diff --git a/src/voice/Playback.ts b/src/voice/Playback.ts
index 10e4ad6b7d..9f46530de4 100644
--- a/src/voice/Playback.ts
+++ b/src/voice/Playback.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export enum PlaybackState {
 }
 
 export const PLAYBACK_WAVEFORM_SAMPLES = 39;
+const THUMBNAIL_WAVEFORM_SAMPLES = 100; // arbitrary: [30,120]
 const DEFAULT_WAVEFORM = arraySeed(0, PLAYBACK_WAVEFORM_SAMPLES);
 
 function makePlaybackWaveform(input: number[]): number[] {
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export class Playback extends EventEmitter implements IDestroyable {
         this.fileSize = this.buf.byteLength;
         this.context = createAudioContext();
         this.resampledWaveform = arrayFastResample(seedWaveform ?? DEFAULT_WAVEFORM, PLAYBACK_WAVEFORM_SAMPLES);
-        this.thumbnailWaveform = arrayFastResample(seedWaveform ?? DEFAULT_WAVEFORM, 100);
+        this.thumbnailWaveform = arrayFastResample(seedWaveform ?? DEFAULT_WAVEFORM, THUMBNAIL_WAVEFORM_SAMPLES);
         this.waveformObservable.update(this.resampledWaveform);
         this.clock = new PlaybackClock(this.context);
     }