diff --git a/src/audio/AudioArgs.java b/src/audio/AudioArgs.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4184072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/AudioArgs.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package audio;
+
+// Helper class for AudioClient that deals with optional program arguments.
+final class AudioArgs {
+
+  final String objFilePath;
+  final float[] optionalArgs;
+
+  AudioArgs(String[] args) throws IllegalAudioArgumentException {
+    if (args.length < 1 || args.length > 6) {
+      throw new IllegalAudioArgumentException();
+    }
+
+    objFilePath = args[0];
+    optionalArgs = new float[args.length - 1];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < optionalArgs.length; i++) {
+      optionalArgs[i] = Float.parseFloat(args[i + 1]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  String objFilePath() {
+    return objFilePath;
+  }
+
+  float rotateSpeed() {
+    return getArg(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  float cameraX() {
+    return getArg(1, 0);
+  }
+
+  float cameraY() {
+    return getArg(2, 0);
+  }
+
+  float cameraZ() {
+    return getArg(3, 0);
+  }
+
+  float focalLength() {
+    return getArg(4, 1);
+  }
+
+  private float getArg(int n, float defaultVal) {
+    return optionalArgs.length > n ? optionalArgs[n] : defaultVal;
+  }
+
+  private class IllegalAudioArgumentException extends IllegalArgumentException {
+
+    private static final String USAGE = "Incorrect usage.\nUsage: osci-render objFilePath "
+        + "[rotateSpeed] [cameraX] [cameraY] [cameraZ] [focalLength]";
+
+    public IllegalAudioArgumentException() {
+      super(USAGE);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/audio/AudioClient.java b/src/audio/AudioClient.java
index 825c157..f99ded4 100644
--- a/src/audio/AudioClient.java
+++ b/src/audio/AudioClient.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import shapes.Shapes;
 import shapes.Vector2;
 
 public class AudioClient {
+
   private static final int SAMPLE_RATE = 192000;
   private static double OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED = Math.PI / 1000;
   private static final float ROTATE_SPEED = 0;
@@ -30,32 +31,38 @@ public class AudioClient {
   //
   // example:
   // osci-render models/cube.obj 1 0 0 -3 10
-  public static void main(String[] args) {
+  public static void main(String[] programArgs) {
     // TODO: Calculate weight of lines using depth.
     //  Reduce weight of lines drawn multiple times.
     //  Find intersections of lines to (possibly) improve line cleanup.
     //  Improve performance of line cleanup with a heuristic.
 
-    String objFilePath = args[0];
-    float focalLength = Float.parseFloat(args[1]);
-    float cameraX = Float.parseFloat(args[2]);
-    float cameraY = Float.parseFloat(args[3]);
-    float cameraZ = Float.parseFloat(args[4]);
+    AudioArgs args = new AudioArgs(programArgs);
 
-    OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED *= Double.parseDouble(args[5]);
+    OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED *= args.rotateSpeed();
 
-    int numFrames = (int) (2 * Math.PI / OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED);
-
-    Camera camera = new Camera(focalLength, new Vector3(cameraX, cameraY, cameraZ));
-    WorldObject object = new WorldObject(objFilePath);
+    Vector3 cameraPos = new Vector3(args.cameraX(), args.cameraY(), args.cameraZ());
+    Camera camera = new Camera(args.focalLength(), cameraPos);
+    WorldObject object = new WorldObject(args.objFilePath());
     Vector3 rotation = new Vector3(0, OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED, OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED);
+
+    System.out.println("Begin pre-render...");
+    List<List<? extends Shape>> frames = preRender(object, rotation, camera);
+    System.out.println("Finish pre-render");
+    System.out.println("Connecting to audio player");
+    AudioPlayer player = new AudioPlayer(SAMPLE_RATE, frames, ROTATE_SPEED, TRANSLATION_SPEED, TRANSLATION, SCALE, WEIGHT);
+    System.out.println("Starting audio stream");
+    player.play();
+  }
+
+  private static List<List<? extends Shape>> preRender(WorldObject object, Vector3 rotation, Camera camera) {
     List<List<? extends Shape>> preRenderedFrames = new ArrayList<>();
+    int numFrames = (int) (2 * Math.PI / OBJ_ROTATE_SPEED);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < numFrames; i++) {
       preRenderedFrames.add(new ArrayList<>());
     }
 
-    System.out.println("Begin pre-render...");
     AtomicInteger renderedFrames = new AtomicInteger();
 
     // pre-renders the WorldObject in parallel
@@ -70,16 +77,6 @@ public class AudioClient {
       }
     });
 
-    System.out.println("Finish pre-render");
-
-    System.out.println("Connecting to audio player");
-    AudioPlayer player = new AudioPlayer(SAMPLE_RATE, preRenderedFrames);
-    player.setRotateSpeed(ROTATE_SPEED);
-    player.setTranslation(TRANSLATION_SPEED, TRANSLATION);
-    player.setScale(SCALE);
-    player.setWeight(WEIGHT);
-
-    System.out.println("Starting audio stream");
-    player.start();
+    return preRenderedFrames;
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/audio/AudioPlayer.java b/src/audio/AudioPlayer.java
index ac20d5a..a04d9c9 100644
--- a/src/audio/AudioPlayer.java
+++ b/src/audio/AudioPlayer.java
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package audio;
 
 import com.xtaudio.xt.*;
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.time.Instant;
 import shapes.Shape;
 import shapes.Vector2;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class AudioPlayer extends Thread {
+public class AudioPlayer {
   private final XtFormat FORMAT;
 
   private final List<List<? extends Shape>> frames;
@@ -31,6 +29,14 @@ public class AudioPlayer extends Thread {
     this.frames = frames;
   }
 
+  public AudioPlayer(int sampleRate, List<List<? extends Shape>> frames, float rotateSpeed, float translateSpeed, Vector2 translateVector, float scale, float weight) {
+    this(sampleRate, frames);
+    setRotateSpeed(rotateSpeed);
+    setTranslation(translateSpeed, translateVector);
+    setScale(scale);
+    setWeight(weight);
+  }
+
   private void render(XtStream stream, Object input, Object output, int audioFrames,
                      double time, long position, boolean timeValid, long error, Object user) {
     for (int f = 0; f < audioFrames; f++) {
@@ -126,14 +132,13 @@ public class AudioPlayer extends Thread {
     return frames.get(currentFrame).get(currentShape);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void run() {
+  public void play() {
     try (XtAudio audio = new XtAudio(null, null, null, null)) {
       XtService service = XtAudio.getServiceBySetup(XtSetup.CONSUMER_AUDIO);
       try (XtDevice device = service.openDefaultDevice(true)) {
         if (device != null && device.supportsFormat(FORMAT)) {
-
           XtBuffer buffer = device.getBuffer(FORMAT);
+
           try (XtStream stream = device.openStream(FORMAT, true, false,
             buffer.current, this::render, null, null)) {
             stream.start();