diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
index 6221c5ced6..934b902b83 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ RageSound::RageSound():
 	m_StartSample = 0;
 	m_LengthSamples = -1;
 	m_Volume = -1.0f; // use SOUNDMAN->GetMixVolume()
+	m_Balance = 0; // center
 	AccurateSync = false;
 	fade_length = 0;
 	/* Register ourselves, so we receive Update()s. */
@@ -504,6 +505,21 @@ int RageSound::GetPCM( char *buffer, int size, int64_t frameno )
 			}
 		}
 
+		if( m_Balance != 0 )
+		{
+			Sint16 *p = (Sint16 *) buffer;
+			const float fLeft = SCALE( m_Balance, -1, 1, 1, 0 );
+			const float fRight = SCALE( m_Balance, -1, 1, 0, 1 );
+			const int iLeft = int(fLeft*256);
+			const int iRight = int(fRight*256);
+			RAGE_ASSERT_M( channels == 2, ssprintf("%i", channels) );
+			for( int samp = 0; samp < got_frames; ++samp )
+			{
+				*(p++) = short( (*p * iLeft) >> 8 );
+				*(p++) = short( (*p * iRight) >> 8 );
+			}
+		}
+
 		bytes_stored += got;
 		position += got_frames;
 		size -= got;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSound.h b/stepmania/src/RageSound.h
index c25c4c82db..9f8a4fde53 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSound.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSound.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public:
 	CString GetLoadedFilePath() const { return m_sFilePath; }
 	void SetStartTime( const RageTimer &tm ) { StartTime = tm; }
 	RageTimer GetStartTime() const { return StartTime; }
+	void SetBalance( float f ) { m_Balance = f; }
 
 private:
 	/* If we were copied from another RageSound, this will point to it; otherwise
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ private:
 
 	float m_Volume;
 
+	/* Pan: -1, left; 1, right */
+	float m_Balance;
+
 	/* Hack: When we stop a playing sound, we can't ask the driver the position
 	 * (we're not playing); and we can't seek back to the current playing position
 	 * when we stop (too slow), but we want to be able to report the position we