diff --git a/src/frontend/postcoms.c b/src/frontend/postcoms.c
index 533eb925f..c9dd50e17 100644
--- a/src/frontend/postcoms.c
+++ b/src/frontend/postcoms.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ com_sndparam(wordlist* wl)
 	int fmt = -1;
 	double mult = 1.0;
 	double off = 0.0;
-	int oversampling = 64;
+	int oversampling = 1;
 
 	while (wl) {
 		copypath = cp_unquote(wl->wl_word);