diff --git a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp
index fcc6e1e4a1..72a20b6792 100644
--- a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ void AudioClient::mixLocalAudioInjectors(float* mixBuffer) {
 
             static const int HRTF_DATASET_INDEX = 1;
 
-            int numChannels = injector->isAmbisonic() ? 4 : (injector->isStereo() ? 2 : 1);
+            int numChannels = injector->isAmbisonic() ? AudioConstants::AMBISONIC : (injector->isStereo() ? AudioConstants::STEREO : AudioConstants::MONO);
             qint64 bytesToRead = numChannels * AudioConstants::NETWORK_FRAME_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL;
 
             // get one frame from the injector
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioConstants.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioConstants.h
index 9172b8e859..6d9678c368 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioConstants.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioConstants.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace AudioConstants {
     const int SAMPLE_RATE = 24000;
     const int MONO = 1;
     const int STEREO = 2;
-
+    const int AMBISONIC = 4;
 
     typedef int16_t AudioSample;
     const int SAMPLE_SIZE = sizeof(AudioSample);
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace AudioConstants {
     const int NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_STEREO = NETWORK_FRAME_BYTES_STEREO / SAMPLE_SIZE;
     const int NETWORK_FRAME_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL = NETWORK_FRAME_BYTES_STEREO / 2;
     const int NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL = NETWORK_FRAME_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL / SAMPLE_SIZE;
-    const int NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_AMBISONIC = NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL * 4;
+    const int NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_AMBISONIC = NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL * AMBISONIC;
     const float NETWORK_FRAME_SECS = (AudioConstants::NETWORK_FRAME_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL / float(AudioConstants::SAMPLE_RATE));
     const float NETWORK_FRAME_MSECS = NETWORK_FRAME_SECS * 1000.0f;
     const float NETWORK_FRAMES_PER_SEC =  1.0f / NETWORK_FRAME_SECS;