diff --git a/src/audio.c b/src/audio.c
index 20a1720..41d0599 100644
--- a/src/audio.c
+++ b/src/audio.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ void play_audio_ex(const char *path, const char *channel, t_play_audio_args args
             .file_type = file_type,
             .context = init_audio_context(path, file_type),
             .path = path,
+            .name = channel,
         };
         shput(ctx.audio_channels, channel, new_channel);
         pair = shgetp_null(ctx.audio_channels, channel);
@@ -324,6 +325,15 @@ static void audio_sample_and_mixin_channel(const struct audio_channel *channel,
 }
 
 
+static void sanity_check_channel(const struct audio_channel *channel) {
+    if (channel->args.volume < 0.0f || channel->args.volume > 1.0f)
+        log_warn("Volume argument is out of range for channel (%s)", channel->name);
+
+    if (channel->args.panning < -1.0f || channel->args.panning > 1.0f)
+        log_warn("panning argument is out of range for channel (%s)", channel->name);
+}
+
+
 void audio_callback(void *userdata, uint8_t *stream, int len) {
     (void)userdata;
 
@@ -331,6 +341,7 @@ void audio_callback(void *userdata, uint8_t *stream, int len) {
     SDL_memset(stream, sizeof (uint16_t), len * ctx.audio_stream_channel_count);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < shlen(ctx.audio_channels); ++i) {
+        sanity_check_channel(&ctx.audio_channels[i].value);
         audio_sample_and_mixin_channel(&ctx.audio_channels[i].value, stream, len);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/private/audio.h b/src/private/audio.h
index a484130..d94589b 100644
--- a/src/private/audio.h
+++ b/src/private/audio.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct audio_channel {
     enum audio_file_type file_type;
     union audio_context context; /* interpreted by `file_type` value */
     const char *path;
+    const char *name;
 };