diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
index 17c3f0b0be..b111094083 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "RageSound.h"
 #include "RageLog.h"
 #include "RageTimer.h"
+#include "PrefsManager.h"
 
 #include "arch/arch.h"
 #include "arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver.h"
@@ -267,13 +268,11 @@ void RageSoundManager::PlayMusic(CString file, bool loop, float start_sec, float
 
 SoundMixBuffer::SoundMixBuffer()
 {
-	vol = .5;
+	vol = PREFSMAN->m_fSoundVolume;
 }
 
 void SoundMixBuffer::write(const Sint16 *buf, unsigned size)
 {
-	size /= 2;
-
 	if(mixbuf.size() < size)
 	{
 		basic_string<Sint32> empty(size-mixbuf.size(), 0);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound.cpp
index 5730d945dd..db419f28f5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "../../RageUtil.h"
 #include "../../RageSound.h"
 #include "../../RageLog.h"
+#include "../../PrefsManager.h"
 #include "../../tls.h"
 #include "SDL.h"
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ RageSound_DSound::RageSound_DSound()
 			newbuf = new DSoundBuf(ds, 
 				DSoundBuf::HW_HARDWARE,
 				channels, samplerate, 16, buffersize,
-				0.50f);
+				PREFSMAN->m_fSoundVolume);
 		} catch(const RageException &e) {
 			/* If we didn't get at least 8, fail. */
 			if(i >= 8) break; /* OK */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound_Software.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound_Software.cpp
index 3deff8da36..36cc5eb706 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound_Software.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_DSound_Software.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ bool RageSound_DSound_Software::GetData()
 		/* Call the callback. */
 		unsigned got = sounds[i]->snd->GetPCM((char *) buf, len, play_pos);
 
-		mix.write((Sint16 *) buf, got);
+		mix.write((Sint16 *) buf, got/2);
 
 		if(got < len)
 		{
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_WaveOut.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_WaveOut.cpp
index 1877c2c2b8..581932b19d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_WaveOut.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_WaveOut.cpp
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ bool RageSound_WaveOut::GetData()
 	static Sint16 *buf = NULL;
 	int bufsize = chunksize_frames * channels;
 	if(!buf)
-	{
 		buf = new Sint16[bufsize];
-	}
 	memset(buf, 0, bufsize*sizeof(Uint16));
 	memset(buffers[b].lpData, 0, bufsize*sizeof(Uint16));
+	SoundMixBuffer mix;
 
 	for(unsigned i = 0; i < sounds.size(); ++i)
 	{
@@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ bool RageSound_WaveOut::GetData()
 		/* Call the callback. */
 		unsigned got = sounds[i]->snd->GetPCM((char *) buf, chunksize, last_cursor_pos);
 
-		SOUNDMAN->MixAudio(
-			(Sint16 *) buffers[b].lpData, buf, got, .5);
+		mix.write((Sint16 *) buf, got/2);
 
 		if(got < chunksize)
 		{
@@ -101,6 +99,7 @@ bool RageSound_WaveOut::GetData()
 		}
 	}
 
+	mix.read((Sint16 *) buffers[b].lpData);
 	MMRESULT ret = waveOutWrite(wo, &buffers[b], sizeof(buffers[b]));
   	if(ret != MMSYSERR_NOERROR)
 		RageException::Throw(wo_ssprintf(ret, "waveOutWrite failed"));