diff --git a/htroot/yacy/search.java b/htroot/yacy/search.java
index ab12cfbdd..58dae90da 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/search.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/search.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public final class search {
                     );
             Network.log.info("INIT HASH SEARCH (query-" + abstracts + "): " + QueryParams.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.getQueryGoal().getIncludeHashes()) + " - " + theQuery.itemsPerPage() + " links");
             EventChannel.channels(EventChannel.REMOTESEARCH).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Remote Search Request from " + ((remoteSeed == null) ? "unknown" : remoteSeed.getName()), QueryParams.anonymizedQueryHashes(theQuery.getQueryGoal().getIncludeHashes()), ""));
-            if (sb.getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DECORATION_AUDIO, false)) Audio.Soundclip.remotesearch.play();
+            if (sb.getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DECORATION_AUDIO, false)) Audio.Soundclip.remotesearch.play(-10.0f);
             
             // make event
             theSearch = SearchEventCache.getEvent(theQuery, sb.peers, sb.tables, null, abstracts.length() > 0, sb.loader, count, maxtime);
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/transferURL.java b/htroot/yacy/transferURL.java
index 0c2ae58d2..a032c411d 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/transferURL.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/transferURL.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public final class transferURL {
             // return rewrite properties
             Network.log.info("Received " + received + " URLs from peer " + otherPeerName + " in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + " ms, blocked " + blocked + " URLs");
             EventChannel.channels(EventChannel.DHTRECEIVE).addMessage(new RSSMessage("Received " + received + ", blocked " + blocked + " URLs from peer " + otherPeerName, "", otherPeer.hash));
-            if (sb.getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DECORATION_AUDIO, false)) Audio.Soundclip.dhtin.play();
+            if (sb.getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DECORATION_AUDIO, false)) Audio.Soundclip.dhtin.play(-10.0f);
             
             if (doublecheck > 0) {
             	Network.log.warn("Received " + doublecheck + "/" + urlc + " double URLs from peer " + otherPeerName); // double should not happen because we demanded only documents which we do not have yet
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/gui/Audio.java b/source/net/yacy/gui/Audio.java
index d05196208..871591b83 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/gui/Audio.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/gui/Audio.java
@@ -126,13 +126,17 @@ public class Audio {
         /**
          * play a soundclip once
          */
-        public void play() {
+        public void play(float gain) {
             Clip clip;
             if ((clip = getClip()) == null) return;
             if (clip.isActive()) {
                 Clip onetimeclip = getFreshClip();
+                FloatControl gainControl = (FloatControl) onetimeclip.getControl(FloatControl.Type.MASTER_GAIN);
+                gainControl.setValue(gain);
                 onetimeclip.start();
             } else {
+                FloatControl gainControl = (FloatControl) clip.getControl(FloatControl.Type.MASTER_GAIN);
+                gainControl.setValue(gain);
                 clip.setFramePosition(0);
                 clip.start();
             }
@@ -179,9 +183,9 @@ public class Audio {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
             Soundclip.dhtin.playExperimental();Thread.sleep(100);
-            Soundclip.dhtin.play();Thread.sleep(500);
-            Soundclip.dhtin.play();Thread.sleep(500);
-            Soundclip.dhtin.play();Thread.sleep(500);
+            Soundclip.newdoc.play(-20.0f);Thread.sleep(500);
+            Soundclip.newdoc.play(-20.0f);Thread.sleep(500);
+            Soundclip.newdoc.play(-20.0f);Thread.sleep(500);
             Soundclip.remotesearch.start(); Thread.sleep(1000); Soundclip.remotesearch.stop(); Thread.sleep(1000);
             Soundclip.remotesearch.start(); Thread.sleep(1000); Soundclip.remotesearch.stop(); Thread.sleep(1000);
             Soundclip.remotesearch.start(); Thread.sleep(1000); Soundclip.remotesearch.stop(); Thread.sleep(1000);
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java b/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
index 8d5a22589..e1a6bfcdf 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch {
                     ? EventChannel.LOCALINDEXING
                     : EventChannel.REMOTEINDEXING);
         feed.addMessage(new RSSMessage("Indexed web page", dc_title, queueEntry.url(), ASCII.String(queueEntry.url().hash())));
-        if (this.getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DECORATION_AUDIO, false)) Audio.Soundclip.newdoc.play();
+        if (this.getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DECORATION_AUDIO, false)) Audio.Soundclip.newdoc.play(-20.0f);
         
         // store rss feeds in document into rss table
         for ( final Map.Entry<DigestURL, String> rssEntry : document.getRSS().entrySet() ) {