diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/ManiaBeatmapConverter.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/ManiaBeatmapConverter.cs
index 10bebbdba7..94984146f7 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/ManiaBeatmapConverter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/ManiaBeatmapConverter.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps
 {
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps
 
         protected override IEnumerable<ManiaHitObject> ConvertHitObject(HitObject original, Beatmap beatmap)
         {
-            yield return null;
+            yield return new Note
+            {
+                StartTime = original.StartTime,
+                Column = 1,
+            };
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaHitRenderer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaHitRenderer.cs
index f72ddf3227..b34442b1e1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaHitRenderer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaHitRenderer.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.IEnumerableExtensions;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Beatmaps;
@@ -22,12 +23,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 {
     public class ManiaHitRenderer : HitRenderer<ManiaHitObject, ManiaJudgement>
     {
-        private readonly int columns;
+        public int? Columns;
 
-        public ManiaHitRenderer(WorkingBeatmap beatmap, int columns = 5)
+        public ManiaHitRenderer(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
             : base(beatmap)
         {
-            this.columns = columns;
             // Has to be done before drawable hit objects are generated in load()
             loadTimingSections();
         }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 
         protected override BeatmapConverter<ManiaHitObject> CreateBeatmapConverter() => new ManiaBeatmapConverter();
 
-        protected override Playfield<ManiaHitObject, ManiaJudgement> CreatePlayfield() => new ManiaPlayfield(columns);
+        protected override Playfield<ManiaHitObject, ManiaJudgement> CreatePlayfield() => new ManiaPlayfield(Columns ?? (int)Math.Round(Beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Difficulty.CircleSize));
 
         protected override DrawableHitObject<ManiaHitObject, ManiaJudgement> GetVisualRepresentation(ManiaHitObject h) => null;
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaPlayfield.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaPlayfield.cs
index 6999ae3952..e468d6f533 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaPlayfield.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaPlayfield.cs
@@ -161,6 +161,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             }
         }
 
-        public void Add(TimingSection timingSection) => columns.Children.ForEach(c => c.Add(timingSection));
+        public override void Add(DrawableHitObject<ManiaHitObject, ManiaJudgement> h) => Columns.Children.ElementAt(h.HitObject.Column).Add(h);
     }
 }