diff --git a/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.cxx b/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.cxx
index f7aa8230be..52d8a4f78b 100644
--- a/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.cxx
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ MilesAudioManager() {
   _volume = audio_volume;
   _cache_limit = audio_cache_limit;
   _is_valid = true;
+  _bHasMidiSounds = false;
   if (!_active_managers) {
     S32 use_digital=(audio_play_wave || audio_play_mp3)?1:0;
     S32 use_MIDI=(audio_play_midi)?1:0;
@@ -315,6 +316,8 @@ get_sound(const string& file_name) {
     _soundsOnLoan.insert(milesAudioSound);
     audioSound=milesAudioSound;
   }
+
+  _bHasMidiSounds |= (file_name.find(".mid")!=string::npos);
   audio_debug("  returning 0x" << (void*)audioSound);
   assert(is_valid());
   return audioSound;
@@ -472,6 +475,33 @@ set_volume(float volume) {
   }
 }
 
+void MilesAudioManager::
+stop_all_sounds(void) {
+  audio_debug("MilesAudioManager::stop_all_sounds()");
+  AudioSet::iterator i=_soundsOnLoan.begin();
+  for (; i!=_soundsOnLoan.end(); ++i) {
+      if((**i).status()==AudioSound::PLAYING)
+          (**i).stop();
+  }
+
+  if(_bHasMidiSounds) {
+      forceMidiReset();
+  }
+}
+
+void MilesAudioManager::
+forceMidiReset(void) {
+    audio_debug("MilesAudioManager::ForceMidiReset");
+    
+    // sometimes Miles seems to leave midi notes hanging, even after stop is called,
+    // so perform an explicit reset using winMM.dll calls, just to ensure silence.
+    HMDIDRIVER hMid=NULL;
+    AIL_quick_handles(0, &hMid, 0);
+    if ((hMid!=NULL) && (hMid->deviceid != MIDI_NULL_DRIVER) && (hMid->hMidiOut != NULL)) {
+        midiOutReset(hMid->hMidiOut);
+    }
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: MilesAudioManager::get_volume
 //       Access: Public
@@ -498,6 +528,10 @@ set_active(bool active) {
     for (; i!=_soundsOnLoan.end(); ++i) {
       (**i).set_active(_active);
     }
+
+    if((!_active) && _bHasMidiSounds) {
+        forceMidiReset();
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.h b/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.h
index 585f144e86..640d85d985 100644
--- a/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.h
+++ b/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioManager.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ public:
   
   void set_active(bool active);
   bool get_active();
+  void stop_all_sounds();
+  void forceMidiReset();
 
   // Optional Downloadable Sound field for software midi:
   // made public so C atexit fn can access it
@@ -60,12 +62,14 @@ private:
   // The sound cache:
   typedef pmap<string, HAUDIO > SoundMap;
   SoundMap _sounds;
+
+  typedef pset<MilesAudioSound* > AudioSet;
+  // The offspring of this manager:
+  AudioSet _soundsOnLoan;
+
   // The Least Recently Used mechanism:
   typedef pdeque<const string* > LRU;
   LRU _lru;
-  // The offspring of this manager:
-  typedef pset<MilesAudioSound* > AudioSet;
-  AudioSet _soundsOnLoan;
   // State:
   float _volume;
   bool _active;
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ private:
   static int _active_managers;
   
   bool _is_valid;
+  bool _bHasMidiSounds;
   
   HAUDIO load(Filename file_name);
   // Tell the manager that the sound dtor was called.
diff --git a/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioSound.cxx b/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioSound.cxx
index 6aa4f03073..4f06ac7a7a 100644
--- a/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioSound.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/audiotraits/milesAudioSound.cxx
@@ -80,21 +80,26 @@ void MilesAudioSound::
 play() {
   #if 0
   if(_file_name.find(".mid")!=string::npos) {
-        miles_audio_debug("play() midi");
+     miles_audio_debug("play() midi");
   }
   #endif
-
+  
   miles_audio_debug("play()");
   if (_active) {
+    if(_manager->_bExclusive) {
+        // stop any other sound that parent mgr is playing
+        _manager->stop_all_sounds();
+    }
+
     // Start playing:
     if (AIL_quick_play(_audio, _loop_count)) {
-      audio_debug("  started sound");
+      audio_debug("  started sound " << _file_name );
     } else {
-      audio_debug("  failed to play sound "<<AIL_last_error());
+      audio_debug("  sound " << _file_name<<" failed to start, err: " <<AIL_last_error());
     }
   } else {
     // In case _loop_count gets set to forever (zero):
-    audio_debug("  paused");
+    audio_debug("  paused "<<_file_name );
     _paused=true;
   }
 }
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ stop() {
         miles_audio_debug("stop() midi");
   } 
   #endif
-  miles_audio_debug("stop()");
+  miles_audio_debug("stopping snd " << _file_name);
   _paused=false;
   AIL_quick_halt(_audio);
 }