Comment 155 for bug 275998

Do you also have lag/quality problems on gnome-sound-recorder and audacity? I think perhaps Skype has other problems with pulse beyond the low volume (although it seems to be working ok for me on my Dell 1420 now that I increased the input volume beyond 100% in paman). Audacity is probably the best test. On the skype linux blog today, the developer said in the comments that a new hotfix version with pulseaudio would be coming soon (whatever soon means).

By the way, are you sure the default source device in pulse is set to alsa capture and not the "alsa monitor" device. I don't know what they mean by Monitor, but it is not the mic above the screen. ;)