diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2c75fa4..1786d8d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -184,9 +184,21 @@ impl<'a, T> Drop for Buffer<'a, T> where T: Sample {
 
             macro_rules! write_to_buf(
                 ($buf:expr, $output:expr, $ty:ty) => ({
+                    use std::borrow::Cow;
+
                     let output: &mut [$ty] = unsafe { std::mem::transmute($output) };
-                    for (i, o) in $buf.into_iter().zip(output.iter_mut()) {
-                        *o = i;
+
+                    match $buf {
+                        Cow::Borrowed(buf) => {
+                            for (i, o) in buf.iter().zip(output.iter_mut()) {
+                                *o = *i;
+                            }
+                        },
+                        Cow::Owned(buf) => {
+                            for (i, o) in buf.into_iter().zip(output.iter_mut()) {
+                                *o = i;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 })
             )
diff --git a/src/samples_formats.rs b/src/samples_formats.rs
index c192ad0..e11db03 100644
--- a/src/samples_formats.rs
+++ b/src/samples_formats.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::mem;
 
 /// Format that each sample has.
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ pub trait Sample: Copy {
     fn get_format(Option<Self>) -> SampleFormat;
 
     /// Turns the data into a `Vec<i16>` where each element is a sample.
-    fn to_vec_i16(&[Self]) -> Vec<i16>;
+    fn to_vec_i16(&[Self]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]>;
     /// Turns the data into a `Vec<u16>` where each element is a sample.
-    fn to_vec_u16(&[Self]) -> Vec<u16>;
+    fn to_vec_u16(&[Self]) -> Cow<Vec<u16>, [u16]>;
     /// Turns the data into a `Vec<f32>` where each element is a sample.
-    fn to_vec_f32(&[Self]) -> Vec<f32>;
+    fn to_vec_f32(&[Self]) -> Cow<Vec<f32>, [f32]>;
 }
 
 impl Sample for u16 {
@@ -38,22 +39,22 @@ impl Sample for u16 {
         SampleFormat::U16
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_i16(input: &[u16]) -> Vec<i16> {
-        input.iter().map(|&value| {
+    fn to_vec_i16(input: &[u16]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]> {
+        Cow::Owned(input.iter().map(|&value| {
             if value >= 32768 {
                 (value - 32768) as i16
             } else {
                 (value as i16) - 32767
             }
-        }).collect()
+        }).collect())
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_u16(input: &[u16]) -> Vec<u16> {
-        input.to_vec()
+    fn to_vec_u16(input: &[u16]) -> Cow<Vec<u16>, [u16]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(input)
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_f32(input: &[u16]) -> Vec<f32> {
-        Sample::to_vec_f32(Sample::to_vec_i16(input).as_slice())
+    fn to_vec_f32(input: &[u16]) -> Cow<Vec<f32>, [f32]> {
+        Cow::Owned(Sample::to_vec_f32(Sample::to_vec_i16(input).as_slice()).to_vec())
     }
 }
 
@@ -62,24 +63,24 @@ impl Sample for i16 {
         SampleFormat::I16
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_i16(input: &[i16]) -> Vec<i16> {
-        input.to_vec()
+    fn to_vec_i16(input: &[i16]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(input)
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_u16(input: &[i16]) -> Vec<u16> {
-        input.iter().map(|&value| {
+    fn to_vec_u16(input: &[i16]) -> Cow<Vec<u16>, [u16]> {
+        Cow::Owned(input.iter().map(|&value| {
             if value < 0 {
                 (value + 32767) as u16
             } else {
                 (value as u16) + 32768
             }
-        }).collect()
+        }).collect())
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_f32(input: &[i16]) -> Vec<f32> {
-        input.iter().map(|&value| {
+    fn to_vec_f32(input: &[i16]) -> Cow<Vec<f32>, [f32]> {
+        Cow::Owned(input.iter().map(|&value| {
             value as f32 / 32768.0
-        }).collect()
+        }).collect())
     }
 }
 
@@ -88,15 +89,15 @@ impl Sample for f32 {
         SampleFormat::F32
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_i16(input: &[f32]) -> Vec<i16> {
+    fn to_vec_i16(input: &[f32]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_u16(input: &[f32]) -> Vec<u16> {
+    fn to_vec_u16(input: &[f32]) -> Cow<Vec<u16>, [u16]> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 
-    fn to_vec_f32(input: &[f32]) -> Vec<f32> {
-        input.to_vec()
+    fn to_vec_f32(input: &[f32]) -> Cow<Vec<f32>, [f32]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(input)
     }
 }