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-rw-r--r--src/mixer.cpp8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mixer.cpp b/src/mixer.cpp
index 0a41bb7c7..0c9d9b151 100644
--- a/src/mixer.cpp
+++ b/src/mixer.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,13 @@ void MxMixSamples(void *buffer, uint samples)
/* Fetch music if a sampled stream is available */
if (_music_stream) _music_stream((int16*)buffer, samples);
- uint8 effect_vol = _settings_client.music.effect_vol;
+ /* Apply simple x^3 scaling to master effect volume. This increases the
+ * perceived difference in loudness to better match expectations. effect_vol
+ * is expected to be in the range 0-127 hence the division by 127 * 127 to
+ * get back into range. */
+ uint8 effect_vol = (_settings_client.music.effect_vol *
+ _settings_client.music.effect_vol *
+ _settings_client.music.effect_vol) / (127 * 127);
/* Mix each channel */
for (mc = _channels; mc != endof(_channels); mc++) {