diff --git a/src/mididevice.cpp b/src/mididevice.cpp
index 58209d9..9e93e8c 100644
--- a/src/mididevice.cpp
+++ b/src/mididevice.cpp
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ void CMIDIDevice::MIDIMessageHandler (const u8 *pMessage, size_t nLength, unsign
 							{
 								LOGNOTE("MIDI-SYSEX: Set Audio Output Level Attenuator %d to %d", nTG, val & 0x0F);
 								// Example: F0 43 10 04 1A 00 F7 to F0 43 10 04 1A 07 F7
-								// Apply logarithmic scaling for volume
+								// Exponential mapping like on the TX816: 7=127, 6=63, 5=31, ... 0=0
 								unsigned attenVal = val & 0x07;
-								unsigned newVolume = (unsigned)(127.0 * pow(attenVal / 7.0, 2.0) + 0.5); // Logarithmic mapping
+								unsigned newVolume = (attenVal == 0) ? 0 : (127 >> (7 - attenVal));
 								m_pSynthesizer->SetVolume(newVolume, nTG);
 							}
 							break;