diff --git a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
index 9184b50bd..4028f5a15 100644
--- a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+--these are lua locals, used for higher performance
+local minetest,math,vector,ipairs = minetest,math,vector,ipairs
+
+--this is used for the player pool in the sound buffer
+local pool = {}
+
+local tick = false
+
+local name
+minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
+	name = player:get_player_name()
+	pool[name] = 0
+end)
+
+local name
+minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
+	name = player:get_player_name()
+	pool[name] = nil
+end)
+
+
 local has_awards = minetest.get_modpath("awards")
 
 local mcl_item_entity = {}
@@ -77,8 +98,30 @@ end
 
 
 minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
+	
+	tick = not tick
+
 	for _,player in pairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
 		if player:get_hp() > 0 or not minetest.settings:get_bool("enable_damage") then
+
+
+			local name = player:get_player_name()
+
+			if tick == true and pool[name] > 0 then
+				minetest.sound_play("item_drop_pickup", {
+					pos = pos,
+					gain = 1,
+					max_hear_distance = 16,
+					pitch = math.random(60,100)/100
+				})
+				if pool[name] > 6 then
+					pool[name] = 6
+				else
+					pool[name] = pool[name] - 1
+				end
+			end
+
+
 			local pos = player:get_pos()
 			local inv = player:get_inventory()
 			local checkpos = {x=pos.x,y=pos.y + item_drop_settings.player_collect_height,z=pos.z}
@@ -94,11 +137,7 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 							-- Ignore if itemstring is not set yet
 							if object:get_luaentity().itemstring ~= "" then
 								inv:add_item("main", ItemStack(object:get_luaentity().itemstring))
-								minetest.sound_play("item_drop_pickup", {
-									pos = pos,
-									max_hear_distance = 16,
-									gain = 1.0,
-								}, true)
+
 								check_pickup_achievements(object, player)
 
 								-- Destroy entity
@@ -111,6 +150,8 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 
 								object:move_to(checkpos)
 
+								pool[name] = pool[name] + 1
+
 								minetest.after(0.25, function()
 									--safety check
 									if object and object:get_luaentity() then
diff --git a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/Attributes.txt b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/Attributes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..781759352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/Attributes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ Item_Drop_Pickup - https://freesound.org/people/benniknop/sounds/317848/ (License: CC0)
diff --git a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/item_drop_pickup.1.ogg b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/item_drop_pickup.1.ogg
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diff --git a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/item_drop_pickup.ogg b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/sounds/item_drop_pickup.ogg
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