diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx
index 7862b766..999bbf69 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ImportSoundsButton.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function ImportSoundsButton({ onComplete }) {
   return (
     <label
       style={{ alignItems: 'center' }}
-      className="flex bg-background ml-2 pl-2 pr-2 max-w-[300px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50 whitespace-nowrap cursor-pointer"
+      className="flex bg-background ml-2 pl-2 pr-2 max-w-[210px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50 whitespace-nowrap cursor-pointer"
     >
       <input
         disabled={isUploading}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function ImportSoundsButton({ onComplete }) {
           onChange();
         }}
       />
-      {isUploading ? 'importing...' : 'import sounds'}
+      {isUploading ? 'importing...' : 'import sounds folder'}
     </label>
   );
 }
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
index c91721e0..4c88e8ae 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
   const sounds = useStore(soundMap);
   const { soundsFilter } = useSettings();
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
+  const { BASE_URL } = import.meta.env;
+  const baseNoTrailing = BASE_URL.endsWith('/') ? BASE_URL.slice(0, -1) : BASE_URL;
 
   const soundEntries = useMemo(() => {
     if (!sounds) {
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
     if (soundsFilter === 'synths') {
       return filtered.filter(([_, { data }]) => ['synth', 'soundfont'].includes(data.type));
     }
+    if (soundsFilter === 'importSounds') {
+      return [];
+    }
     return filtered;
   }, [sounds, soundsFilter, search]);
 
@@ -51,7 +56,6 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
       ref?.stop(getAudioContext().currentTime + 0.01);
     });
   });
-
   return (
     <div id="sounds-tab" className="px-4 flex flex-col w-full h-full text-foreground">
       <Textbox placeholder="Search" value={search} onChange={(v) => setSearch(v)} />
@@ -65,9 +69,9 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
             drums: 'drum-machines',
             synths: 'Synths',
             user: 'User',
+            importSounds: 'import-sounds',
           }}
         ></ButtonGroup>
-        <ImportSoundsButton onComplete={() => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', 'user')} />
       </div>
 
       <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto  text-sm break-normal pb-2">
@@ -101,7 +105,55 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
             </span>
           );
         })}
-        {!soundEntries.length ? 'No custom sounds loaded in this pattern (yet).' : ''}
+        {!soundEntries.length && soundsFilter === 'importSounds' ? (
+          <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full pt-2 pb-8 px-4">
+            <ImportSoundsButton onComplete={() => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', 'user')} />
+            <p>
+              To import sounds into strudel, they must be contained{' '}
+              <a href={`${baseNoTrailing}/learn/samples/#from-disk-via-import-sounds`} target="_blank">
+                within a folder or subfolder
+              </a>
+              . The best way to do this is to upload a “samples” folder containing subfolders of individual sounds or
+              soundbanks (see diagram below).{' '}
+            </p>
+            <pre className="bg-background" key={'sample-diagram'}>
+              {`└─ samples <-- import this folder
+   ├─ swoop
+   │  ├─ swoopshort.wav
+   │  ├─ swooplong.wav
+   │  └─ swooptight.wav
+   └─ smash
+      ├─ smashhigh.wav
+      ├─ smashlow.wav
+      └─ smashmiddle.wav`}
+            </pre>
+            <p>
+              The name of a subfolder corresponds to the sound name under the “user” tab. Multiple samples within a
+              subfolder are all labelled with the same name, but can be accessed using “.n( )” - remember sounds are
+              zero-indexed and in alphabetical order!
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              For more information, and other ways to use your own sounds in strudel,{' '}
+              <a href={`${baseNoTrailing}/learn/samples/#from-disk-via-import-sounds`} target="_blank">
+                check out the docs
+              </a>
+              !
+            </p>
+            <h3>Preview Sounds</h3>
+            <pre className="bg-background" key={'sample-preview'}>
+              n("0 1 2 3 4 5").s("sample-name")
+            </pre>
+            <p>
+              Paste the line above into the main editor to hear the uploaded folder. Remember to use the name of your
+              sample as it appears under the "user" tab.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          ''
+        )}
+        {!soundEntries.length && soundsFilter !== 'importSounds'
+          ? 'No custom sounds loaded in this pattern (yet).'
+          : ''}
       </div>
     </div>
   );