diff --git a/audio/audio.go b/audio/audio.go
index 30ae201e5..a5621939b 100644
--- a/audio/audio.go
+++ b/audio/audio.go
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ type Player struct {
 // The sample rate must be same as that of the audio context.
 //
 // This function is concurrent-safe.
-func (c *Context) NewPlayer(src ReadSeekCloser) (*Player, error) {
+func NewPlayer(context *Context, src ReadSeekCloser) (*Player, error) {
 	p := &Player{
-		players:    c.players,
+		players:    context.players,
 		src:        src,
-		sampleRate: c.sampleRate,
+		sampleRate: context.sampleRate,
 		buf:        []byte{},
 		volume:     1,
 	}
diff --git a/examples/audio/main.go b/examples/audio/main.go
index c40ad12ce..2850cfb06 100644
--- a/examples/audio/main.go
+++ b/examples/audio/main.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (p *Player) updateSE() error {
 	}
 	if sePlayer == nil {
 		var err error
-		sePlayer, err = audioContext.NewPlayer(seStream)
+		sePlayer, err = audio.NewPlayer(audioContext, seStream)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 			return
 		}
-		p, err := audioContext.NewPlayer(s)
+		p, err := audio.NewPlayer(audioContext, s)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 			return
diff --git a/examples/pcm/main.go b/examples/pcm/main.go
index 2dc0f8508..baf074076 100644
--- a/examples/pcm/main.go
+++ b/examples/pcm/main.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func addNote() error {
 	square(r, vol, freq, 0.25)
 	b := toBytes(l, r)
 	s := &srcStream{bytes.NewReader(b)}
-	p, err := audioContext.NewPlayer(s)
+	p, err := audio.NewPlayer(audioContext, s)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/examples/piano/main.go b/examples/piano/main.go
index 7cd62dc63..98bbb79a1 100644
--- a/examples/piano/main.go
+++ b/examples/piano/main.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (s *stream) Close() error {
 func addNote(freq float64, vol float64) error {
 	f := int(freq)
 	if n, ok := noteCache[f]; ok {
-		p, err := audioContext.NewPlayer(&stream{bytes.NewReader(n)})
+		p, err := audio.NewPlayer(audioContext, &stream{bytes.NewReader(n)})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func addNote(freq float64, vol float64) error {
 	}
 	n := toBytes(l, r)
 	noteCache[f] = n
-	p, err := audioContext.NewPlayer(&stream{bytes.NewReader(n)})
+	p, err := audio.NewPlayer(audioContext, &stream{bytes.NewReader(n)})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/examples/sinewave/main.go b/examples/sinewave/main.go
index 9c7e6f52a..6a12a1d08 100644
--- a/examples/sinewave/main.go
+++ b/examples/sinewave/main.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func update(screen *ebiten.Image) error {
 	}
 	if player == nil {
 		var err error
-		player, err = audioContext.NewPlayer(&stream{})
+		player, err = audio.NewPlayer(audioContext, &stream{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}