diff --git a/src/conversions.rs b/src/conversions.rs
index 2a5c77b..2dea5bc 100644
--- a/src/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/conversions.rs
@@ -4,34 +4,48 @@ This module contains function that will convert from one PCM format to another.
 This includes conversion between samples formats, channels or sample rates.
 
 */
-pub fn convert_samples_rate<T>(input: &[T], from: ::SamplesRate, to: ::SamplesRate) -> Vec<T>
-                               where T: Copy
+use samples_formats::Sample;
+
+/// Converts between samples rates while preserving the pitch.
+pub fn convert_samples_rate<T>(input: &[T], from: ::SamplesRate, to: ::SamplesRate,
+                               channels: ::ChannelsCount) -> Vec<T>
+                               where T: Sample
 {
     let from = from.0;
     let to = to.0;
 
     // if `from` is a multiple of `to` (for example `from` is 44100 and `to` is 22050),
     // then we simply skip some samples
-    if from % to  == 0 {
+    if from % to == 0 {
         let mut result = Vec::new();
-        for element in input.chunks((from / to) as uint) {
-            result.push(element[0]);
+        for element in input.chunks(channels as uint * (from / to) as uint) {
+            for i in range(0, channels) {
+                result.push(element[i as uint]);
+            }
         }
         return result;
     }
 
-    // if `to` is a multiple of `from` (for example `to` is 44100 and `from` is 22050)
-    // TODO: dumb algorithm
-    // FIXME: doesn't take channels into account
-    if to % from  == 0 {
+    // if `to` is twice `from` (for example `to` is 44100 and `from` is 22050)
+    // TODO: more generic
+    if to == from * 2 {
         let mut result = Vec::new();
-        for element in input.windows(2) {
-            for _ in range(0, (to / from) as uint) {
-                result.push(element[0]);
+        let mut previous: Option<Vec<T>> = None;
+        for element in input.chunks(channels as uint) {
+            if let Some(previous) = previous.take() {
+                for (prev, curr) in previous.into_iter().zip(element.iter()) {
+                    result.push(prev.interpolate(*curr));
+                }
+                for curr in element.iter() {
+                    result.push(*curr);
+                }
+            } else {
+                for e in element.iter() {
+                    result.push(*e);
+                }
             }
-        }
-        for _ in range(0, (to / from) as uint) {
-            result.push(*input.last().unwrap());
+
+            previous = Some(element.to_vec());
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn convert_samples_rate<T>(input: &[T], from: ::SamplesRate, to: ::SamplesRa
 ///
 /// Panics if `from` is 0, `to` is 0, or if the data length is not a multiple of `from`.
 pub fn convert_channels<T>(input: &[T], from: ::ChannelsCount, to: ::ChannelsCount) -> Vec<T>
-                           where T: Copy
+                           where T: Sample
 {
     assert!(from != 0);
     assert!(to != 0);
@@ -78,6 +92,7 @@ pub fn convert_channels<T>(input: &[T], from: ::ChannelsCount, to: ::ChannelsCou
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::convert_channels;
+    use super::convert_samples_rate;
 
     #[test]
     fn remove_channels() {
@@ -102,4 +117,20 @@ mod test {
     fn convert_channels_wrong_data_len() {
         convert_channels(&[1u16, 2, 3], 2, 1);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn half_samples_rate() {
+        let result = convert_samples_rate(&[1u16, 16, 2, 17, 3, 18, 4, 19],
+                                          ::SamplesRate(44100), ::SamplesRate(22050), 2);
+
+        assert_eq!(result.as_slice(), [1, 16, 3, 18]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn double_samples_rate() {
+        let result = convert_samples_rate(&[2u16, 16, 4, 18, 6, 20, 8, 22],
+                                          ::SamplesRate(22050), ::SamplesRate(44100), 2);
+
+        assert_eq!(result.as_slice(), [2, 16, 3, 17, 4, 18, 5, 19, 6, 20, 7, 21, 8, 22]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b760ea6..802c342 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ impl<'a, T> Drop for Buffer<'a, T> where T: Sample {
 
             let buffer = if conversion.from_sample_rate != conversion.to_sample_rate {
                 conversions::convert_samples_rate(buffer.as_slice(), conversion.from_sample_rate,
-                                                  conversion.to_sample_rate)
+                                                  conversion.to_sample_rate,
+                                                  conversion.to_channels)
             } else {
                 buffer
             };
diff --git a/src/samples_formats.rs b/src/samples_formats.rs
index dd4c6f1..9319186 100644
--- a/src/samples_formats.rs
+++ b/src/samples_formats.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ impl SampleFormat {
 
 /// Trait for containers that contain PCM data.
 #[unstable = "Will be rewritten with associated types"]
-pub trait Sample: Copy {
+pub trait Sample: Copy + Clone {
     fn get_format(Option<Self>) -> SampleFormat;
 
+    /// Returns `(self + other) / 2`.
+    fn interpolate(self, other: Self) -> Self;
+
     /// Turns the data into samples of type `I16`.
     fn to_vec_i16(&[Self]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]>;
     /// Turns the data into samples of type `U16`.
@@ -41,6 +44,10 @@ impl Sample for u16 {
         SampleFormat::U16
     }
 
+    fn interpolate(self, other: u16) -> u16 {
+        (self + other) / 2
+    }
+
     fn to_vec_i16(input: &[u16]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]> {
         Cow::Owned(input.iter().map(|&value| {
             if value >= 32768 {
@@ -65,6 +72,10 @@ impl Sample for i16 {
         SampleFormat::I16
     }
 
+    fn interpolate(self, other: i16) -> i16 {
+        (self + other) / 2
+    }
+
     fn to_vec_i16(input: &[i16]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]> {
         Cow::Borrowed(input)
     }
@@ -95,6 +106,10 @@ impl Sample for f32 {
         SampleFormat::F32
     }
 
+    fn interpolate(self, other: f32) -> f32 {
+        (self + other) / 2.0
+    }
+
     fn to_vec_i16(input: &[f32]) -> Cow<Vec<i16>, [i16]> {
         unimplemented!()
     }