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-rw-r--r-- | src/mixer.cpp | 8 |
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++) { |