diff --git a/voicemeeter/bus.go b/voicemeeter/bus.go
index 7d8e3cd..53d6f4f 100644
--- a/voicemeeter/bus.go
+++ b/voicemeeter/bus.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type t_bus interface {
 // bus represents a bus channel
 // embeds channel struct
 type bus struct {
-	channel
+	iRemote
 }
 
 // String implements the stringer interface
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type physicalBus struct {
 }
 
 func newPhysicalBus(i int, k *kind) t_bus {
-	pb := physicalBus{bus{channel{"bus", i, *k}}}
+	pb := physicalBus{bus{iRemote{"bus", i, k}}}
 	return t_bus(&pb)
 }
 
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ type virtualBus struct {
 }
 
 func newVirtualBus(i int, k *kind) t_bus {
-	vb := virtualBus{bus{channel{"bus", i, *k}}}
+	vb := virtualBus{bus{iRemote{"bus", i, k}}}
 	return t_bus(&vb)
 }
diff --git a/voicemeeter/channel.go b/voicemeeter/channel.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bee7d66..0000000
--- a/voicemeeter/channel.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-package voicemeeter
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-)
-
-type channel struct {
-	identifier string
-	index      int
-	kind       kind
-}
-
-// getter_bool returns the value of a boolean parameter
-func (c *channel) getter_bool(p string) bool {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	return getParameterFloat(param) == 1
-}
-
-// setter_bool sets the value of a boolean parameter
-func (c *channel) setter_bool(p string, v bool) {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	var value float32
-	if v {
-		value = 1
-	} else {
-		value = 0
-	}
-	setParameterFloat(param, float32(value))
-}
-
-// getter_int returns the value of an int parameter p
-func (c *channel) getter_int(p string) int {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	return int(getParameterFloat(param))
-}
-
-// setter_int sets the value v of an int parameter p
-func (c *channel) setter_int(p string, v int) {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	setParameterFloat(param, float32(v))
-}
-
-// getter_float returns the value of an int parameter p
-func (c *channel) getter_float(p string) float64 {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	return getParameterFloat(param)
-}
-
-// setter_float sets the value v of an int parameter p
-func (c *channel) setter_float(p string, v float32) {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	setParameterFloat(param, float32(v))
-}
-
-// getter_string returns the value of a string parameter p
-func (c *channel) getter_string(p string) string {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	return getParameterString(param)
-}
-
-// setter_string sets the value v of a string parameter p
-func (c *channel) setter_string(p, v string) {
-	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier, c.index, p)
-	setParameterString(param, v)
-}
diff --git a/voicemeeter/iremote.go b/voicemeeter/iremote.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc373e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voicemeeter/iremote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package voicemeeter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// iRemote provides a set of common forwarding methods
+type iRemote struct {
+	_identifier string
+	index       int
+	kind        *kind
+}
+
+func (c *iRemote) identifier() string {
+	return c._identifier
+}
+
+// getter_bool returns the value of a boolean parameter
+func (c *iRemote) getter_bool(p string) bool {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	return getParameterFloat(param) == 1
+}
+
+// setter_bool sets the value of a boolean parameter
+func (c *iRemote) setter_bool(p string, v bool) {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	var value float32
+	if v {
+		value = 1
+	} else {
+		value = 0
+	}
+	setParameterFloat(param, float32(value))
+}
+
+// getter_int returns the value of an int parameter p
+func (c *iRemote) getter_int(p string) int {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	return int(getParameterFloat(param))
+}
+
+// setter_int sets the value v of an int parameter p
+func (c *iRemote) setter_int(p string, v int) {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	setParameterFloat(param, float32(v))
+}
+
+// getter_float returns the value of an int parameter p
+func (c *iRemote) getter_float(p string) float64 {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	return getParameterFloat(param)
+}
+
+// setter_float sets the value v of an int parameter p
+func (c *iRemote) setter_float(p string, v float32) {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	setParameterFloat(param, float32(v))
+}
+
+// getter_string returns the value of a string parameter p
+func (c *iRemote) getter_string(p string) string {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	return getParameterString(param)
+}
+
+// setter_string sets the value v of a string parameter p
+func (c *iRemote) setter_string(p, v string) {
+	param := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d].%s", c.identifier(), c.index, p)
+	setParameterString(param, v)
+}
diff --git a/voicemeeter/strip.go b/voicemeeter/strip.go
index b5fb2ab..a9552fe 100644
--- a/voicemeeter/strip.go
+++ b/voicemeeter/strip.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type t_strip interface {
 // strip represents a strip channel
 // embeds channel struct
 type strip struct {
-	channel
+	iRemote
 }
 
 // implement stringer interface in fmt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ type physicalStrip struct {
 }
 
 func newPhysicalStrip(i int, k *kind) t_strip {
-	ps := physicalStrip{strip{channel{"strip", i, *k}}}
+	ps := physicalStrip{strip{iRemote{"strip", i, k}}}
 	return t_strip(&ps)
 }
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ type virtualStrip struct {
 }
 
 func newVirtualStrip(i int, k *kind) t_strip {
-	vs := virtualStrip{strip{channel{"strip", i, *k}}}
+	vs := virtualStrip{strip{iRemote{"strip", i, k}}}
 	return t_strip(&vs)
 }