Err(TryRecvError::Empty) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        *self.end_tx.lock().unwrap() = Some(end_tx);
+    }
+
+    fn close(&self) {
+        let _ = self.end_tx.lock().unwrap().take();