diff --git a/src/containers/record-modal.jsx b/src/containers/record-modal.jsx
index a7a9e8f83..548567762 100644
--- a/src/containers/record-modal.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/record-modal.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import VM from 'scratch-vm';
 import WavEncoder from 'wav-encoder';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {encodeAndAddSoundToVM} from '../lib/audio/audio-util.js';
 
 import RecordModalComponent from '../components/record-modal/record-modal.jsx';
 
@@ -71,39 +72,12 @@ class RecordModal extends React.Component {
             const startIndex = Math.floor(this.state.trimStart * sampleCount);
             const endIndex = Math.floor(this.state.trimEnd * sampleCount);
             const clippedSamples = this.state.samples.slice(startIndex, endIndex);
-            WavEncoder.encode({
-                sampleRate: this.state.sampleRate,
-                channelData: [clippedSamples]
-            }).then(wavBuffer => {
-                const vmSound = {
-                    format: '',
-                    dataFormat: 'wav',
-                    rate: this.state.sampleRate,
-                    sampleCount: clippedSamples.length
-                };
 
-                // Create an asset from the encoded .wav and get resulting md5
-                const storage = this.props.vm.runtime.storage;
-                vmSound.asset = storage.createAsset(
-                    storage.AssetType.Sound,
-                    storage.DataFormat.WAV,
-                    new Uint8Array(wavBuffer),
-                    null,
-                    true // generate md5
-                );
-                vmSound.assetId = vmSound.asset.assetId;
-
-                // update vmSound object with md5 property
-                vmSound.md5 = `${vmSound.assetId}.${vmSound.dataFormat}`;
-                // The VM will update the sound name to a fresh name
-                // if the following is already taken
-                vmSound.name = 'recording1';
-
-                this.props.vm.addSound(vmSound).then(() => {
+            encodeAndAddSoundToVM(this.props.vm, clippedSamples, this.state.sampleRate, 'recording1',
+                () => {
                     this.props.onClose();
                     this.props.onNewSound();
                 });
-            });
         });
     }
     handleCancel () {
diff --git a/src/containers/sound-editor.jsx b/src/containers/sound-editor.jsx
index de09b9572..b61c1e649 100644
--- a/src/containers/sound-editor.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/sound-editor.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import VM from 'scratch-vm';
 
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 
-import {computeChunkedRMS, SOUND_BYTE_LIMIT} from '../lib/audio/audio-util.js';
+import {computeChunkedRMS, encodeAndAddSoundToVM, SOUND_BYTE_LIMIT} from '../lib/audio/audio-util.js';
 import AudioEffects from '../lib/audio/audio-effects.js';
 import SoundEditorComponent from '../components/sound-editor/sound-editor.jsx';
 import AudioBufferPlayer from '../lib/audio/audio-buffer-player.js';
@@ -299,37 +299,9 @@ class SoundEditor extends React.Component {
         }, callback);
     }
     handleCopyToNew () {
-        this.copy(this.copyToNew);
-    }
-    copyToNew () {
-        WavEncoder.encode({
-            sampleRate: this.state.copyBuffer.sampleRate,
-            channelData: [this.state.copyBuffer.samples]
-        }).then(wavBuffer => {
-            const vmSound = {
-                format: '',
-                dataFormat: 'wav',
-                rate: this.state.copyBuffer.sampleRate,
-                sampleCount: this.state.copyBuffer.samples.length
-            };
-
-            // Create an asset from the encoded .wav and get resulting md5
-            const storage = this.props.vm.runtime.storage;
-            vmSound.asset = storage.createAsset(
-                storage.AssetType.Sound,
-                storage.DataFormat.WAV,
-                new Uint8Array(wavBuffer),
-                null,
-                true // generate md5
-            );
-            vmSound.assetId = vmSound.asset.assetId;
-
-            // update vmSound object with md5 property
-            vmSound.md5 = `${vmSound.assetId}.${vmSound.dataFormat}`;
-            // The VM will update the sound name to a fresh name
-            vmSound.name = this.props.name;
-
-            this.props.vm.addSound(vmSound);
+        this.copy(() => {
+            encodeAndAddSoundToVM(this.props.vm, this.state.copyBuffer.samples,
+            this.state.copyBuffer.sampleRate, this.props.name)
         });
     }
     resampleBufferToRate (buffer, newRate) {
diff --git a/src/lib/audio/audio-util.js b/src/lib/audio/audio-util.js
index 2b68fcbe8..a01c30de8 100644
--- a/src/lib/audio/audio-util.js
+++ b/src/lib/audio/audio-util.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import WavEncoder from 'wav-encoder';
+
 const SOUND_BYTE_LIMIT = 10 * 1000 * 1000; // 10mb
 
 const computeRMS = function (samples, scaling = 0.55) {
@@ -23,8 +25,43 @@ const computeChunkedRMS = function (samples, chunkSize = 1024) {
     return chunkLevels;
 };
 
+const encodeAndAddSoundToVM = function (vm, samples, sampleRate, name, callback) {
+    WavEncoder.encode({
+        sampleRate: sampleRate,
+        channelData: [samples]
+    }).then(wavBuffer => {
+        const vmSound = {
+            format: '',
+            dataFormat: 'wav',
+            rate: sampleRate,
+            sampleCount: samples.length
+        };
+
+        // Create an asset from the encoded .wav and get resulting md5
+        const storage = vm.runtime.storage;
+        vmSound.asset = storage.createAsset(
+            storage.AssetType.Sound,
+            storage.DataFormat.WAV,
+            new Uint8Array(wavBuffer),
+            null,
+            true // generate md5
+        );
+        vmSound.assetId = vmSound.asset.assetId;
+
+        // update vmSound object with md5 property
+        vmSound.md5 = `${vmSound.assetId}.${vmSound.dataFormat}`;
+        // The VM will update the sound name to a fresh name
+        vmSound.name = name;
+
+        vm.addSound(vmSound).then(() => {
+            if (callback) callback();
+        });
+    });
+};
+
 export {
     computeRMS,
     computeChunkedRMS,
+    encodeAndAddSoundToVM,
     SOUND_BYTE_LIMIT
 };