diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
index a45d8e708..c8bf30580 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
@@ -5494,16 +5494,19 @@ fn vector_editor(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, ve: &ValueEdit<'_>
     // Mask Feather: two linked values, never negative (as in After Effects, #203).
     let feather = prop.match_id == "feather" && layer.props.parent_of(uid).is_some_and(|g| matches!(g.kind, GroupKind::Mask { .. }));
     let range = if feather { (0.0, 1e9) } else { (-1e9, 1e9) };
+    // Audio Levels link their two channels too, off by default, by the same dB change (#2485).
+    let levels = prop.match_id == "levels" && layer.props.parent_of(uid).is_some_and(|g| g.match_id == "audio");
     // Scale and Mask Feather: the chain link (Constrain Proportions, on by default).
-    let linkable = feather || (pct && prop.match_id == "scale");
-    let linked = linkable && !app.ui.timeline.unlinked.contains(&uid);
+    let linkable = feather || levels || (pct && prop.match_id == "scale");
+    let linked = linkable && app.ui.timeline.is_linked(uid, !levels);
     if linkable {
         let lr = Rect::from_center_size(pos2(x + 7.0, at.y), vec2(14.0, 14.0));
-        let resp = ui.interact(lr, egui::Id::unique(("tl-link", uid)), Sense::click()).on_hover_text(crate::i18n::tr("Constrain Proportions"));
+        let label = if levels { "Link Channels" } else { "Constrain Proportions" };
+        let resp = ui.interact(lr, egui::Id::unique(("tl-link", uid)), Sense::click()).on_hover_text(crate::i18n::tr(label));
         icons::paint(p, lr, Icon::Link, if linked { t.accent } else { t.text_faint });
-        app.auto.add(&format!("timeline.prop.{uid}.link"), lr, "Constrain Proportions");
-        if resp.clicked() && !app.ui.timeline.unlinked.remove(&uid) {
-            app.ui.timeline.unlinked.insert(uid);
+        app.auto.add(&format!("timeline.prop.{uid}.link"), lr, label);
+        if resp.clicked() {
+            app.ui.timeline.toggle_link(uid, !levels);
         }
         x += 18.0;
     }
@@ -5524,7 +5527,8 @@ fn vector_editor(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, ve: &ValueEdit<'_>
             // Alt edits one value of a linked pair (Ctrl+Alt is a proportional scrub).
             let shown = if linked && !ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.alt && !widgets::proportional_scrub(i.modifiers)) { n.min(c.len()) } else { 1 };
             let from = if shown == 1 { d } else { 0 };
-            for (e, v) in widgets::constrained(c.get(from..from + shown).unwrap_or_default(), d - from, nv).into_iter().enumerate() {
+            let link = if levels { widgets::shifted } else { widgets::constrained };
+            for (e, v) in link(c.get(from..from + shown).unwrap_or_default(), d - from, nv).into_iter().enumerate() {
                 if let Some(slot) = nc.get_mut(from + e) {
                     *slot = v;
                 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index 58383fe43..0f0cbc413 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -820,6 +820,13 @@ pub(crate) fn constrained(c: &[f64], d: usize, v: f64) -> Vec<f64> {
         .collect()
 }
 
+/// Linked values after component `d` of `c` became `v`: the others move by the same amount, so
+/// linked Audio Levels keep their stereo balance in dB (#2485).
+pub(crate) fn shifted(c: &[f64], d: usize, v: f64) -> Vec<f64> {
+    let Some(&old) = c.get(d) else { return c.to_vec() };
+    c.iter().enumerate().map(|(e, &x)| if e == d { v } else { x + (v - old) }).collect()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;