diff --git a/Nasal/atc-chatter.nas b/Nasal/atc-chatter.nas
index f44910428..6cea6b075 100644
--- a/Nasal/atc-chatter.nas
+++ b/Nasal/atc-chatter.nas
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ chatter_update = func {
     if ( substr(chatter_list[chatter_index],
                 size(chatter_list[chatter_index]) - 4) == ".wav" )
     {	
-	var vol =getprop("/sim/sound/atc-chatter-volume");
+	var vol =getprop("/sim/sound/chatter/volume");
 	if(vol == nil){vol = 0.5;}
         tmpl = { path : chatter_dir, file : chatter_list[chatter_index] , volume : vol};
-        if ( getprop("/sim/sound/atc-chatter") ) {
+        if ( getprop("/sim/sound/chatter/enabled") ) {
             # go through the motions, but only schedule the message to play
             # if atc-chatter is enabled.
             printlog("info", "update atc chatter ", chatter_list[chatter_index] );
diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 71f702180..f1760891b 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -143,9 +143,16 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
   </navdb>
   <sound>
    <volume type="float" userarchive="y">0.8</volume>
-   <pause type="bool">false</pause>
-   <atc-chatter type="bool" userarchive="y">false</atc-chatter>
-   <atc-chatter-volume type="double" userarchive="y">0.5</atc-chatter-volume>
+   <enabled type="bool">true</enabled>
+   <chatter>
+    <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">false</enabled>
+    <volume type="double" userarchive="y">0.6</volume>
+   </chatter>
+   <effects>
+    <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">true</enabled>
+    <volume type="float" userarchive="y">0.6</volume>
+   </effects>
+   <device type="string" userarchive="y"/>
    <voice type="bool">true</voice>
    <voices>
     <host type="string" write="n">localhost</host>