diff --git a/data/calculate b/data/calculate
index b97c5d5..c1e91ff 100644
--- a/data/calculate
+++ b/data/calculate
@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ setup_alsautils() {
 		checkpath -q -d -m 0700 -o root:root ${alsahomedir}
 
 		mkdir -p "${alsastatedir}"
+		local osaudio=`variable_value install.os_audio`
+		if [[ $osaudio == "alsa" ]]
+		then
+			local vlevel="85%"
+		else
+			local vlevel="100%"
+		fi
+		einfo "Setting up ALSA Mixer Levels"
+		# set output volumes to 85% - 100%
+		amixer -c 0 scontrols | grep -v Mic |  sed -nr "/Wave|Headphone|Master|Front|LFE|Center|Side|Speaker|Surround|PCM/ s/.*'([^']+)'.*/\\1/p" | xargs -I {} amixer -c 0 -q set "{}" $vlevel unmute &>/dev/null
+		# reduce beep
+		amixer -c 0 scontrols | sed -nr "/Beep/ s/.*'([^']+)'.*/\\1/p" | xargs -I {} amixer -c 0 -q set "{}" 10% mute &>/dev/null
+		# mute all mics
+		amixer -c 0 scontrols | sed -nr "/Mic/ s/.*'([^']+)'.*/\\1/p" | xargs -I {} amixer -c 0 -q set "{}" 0% mute &>/dev/null
 		LANG=C alsactl -E HOME="${alsahomedir}" -I -f "${alsastatedir}/asound.state" store
 	fi
 }