diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
index d90f9751bc..50290ce461 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ RageSound::RageSound():
 	databuf.reserve(internal_buffer_size);
 	m_StartSample = 0;
 	m_LengthSamples = -1;
+	m_Volume = -1.0f; // use SOUNDMAN->GetMixVolume()
 	AccurateSync = false;
 	fade_length = 0;
 	/* Register ourselves, so we receive Update()s. */
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ RageSound::RageSound(const RageSound &cpy):
 	original = cpy.original;
 	m_StartSample = cpy.m_StartSample;
 	m_LengthSamples = cpy.m_LengthSamples;
+	m_Volume = cpy.m_Volume;
 	StopMode = cpy.StopMode;
 	position = cpy.position;
 	playing = false;
@@ -513,6 +515,11 @@ int RageSound::GetPCM( char *buffer, int size, int64_t frameno )
 void RageSound::StartPlaying()
 {
 	LockMut(SOUNDMAN->lock);
+
+	// If no volume is set, use the default.
+	if( GetVolume() == -1 )
+		SetVolume( SOUNDMAN->GetMixVolume() );
+
 	stopped_position = -1;
 
 	ASSERT(!playing);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSound.h b/stepmania/src/RageSound.h
index e77d3a0f51..c25c4c82db 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSound.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSound.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public:
 	virtual int GetPCM( char *buffer, int size, int64_t sampleno ) = 0;
 	virtual int GetSampleRate() const = 0;
 	virtual RageTimer GetStartTime() const { return RageZeroTimer; }
+	virtual float GetVolume() const = 0;
 	virtual CString GetLoadedFilePath() const = 0;
 };
 
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ public:
 	void SetPlaybackRate( float fScale );
 	void SetFadeLength( float fSeconds );
 	void SetNoFade() { SetFadeLength(0); }
+	void SetVolume( float fVolume ) { m_Volume = fVolume; }
+	float GetVolume() const { return m_Volume; }
 	float GetPlaybackRate() const { return float(speed_input_samples) / speed_output_samples; }
 	bool IsPlaying() const { return playing; }
 	CString GetLoadedFilePath() const { return m_sFilePath; }
@@ -120,6 +123,8 @@ private:
 	/* Amount of time to fade out at the end. */
 	float fade_length;
 
+	float m_Volume;
+
 	/* 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