help with mixer settings

[Heikki Lindholm]

11.1.2017 12.19, Anton Shterenlikht kirjoitti:
> Hi
>
> My skype4 sound quality is quite bad.
> (Yes I know about jitsi.
> It used to work great, but for a couple of
> weeks I cannot see or hear and cannot be heard or seen).
>
> I wonder if part of the issue is to do with my
> mixer settings:
>
> Mixer vol      is currently set to  80:80
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to  74:74
> Mixer rec      is currently set to  37:37
> Mixer igain    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer ogain    is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer monitor  is currently set to  67:67
> Recording source: monitor
>
> mixer(8) man page doesn't really explain
> what each setting refers to.

Older skype has been really sketchy after the MS acquisition and after 
they started modifying the network. I don't see how mixer settings could 
affect sound quality other than too much gain -> distortion. Ever heard 
of other alternatives like Tox or Ring? Both better technologies imho 
than the ones mentioned. In freebsd you can at least pkg install utox. 
Not sure if Ring (ring.cx) is available.