diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs
index 5aff4e200b..9ac223a0d7 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Objects/Drawables/DrawableManiaHitObject.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables
         [Resolved(canBeNull: true)]
         private ManiaPlayfield playfield { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the samples that are played by this object during gameplay.
-        /// </summary>
-        public ISampleInfo[] GetGameplaySamples() => Samples.Samples;
-
         protected override float SamplePlaybackPosition
         {
             get
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
index 9b5893b268..f5e30efd91 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System.Linq;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ using osuTK;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 {
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         public const float COLUMN_WIDTH = 80;
         public const float SPECIAL_COLUMN_WIDTH = 70;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// For hitsounds played by this <see cref="Column"/> (i.e. not as a result of hitting a hitobject),
-        /// a certain number of samples are allowed to be played concurrently so that it feels better when spam-pressing the key.
-        /// </summary>
-        private const int max_concurrent_hitsounds = OsuGameBase.SAMPLE_CONCURRENCY;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The index of this column as part of the whole playfield.
         /// </summary>
@@ -45,10 +39,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         internal readonly Container TopLevelContainer;
         private readonly DrawablePool<PoolableHitExplosion> hitExplosionPool;
         private readonly OrderedHitPolicy hitPolicy;
-        private readonly Container<SkinnableSound> hitSounds;
-
         public Container UnderlayElements => HitObjectArea.UnderlayElements;
 
+        private readonly GameplaySampleTriggerSource sampleTriggerSource;
+
         public Column(int index)
         {
             Index = index;
@@ -64,6 +58,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             InternalChildren = new[]
             {
                 hitExplosionPool = new DrawablePool<PoolableHitExplosion>(5),
+                sampleTriggerSource = new GameplaySampleTriggerSource(HitObjectContainer),
                 // For input purposes, the background is added at the highest depth, but is then proxied back below all other elements
                 background.CreateProxy(),
                 HitObjectArea = new ColumnHitObjectArea(Index, HitObjectContainer) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both },
@@ -72,12 +67,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
                 },
                 background,
-                hitSounds = new Container<SkinnableSound>
-                {
-                    Name = "Column samples pool",
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Children = Enumerable.Range(0, max_concurrent_hitsounds).Select(_ => new SkinnableSound()).ToArray()
-                },
                 TopLevelContainer = new Container { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }
             };
 
@@ -133,29 +122,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             HitObjectArea.Explosions.Add(hitExplosionPool.Get(e => e.Apply(result)));
         }
 
-        private int nextHitSoundIndex;
-
         public bool OnPressed(ManiaAction action)
         {
             if (action != Action.Value)
                 return false;
 
-            var nextObject =
-                HitObjectContainer.AliveObjects.FirstOrDefault(h => h.HitObject.StartTime > Time.Current) ??
-                // fallback to non-alive objects to find next off-screen object
-                HitObjectContainer.Objects.FirstOrDefault(h => h.HitObject.StartTime > Time.Current) ??
-                HitObjectContainer.Objects.LastOrDefault();
-
-            if (nextObject is DrawableManiaHitObject maniaObject)
-            {
-                var hitSound = hitSounds[nextHitSoundIndex];
-
-                hitSound.Samples = maniaObject.GetGameplaySamples();
-                hitSound.Play();
-
-                nextHitSoundIndex = (nextHitSoundIndex + 1) % max_concurrent_hitsounds;
-            }
-
+            sampleTriggerSource.Play();
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index 29d8a475ef..b3e1b24d8d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
         /// </summary>
         public readonly Bindable<Color4> AccentColour = new Bindable<Color4>(Color4.Gray);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the samples that are played by this object during gameplay.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ISampleInfo[] GetGameplaySamples() => Samples.Samples;
+
         protected PausableSkinnableSound Samples { get; private set; }
 
         public virtual IEnumerable<HitSampleInfo> GetSamples() => HitObject.Samples;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fedbcd541c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Audio;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Skinning;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A component which can trigger the most appropriate hit sound for a given point in time, based on the state of a <see cref="HitObjectContainer"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GameplaySampleTriggerSource : CompositeDrawable
+    {
+        private readonly HitObjectContainer hitObjectContainer;
+
+        private int nextHitSoundIndex;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The number of concurrent samples allowed to be played concurrently so that it feels better when spam-pressing a key.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const int max_concurrent_hitsounds = OsuGameBase.SAMPLE_CONCURRENCY;
+
+        private readonly Container<SkinnableSound> hitSounds;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private DrawableRuleset drawableRuleset { get; set; }
+
+        public GameplaySampleTriggerSource(HitObjectContainer hitObjectContainer)
+        {
+            this.hitObjectContainer = hitObjectContainer;
+            InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
+            {
+                hitSounds = new Container<SkinnableSound>
+                {
+                    Name = "concurrent sample pool",
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Children = Enumerable.Range(0, max_concurrent_hitsounds).Select(_ => new SkinnableSound()).ToArray()
+                },
+            };
+        }
+
+        private ISampleInfo[] playableSampleInfo;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Play the most appropriate hit sound for the current point in time.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Play()
+        {
+            var nextObject =
+                hitObjectContainer.AliveObjects.FirstOrDefault(h => h.HitObject.StartTime > Time.Current)?.HitObject ??
+                // fallback to non-alive objects to find next off-screen object
+                // TODO: make lookup more efficient?
+                drawableRuleset.Objects.FirstOrDefault(h => h.StartTime > Time.Current) ??
+                drawableRuleset.Objects.LastOrDefault();
+
+            if (nextObject != null)
+            {
+                var hitSound = getNextSample();
+                playableSampleInfo = GetPlayableSampleInfo(nextObject);
+                hitSound.Samples = playableSampleInfo;
+                hitSound.Play();
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected virtual ISampleInfo[] GetPlayableSampleInfo(HitObject nextObject) =>
+            // TODO: avoid cast somehow?
+            nextObject.Samples.Cast<ISampleInfo>().ToArray();
+
+        private SkinnableSound getNextSample()
+        {
+            var hitSound = hitSounds[nextHitSoundIndex];
+
+            // round robin over available samples to allow for concurrent playback.
+            nextHitSoundIndex = (nextHitSoundIndex + 1) % max_concurrent_hitsounds;
+
+            return hitSound;
+        }
+    }
+}