diff --git a/source/audiolib/src/_multivc.h b/source/audiolib/src/_multivc.h
index 212622ec8..5bf0e64de 100644
--- a/source/audiolib/src/_multivc.h
+++ b/source/audiolib/src/_multivc.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 #define MV_MAXPANPOSITION  127  /* formerly 31 */
 #define MV_NUMPANPOSITIONS ( MV_MAXPANPOSITION + 1 )
 #define MV_MAXTOTALVOLUME  255
-#define MV_MAXVOLUME       255  /* formerly 63 */
+#define MV_MAXVOLUME       127  /* formerly 63 */
 #define MV_NUMVOICES       8
 
 // mirrors FX_MUSIC_PRIORITY from fx_man.h
diff --git a/source/duke3d/src/sounds.h b/source/duke3d/src/sounds.h
index c57e9ec64..447193442 100644
--- a/source/duke3d/src/sounds.h
+++ b/source/duke3d/src/sounds.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern "C" {
 // KEEPINSYNC lunatic/con_lang.lua
 #define MAXSOUNDS           4096
 #define MAXSOUNDINSTANCES   8
-#define LOUDESTVOLUME       150
+#define LOUDESTVOLUME       111
 #define MUSIC_ID            -65536
 
 #define FX_VOLUME(x) (ud.config.FXVolume > 0 ? scale(x, 255, ud.config.FXVolume) : 0)