diff --git a/townengine/audio.c b/townengine/audio.c
index f999c6c..a66a4d1 100644
--- a/townengine/audio.c
+++ b/townengine/audio.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static void audio_sample_and_mixin_channel(const struct audio_channel *channel,
 
             /* convert floats to int16_t */
             for (int p = 0; p < samples_per_channel * 2; ++p)
-                ((int16_t *)buffer)[p] = (int16_t)(((float *)buffer)[p] * 32768.0f);
+                ((int16_t *)buffer)[p] = (int16_t)(((float *)buffer)[p] * (float)INT16_MAX);
 
             /* panning and mixing */
             audio_mixin_streams(channel,