diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioFilterBank.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioFilterBank.h
index 4ea5a3568a..64ea5396e1 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioFilterBank.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioFilterBank.h
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ public:
             return;
         }
 
-        const int scale = (2 << ((8 * sizeof(int16_t)) - 1));
+        const int scale = (1 << ((8 * sizeof(int16_t)) - 1));
 
         // de-interleave and convert int16_t to float32 (normalized to -1. ... 1.)
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < frameCount; ++i) {
             for (uint32_t j = 0; j < _channelCount; ++j) {
-                _buffer[j][i] = ((float)(*in++)) / scale;
+                _buffer[j][i] = ((float)(*in++)) * (1.0f / scale);
             }
         }