diff --git a/packages/webaudio/sampler.mjs b/packages/webaudio/sampler.mjs
index d3905c5b..c5f7e6b3 100644
--- a/packages/webaudio/sampler.mjs
+++ b/packages/webaudio/sampler.mjs
@@ -102,7 +102,13 @@ export const loadGithubSamples = async (path, nameFn) => {
  *
  */
 
-export const samples = (sampleMap, baseUrl = sampleMap._base || '') => {
+export const samples = async (sampleMap, baseUrl = sampleMap._base || '') => {
+  if (typeof sampleMap === 'string') {
+    const base = sampleMap.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+    return fetch(sampleMap)
+      .then((res) => res.json())
+      .then((json) => samples(json, json._base || base));
+  }
   sampleCache.current = {
     ...sampleCache.current,
     ...Object.fromEntries(