diff --git a/include/MemoryHelper.h b/include/MemoryHelper.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..624f326ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/MemoryHelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Simon Symeonidis <lethaljellybean/at/gmail/com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2014 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ *
+ * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef _MEMORY_HELPER_H_
+#define _MEMORY_HELPER_H_
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to alocate aligned memory and free it.
+ */
+class MemoryHelper {
+public:
+  
+	static void* alignedMalloc(int);
+
+	static void alignedFree(void*);
+
+private:
+};
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/core/MemoryHelper.cpp b/src/core/MemoryHelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86a03061e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/MemoryHelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "lmms_basics.h"
+#include "MemoryHelper.h"
+
+/**
+ * Allocate a number of bytes and return them. 
+ * @param _byteNum is the number of bytes 
+ */
+void* MemoryHelper::alignedMalloc(int _byteNum) {
+	char *ptr,*ptr2,*aligned_ptr;
+	int align_mask = ALIGN_SIZE- 1;
+
+	ptr = (char *) malloc(_byteNum + ALIGN_SIZE + sizeof(int));
+
+	if(ptr==NULL) return(NULL);
+
+	ptr2 = ptr + sizeof(int);
+	aligned_ptr = ptr2 + (ALIGN_SIZE- ((size_t)ptr2 & align_mask));
+
+	ptr2 = aligned_ptr - sizeof(int);
+	*((int *)ptr2)=(int)(aligned_ptr - ptr);
+
+	return(aligned_ptr);
+}
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Free an aligned buffer
+ * @param _buffer is the buffer to free
+ */
+void MemoryHelper::alignedFree(void* _buffer) {
+	if( _buffer != NULL )
+	{
+		int *ptr2=(int *)_buffer - 1;
+		_buffer = (char *)_buffer - *ptr2;
+		free(_buffer);
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/core/Mixer.cpp b/src/core/Mixer.cpp
index ddc3f075d..9c35ee852 100644
--- a/src/core/Mixer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Mixer.cpp
@@ -57,37 +57,10 @@
 #include "MidiWinMM.h"
 #include "MidiDummy.h"
 
+#include "MemoryHelper.h"
 
 
 
-static void aligned_free( void * _buf )
-{
-	if( _buf != NULL )
-	{
-		int *ptr2=(int *)_buf - 1;
-		_buf = (char *)_buf- *ptr2;
-		free(_buf);
-	}
-}
-
-static void * aligned_malloc( int _bytes )
-{
-	char *ptr,*ptr2,*aligned_ptr;
-	int align_mask = ALIGN_SIZE- 1;
-	ptr=(char *)malloc(_bytes +ALIGN_SIZE+ sizeof(int));
-	if(ptr==NULL) return(NULL);
-
-	ptr2 = ptr + sizeof(int);
-	aligned_ptr = ptr2 + (ALIGN_SIZE- ((size_t)ptr2 & align_mask));
-
-
-	ptr2 = aligned_ptr - sizeof(int);
-	*((int *)ptr2)=(int)(aligned_ptr - ptr);
-
-	return(aligned_ptr);
-}
-
-
 
 Mixer::Mixer() :
 	m_framesPerPeriod( DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE ),
@@ -146,12 +119,12 @@ Mixer::Mixer() :
 		m_fifo = new fifo( 1 );
 	}
 
-	m_workingBuf = (sampleFrame*) aligned_malloc( m_framesPerPeriod *
+	m_workingBuf = (sampleFrame*) MemoryHelper::alignedMalloc( m_framesPerPeriod *
 							sizeof( sampleFrame ) );
 	for( int i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
 	{
 		m_readBuf = (surroundSampleFrame*)
-			aligned_malloc( m_framesPerPeriod *
+			MemoryHelper::alignedMalloc( m_framesPerPeriod *
 						sizeof( surroundSampleFrame ) );
 
 		clearAudioBuffer( m_readBuf, m_framesPerPeriod );
@@ -201,10 +174,10 @@ Mixer::~Mixer()
 
 	for( int i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
 	{
-		aligned_free( m_bufferPool[i] );
+		MemoryHelper::alignedFree( m_bufferPool[i] );
 	}
 
-	aligned_free( m_workingBuf );
+	MemoryHelper::alignedFree( m_workingBuf );
 
 	for( int i = 0; i < 2; ++i )
 	{