diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a43c6ad..b6609c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ FastTracker 2 .XM player, written for fun.
 There is an XM player and a visualizer which are separate components. The
 player API looks like this:
 
- - `XMPlayer.initAudio` -> starts up audio context; it's available as
+ - `XMPlayer.init` -> starts up audio context; it's available as
    `XMPlayer.audioctx`
- - `XMPlayer.loadXM(ArrayBuffer)` -> returns `true` if loaded, otherwise
+ - `XMPlayer.load(ArrayBuffer)` -> returns `true` if loaded, otherwise
    barfs randomly
- - `XMPlayer.playXM()` -> starts playing
- - `XMPlayer.pauseXM()` -> obvious
- - `XMPlayer.stopXM()` -> obvious; call this before loading a new one
+ - `XMPlayer.play()` -> starts playing
+ - `XMPlayer.pause()` -> obvious
+ - `XMPlayer.stop()` -> obvious; call this before loading a new one
 
 Loading trackview.js is optional; without it, the player won't do any
 visualizations. Or, you can override the following to get callbacks:
diff --git a/shell.js b/shell.js
index 240be41..8a96b70 100644
--- a/shell.js
+++ b/shell.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (!window.XMView) {
 var XMView = window.XMView;
 
 function loadXMAndInit(xmdata) {
-  if (!XMPlayer.loadXM(xmdata)) {
+  if (!XMPlayer.load(xmdata)) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ function loadXMAndInit(xmdata) {
   playbutton.innerHTML='Play';
   playbutton.onclick = function() {
     if (XMPlayer.playing) {
-      XMPlayer.pauseXM();
+      XMPlayer.pause();
       playbutton.innerHTML='Play';
     } else {
-      XMPlayer.playXM();
+      XMPlayer.play();
       playbutton.innerHTML='Pause';
     }
   };
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ XMPlayer.handleDrop = function(e) {
   if (files.length < 1) return false;
   var reader = new FileReader();
   reader.onload = function(e) {
-    XMPlayer.stopXM();
+    XMPlayer.stop();
     loadXMAndInit(e.target.result);
   };
   reader.readAsArrayBuffer(files[0]);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function initFilelist() {
     a.href = '#'+entry[1];
     a.onclick = function() {
       el.style.display = "none";
-      XMPlayer.stopXM();
+      XMPlayer.stop();
       downloadXM(baseuri + entry[1]);
     };
     el.appendChild(a);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function initFilelist() {
 }
 
 window.onload = function() {
-  XMPlayer.initAudio();
+  XMPlayer.init();
   initFilelist();
 
   var uri = location.hash.substr(1);
diff --git a/xm.js b/xm.js
index 576e68f..7f0b989 100644
--- a/xm.js
+++ b/xm.js
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ var XMView = window.XMView;
 
 player.periodForNote = periodForNote;
 player.prettify_effect = prettify_effect;
-player.initAudio = initAudio;
-player.loadXM = loadXM;
-player.playXM = playXM;
-player.pauseXM = pauseXM;
-player.stopXM = stopXM;
+player.init = init;
+player.load = load;
+player.play = play;
+player.pause = pause;
+player.stop = stop;
 player.cur_songpos = -1;
 player.cur_pat = -1;
 player.cur_row = 64;
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ function UnrollSampleLoop(samp) {
   samp.type = 1;
 }
 
-function loadXM(arrayBuf) {
+function load(arrayBuf) {
   var dv = new DataView(arrayBuf);
   player.xm = {};
 
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ function loadXM(arrayBuf) {
 }
 
 var jsNode, gainNode;
-function initAudio() {
+function init() {
   if (!player.audioctx) {
     var audioContext = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
     player.audioctx = new audioContext();
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ function initAudio() {
 }
 
 player.playing = false;
-function playXM() {
+function play() {
   if (!player.playing) {
     // put paused events back into action, if any
     if (XMView.resume) XMView.resume();
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ function playXM() {
   player.playing = true;
 }
 
-function pauseXM() {
+function pause() {
   if (player.playing) {
     jsNode.disconnect(gainNode);
     if (XMView.pause) XMView.pause();
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ function pauseXM() {
   player.playing = false;
 }
 
-function stopXM() {
+function stop() {
   if (player.playing) {
     jsNode.disconnect(gainNode);
     player.playing = false;
@@ -909,6 +909,6 @@ function stopXM() {
   player.cur_songpos = -1;
   player.cur_ticksamp = 0;
   if (XMView.stop) XMView.stop();
-  initAudio();
+  init();
 }
 })(window);