It does help a tad bit to remove the Skype option "Sound Devices -> Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels".
Skype was otherwise never really allowing the microphone volume to be maxed. -- audio recording very silent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275998 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs