diff --git a/plugins/Delay/DelayControls.cpp b/plugins/Delay/DelayControls.cpp
index 97067607d08..3f81eb470bd 100644
--- a/plugins/Delay/DelayControls.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Delay/DelayControls.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 DelayControls::DelayControls( DelayEffect* effect ):
 	EffectControls( effect ),
 	m_effect ( effect ),
-	m_delayTimeModel( 0.5, 0.01, 5.0, 0.0001, 20000.0, this, tr( "Delay Samples" )) ,
+	m_delayTimeModel( 0.5, 0.01, 5.0, 0.0001, 5000.0, this, tr( "Delay Samples" )) ,
 	m_feedbackModel(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f,0.01f,this,tr( "Feedback" ) ),
 	m_lfoTimeModel(2.0, 0.01, 5.0, 0.0001, 20000.0, this, tr( "Lfo Frequency" ) ),
 	m_lfoAmountModel(0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 0.0001, 2000.0, this, tr ( "Lfo Amount" ) ),