diff --git a/src/audio/SDL_audiocvt.c b/src/audio/SDL_audiocvt.c
index 24afd0f0a..68c99e1ae 100644
--- a/src/audio/SDL_audiocvt.c
+++ b/src/audio/SDL_audiocvt.c
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ConvertMono(SDL_AudioCVT *cvt, Uint16 format)
 			dst = cvt->buf;
 			for ( i=cvt->len_cvt/2; i; --i ) {
 				sample = src[0] + src[1];
-				if ( sample > 255 ) {
-					*dst = 255;
-				} else {
-					*dst = (Uint8)sample;
-				}
+				*dst = (Uint8)(sample / 2);
 				src += 2;
 				dst += 1;
 			}
@@ -62,14 +58,7 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ConvertMono(SDL_AudioCVT *cvt, Uint16 format)
 			dst = (Sint8 *)cvt->buf;
 			for ( i=cvt->len_cvt/2; i; --i ) {
 				sample = src[0] + src[1];
-				if ( sample > 127 ) {
-					*dst = 127;
-				} else
-				if ( sample < -128 ) {
-					*dst = -128;
-				} else {
-					*dst = (Sint8)sample;
-				}
+				*dst = (Sint8)(sample / 2);
 				src += 2;
 				dst += 1;
 			}
@@ -85,14 +74,10 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ConvertMono(SDL_AudioCVT *cvt, Uint16 format)
 				for ( i=cvt->len_cvt/4; i; --i ) {
 					sample = (Uint16)((src[0]<<8)|src[1])+
 					         (Uint16)((src[2]<<8)|src[3]);
-					if ( sample > 65535 ) {
-						dst[0] = 0xFF;
-						dst[1] = 0xFF;
-					} else {
-						dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
-						sample >>= 8;
-						dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
-					}
+					sample /= 2;
+					dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
+					sample >>= 8;
+					dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
 					src += 4;
 					dst += 2;
 				}
@@ -100,14 +85,10 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ConvertMono(SDL_AudioCVT *cvt, Uint16 format)
 				for ( i=cvt->len_cvt/4; i; --i ) {
 					sample = (Uint16)((src[1]<<8)|src[0])+
 					         (Uint16)((src[3]<<8)|src[2]);
-					if ( sample > 65535 ) {
-						dst[0] = 0xFF;
-						dst[1] = 0xFF;
-					} else {
-						dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
-						sample >>= 8;
-						dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
-					}
+					sample /= 2;
+					dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
+					sample >>= 8;
+					dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
 					src += 4;
 					dst += 2;
 				}
@@ -124,18 +105,10 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ConvertMono(SDL_AudioCVT *cvt, Uint16 format)
 				for ( i=cvt->len_cvt/4; i; --i ) {
 					sample = (Sint16)((src[0]<<8)|src[1])+
 					         (Sint16)((src[2]<<8)|src[3]);
-					if ( sample > 32767 ) {
-						dst[0] = 0x7F;
-						dst[1] = 0xFF;
-					} else
-					if ( sample < -32768 ) {
-						dst[0] = 0x80;
-						dst[1] = 0x00;
-					} else {
-						dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
-						sample >>= 8;
-						dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
-					}
+					sample /= 2;
+					dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
+					sample >>= 8;
+					dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
 					src += 4;
 					dst += 2;
 				}
@@ -143,18 +116,10 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ConvertMono(SDL_AudioCVT *cvt, Uint16 format)
 				for ( i=cvt->len_cvt/4; i; --i ) {
 					sample = (Sint16)((src[1]<<8)|src[0])+
 					         (Sint16)((src[3]<<8)|src[2]);
-					if ( sample > 32767 ) {
-						dst[1] = 0x7F;
-						dst[0] = 0xFF;
-					} else
-					if ( sample < -32768 ) {
-						dst[1] = 0x80;
-						dst[0] = 0x00;
-					} else {
-						dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
-						sample >>= 8;
-						dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
-					}
+					sample /= 2;
+					dst[0] = (sample&0xFF);
+					sample >>= 8;
+					dst[1] = (sample&0xFF);
 					src += 4;
 					dst += 2;
 				}