diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
index f0d3a7b13f..fa8a62d586 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ void RageSoundManager::SetPrefs(float MixVol)
 
 SoundMixBuffer::SoundMixBuffer()
 {
-	vol = SOUNDMAN->GetMixVolume();
 	bufsize = used = 0;
 	mixbuf = NULL;
+	SetVolume( SOUNDMAN->GetMixVolume() );
 }
 
 SoundMixBuffer::~SoundMixBuffer()
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ SoundMixBuffer::~SoundMixBuffer()
 	free(mixbuf);
 }
 
+void SoundMixBuffer::SetVolume( float f )
+{
+	vol = f;
+}
+
 void SoundMixBuffer::write(const Sint16 *buf, unsigned size)
 {
 	if(bufsize < size)