diff --git a/src/audio/external.c b/src/audio/external.c
index 4aca7632..7f77c613 100644
--- a/src/audio/external.c
+++ b/src/audio/external.c
@@ -259,7 +259,12 @@ u16 sLevelAcousticReaches[LEVEL_COUNT] = {
 #define VOLUME_RANGE_UNK2 0.8f
 #endif
 
-// Default volume for background music sequences (playing on player 0).
+// sBackgroundMusicDefaultVolume represents the default volume for background music sequences using the level player (deprecated).
+// This code block is simply commented out for now as to not destroy compatibility with any streamed audio tools.
+// TODO: Delete this entirely once the unsupporting streamed tools or their builds are outdated.
+
+/*
+
 u8 sBackgroundMusicDefaultVolume[] = {
     127, // SEQ_SOUND_PLAYER
     80,  // SEQ_EVENT_CUTSCENE_COLLECT_STAR
@@ -301,6 +306,8 @@ u8 sBackgroundMusicDefaultVolume[] = {
 STATIC_ASSERT(ARRAY_COUNT(sBackgroundMusicDefaultVolume) == SEQ_COUNT,
               "change this array if you are adding sequences");
 
+*/
+
 u8 sCurrentBackgroundMusicSeqId = SEQUENCE_NONE;
 u8 sMusicDynamicDelay = 0;
 u8 sSoundBankUsedListBack[SOUND_BANK_COUNT] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
@@ -1885,7 +1892,7 @@ static u8 begin_background_music_fade(u16 fadeDuration) {
         targetVolume = 40;
     }
 
-    if (sSoundBanksThatLowerBackgroundMusic != 0 && targetVolume > 20) {
+    if (sSoundBanksThatLowerBackgroundMusic && targetVolume > 20) {
         targetVolume = 20;
     }
 
@@ -1894,8 +1901,7 @@ static u8 begin_background_music_fade(u16 fadeDuration) {
             seq_player_fade_to_target_volume(SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL, fadeDuration, targetVolume);
         } else {
 #if defined(VERSION_JP) || defined(VERSION_US)
-            gSequencePlayers[SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL].volume =
-                sBackgroundMusicDefaultVolume[sCurrentBackgroundMusicSeqId] / 127.0f;
+            gSequencePlayers[SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL].volume = gSequencePlayers[SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL].volumeDefault;
 #endif
             seq_player_fade_to_normal_volume(SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL, fadeDuration);
         }
diff --git a/src/audio/internal.h b/src/audio/internal.h
index f8465693..c9077872 100644
--- a/src/audio/internal.h
+++ b/src/audio/internal.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ struct SequencePlayer {
     /*     , 0x028, 0x02C*/ f32 fadeVolumeScale;
     /*     , 0x02C*/ f32 appliedFadeVolume;
 #else
-    /*            */ u8 pad2[4];
+    /*0x028,      */ f32 volumeDefault;
 #endif
     /*0x02C, 0x030, 0x034*/ struct SequenceChannel *channels[CHANNELS_MAX];
     /*0x06C, 0x070*/ struct M64ScriptState scriptState;
diff --git a/src/audio/seqplayer.c b/src/audio/seqplayer.c
index 766d9b37..6628da32 100644
--- a/src/audio/seqplayer.c
+++ b/src/audio/seqplayer.c
@@ -2493,6 +2493,10 @@ void sequence_player_process_sequence(struct SequencePlayer *seqPlayer) {
 #else
                     case 0xdb: // seq_setvol
                         cmd = m64_read_u8(state);
+                        seqPlayer->volumeDefault = FLOAT_CAST(cmd) / 127.0f;
+                        if (seqPlayer->volumeDefault >= 1.0f)
+                            seqPlayer->volumeDefault = 1.0f;
+
                         switch (seqPlayer->state) {
                             case SEQUENCE_PLAYER_STATE_2:
                                 if (seqPlayer->fadeRemainingFrames != 0) {
@@ -2513,9 +2517,14 @@ void sequence_player_process_sequence(struct SequencePlayer *seqPlayer) {
                         break;
 
                     case 0xda: // seq_changevol
-                        temp = m64_read_u8(state);
-                        seqPlayer->fadeVolume =
-                            seqPlayer->fadeVolume + (f32)(s8) temp / 127.0f;
+                        temp = (f32)(s8) m64_read_u8(state) / 127.0f;
+                        seqPlayer->fadeVolume += temp;
+                        
+                        seqPlayer->volumeDefault += temp;
+                        if (seqPlayer->volumeDefault > 1.0f)
+                            seqPlayer->volumeDefault = 1.0f;
+                        else if (seqPlayer->volumeDefault < 0.0f)
+                            seqPlayer->volumeDefault = 0.0f;
                         break;
 #endif
 
@@ -2707,6 +2716,7 @@ void init_sequence_player(u32 player) {
     seqPlayer->state = 1;
 #else
     seqPlayer->state = SEQUENCE_PLAYER_STATE_0;
+    seqPlayer->volumeDefault = 1.0f;
 #endif
     seqPlayer->fadeRemainingFrames = 0;
 #if defined(VERSION_EU) || defined(VERSION_SH)