diff --git a/Ample/Base.lproj/LaunchWindow.xib b/Ample/Base.lproj/LaunchWindow.xib
index ee20223..58fc1b4 100644
--- a/Ample/Base.lproj/LaunchWindow.xib
+++ b/Ample/Base.lproj/LaunchWindow.xib
@@ -193,6 +193,17 @@ DQ
                                                 <binding destination="-2" name="value" keyPath="self.mameMouse" id="vWu-od-2d6"/>
                                             </connections>
                                         </button>
+                                        <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="XNa-8k-X89">
+                                            <rect key="frame" x="143" y="29" width="137" height="18"/>
+                                            <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
+                                            <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Disk Sound Effects" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="MBT-Uv-Lev">
+                                                <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
+                                                <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                                            </buttonCell>
+                                            <connections>
+                                                <binding destination="-2" name="value" keyPath="self.mameSamples" id="77G-8C-HgT"/>
+                                            </connections>
+                                        </button>
                                     </subviews>
                                 </view>
                             </tabViewItem>
diff --git a/Ample/LaunchWindowController.m b/Ample/LaunchWindowController.m
index 673187c..6cbb3de 100644
--- a/Ample/LaunchWindowController.m
+++ b/Ample/LaunchWindowController.m
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static NSString *kContextMachine = @"kContextMachine";
 @property BOOL mameDebug;
 @property BOOL mameSquarePixels;
 @property BOOL mameMouse;
+@property BOOL mameSamples;
 
 @property BOOL mameAVI;
 @property BOOL mameWAV;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ static NSString *kContextMachine = @"kContextMachine";
     [self setMameSpeed: 1];
     [self setMameBGFX: YES];
     [self setMameMouse: NO];
+    [self setMameSamples: YES];
 }
 
 - (void)windowDidLoad {
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ static NSString *kContextMachine = @"kContextMachine";
 
     NSArray *keys = @[
         @"mameMachine", @"mameSquarePixels", @"mameWindowMode",
-        @"mameMouse",
+        @"mameMouse", @"mameSamples",
         @"mameDebug",
         @"mameSpeed",
         @"mameAVI", @"mameAVIPath",
@@ -281,6 +283,9 @@ static NSString *ShellQuote(NSString *s) {
     
     if (_mameMouse)
         [argv addObject: @"-mouse"]; // capture the mouse cursor when over the window.
+
+    if (!_mameSamples)
+        [argv addObject: @"-nosamples"];
     
     if (_mameDebug) [argv addObject: @"-debug"];