diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
index 9b14ecfd19..f6437f9c97 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ int AudioMixerClientData::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
 
         if (!matchingInjectedRingBuffer) {
             // we don't have a matching injected audio ring buffer, so add it
-            matchingInjectedRingBuffer = new InjectedAudioRingBuffer(streamIdentifier, 
-                                                    AudioMixer::getUseDynamicJitterBuffers());
+            matchingInjectedRingBuffer = new InjectedAudioRingBuffer(streamIdentifier, AudioMixer::getUseDynamicJitterBuffers());
             _ringBuffers.push_back(matchingInjectedRingBuffer);
         }
 
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.cpp b/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.cpp
index 3d2ca6ddc3..7716f9e2aa 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.cpp
@@ -216,9 +216,13 @@ int OctreeInboundPacketProcessor::sendNackPackets() {
         }
 
         const SharedNodePointer& destinationNode = NodeList::getInstance()->getNodeHash().value(nodeUUID);
-        const QSet<unsigned short int>& missingSequenceNumbers = nodeStats.getIncomingEditSequenceNumberStats().getMissingSet();
+
+        // retrieve sequence number stats of node, prune its missing set
+        SequenceNumberStats& sequenceNumberStats = nodeStats.getIncomingEditSequenceNumberStats();
+        sequenceNumberStats.pruneMissingSet();
         
         // construct nack packet(s) for this node
+        const QSet<unsigned short int>& missingSequenceNumbers = sequenceNumberStats.getMissingSet();
         int numSequenceNumbersAvailable = missingSequenceNumbers.size();
         QSet<unsigned short int>::const_iterator missingSequenceNumberIterator = missingSequenceNumbers.constBegin();
         while (numSequenceNumbersAvailable > 0) {
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.h b/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.h
index 960282384b..2fb83123c4 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeInboundPacketProcessor.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public:
                 { return _totalElementsInPacket == 0 ? 0 : _totalLockWaitTime / _totalElementsInPacket; }
     
     const SequenceNumberStats& getIncomingEditSequenceNumberStats() const { return _incomingEditSequenceNumberStats; }
+    SequenceNumberStats& getIncomingEditSequenceNumberStats() { return _incomingEditSequenceNumberStats; }
 
     void trackInboundPacket(unsigned short int incomingSequence, quint64 transitTime,
         int editsInPacket, quint64 processTime, quint64 lockWaitTime);
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeQueryNode.cpp b/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeQueryNode.cpp
index 3531c3f9cb..11783fe7d2 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeQueryNode.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/octree/OctreeQueryNode.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OctreeQueryNode::OctreeQueryNode() :
     _lastRootTimestamp(0),
     _myPacketType(PacketTypeUnknown),
     _isShuttingDown(false),
-    _sentPacketHistory(1000)
+    _sentPacketHistory()
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index b062c231bd..2733d1aea8 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2184,11 +2184,11 @@ int Application::sendNackPackets() {
                 _octreeSceneStatsLock.unlock();
                 continue;
             }
-            OctreeSceneStats& stats = _octreeServerSceneStats[nodeUUID];
 
-            // make copy of missing sequence numbers from stats
-            const QSet<OCTREE_PACKET_SEQUENCE> missingSequenceNumbers =
-                stats.getIncomingOctreeSequenceNumberStats().getMissingSet();
+            // get sequence number stats of node, prune its missing set, and make a copy of the missing set
+            SequenceNumberStats& sequenceNumberStats = _octreeServerSceneStats[nodeUUID].getIncomingOctreeSequenceNumberStats();
+            sequenceNumberStats.pruneMissingSet();
+            const QSet<OCTREE_PACKET_SEQUENCE> missingSequenceNumbers = sequenceNumberStats.getMissingSet();
 
             _octreeSceneStatsLock.unlock();
 
diff --git a/interface/src/Audio.cpp b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
index df9df878bb..6bbd769d25 100644
--- a/interface/src/Audio.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Audio::Audio(int16_t initialJitterBufferSamples, QObject* parent) :
     _proceduralAudioOutput(NULL),
     _proceduralOutputDevice(NULL),
     _inputRingBuffer(0),
-    _ringBuffer(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL),
+    _ringBuffer(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_STEREO),
     _isStereoInput(false),
     _averagedLatency(0.0),
     _measuredJitter(0),
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Audio::Audio(int16_t initialJitterBufferSamples, QObject* parent) :
     _processSpatialAudio(false),
     _spatialAudioStart(0),
     _spatialAudioFinish(0),
-    _spatialAudioRingBuffer(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL, true), // random access mode
+    _spatialAudioRingBuffer(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_STEREO, true), // random access mode
     _scopeEnabled(false),
     _scopeEnabledPause(false),
     _scopeInputOffset(0),
diff --git a/interface/src/DatagramProcessor.cpp b/interface/src/DatagramProcessor.cpp
index a159af7be5..6c39994bf3 100644
--- a/interface/src/DatagramProcessor.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/DatagramProcessor.cpp
@@ -149,13 +149,19 @@ void DatagramProcessor::processDatagrams() {
                     break;
                 }
                 case PacketTypeVoxelEditNack:
-                    application->_voxelEditSender.processNackPacket(incomingPacket);
+                    if (!Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::DisableNackPackets)) {
+                        application->_voxelEditSender.processNackPacket(incomingPacket);
+                    }
                     break;
                 case PacketTypeParticleEditNack:
-                    application->_particleEditSender.processNackPacket(incomingPacket);
+                    if (!Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::DisableNackPackets)) {
+                        application->_particleEditSender.processNackPacket(incomingPacket);
+                    }
                     break;
                 case PacketTypeModelEditNack:
-                    application->_modelEditSender.processNackPacket(incomingPacket);
+                    if (!Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::DisableNackPackets)) {
+                        application->_modelEditSender.processNackPacket(incomingPacket);
+                    }
                     break;
                 default:
                     nodeList->processNodeData(senderSockAddr, incomingPacket);
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp
index 7937a925a8..0defa2ea33 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 #include "AudioRingBuffer.h"
 
 
-AudioRingBuffer::AudioRingBuffer(int numFrameSamples, bool randomAccessMode) :
+AudioRingBuffer::AudioRingBuffer(int numFrameSamples, bool randomAccessMode, int numFramesCapacity) :
     NodeData(),
     _overflowCount(0),
-    _sampleCapacity(numFrameSamples * RING_BUFFER_LENGTH_FRAMES),
+    _frameCapacity(numFramesCapacity),
+    _sampleCapacity(numFrameSamples * numFramesCapacity),
     _isFull(false),
     _numFrameSamples(numFrameSamples),
     _isStarved(true),
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ AudioRingBuffer::~AudioRingBuffer() {
 }
 
 void AudioRingBuffer::reset() {
+    _overflowCount = 0;
+    _isFull = false;
     _endOfLastWrite = _buffer;
     _nextOutput = _buffer;
     _isStarved = true;
@@ -55,13 +58,13 @@ void AudioRingBuffer::reset() {
 
 void AudioRingBuffer::resizeForFrameSize(int numFrameSamples) {
     delete[] _buffer;
-    _sampleCapacity = numFrameSamples * RING_BUFFER_LENGTH_FRAMES;
+    _sampleCapacity = numFrameSamples * _frameCapacity;
+    _numFrameSamples = numFrameSamples;
     _buffer = new int16_t[_sampleCapacity];
     if (_randomAccessMode) {
         memset(_buffer, 0, _sampleCapacity * sizeof(int16_t));
     }
-    _nextOutput = _buffer;
-    _endOfLastWrite = _buffer;
+    reset();
 }
 
 int AudioRingBuffer::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h
index 80a2abeba4..047db70693 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ const int NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL = NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTE
 const unsigned int BUFFER_SEND_INTERVAL_USECS = floorf((NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL
                                                         / (float) SAMPLE_RATE) * 1000 * 1000);
 
-const short RING_BUFFER_LENGTH_FRAMES = 10;
-
 const int MAX_SAMPLE_VALUE = std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max();
 const int MIN_SAMPLE_VALUE = std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min();
 
+const int DEFAULT_RING_BUFFER_FRAME_CAPACITY = 10;
+
 class AudioRingBuffer : public NodeData {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    AudioRingBuffer(int numFrameSamples, bool randomAccessMode = false);
+    AudioRingBuffer(int numFrameSamples, bool randomAccessMode = false, int numFramesCapacity = DEFAULT_RING_BUFFER_FRAME_CAPACITY);
     ~AudioRingBuffer();
 
     void reset();
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ protected:
 
     int _overflowCount; /// how many times has the ring buffer has overwritten old data
     
+    int _frameCapacity;
     int _sampleCapacity;
     bool _isFull;
     int _numFrameSamples;
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.cpp
index 0d7cea356b..c84fe173c9 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InjectedAudioRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "InjectedAudioRingBuffer.h"
 
 InjectedAudioRingBuffer::InjectedAudioRingBuffer(const QUuid& streamIdentifier, bool dynamicJitterBuffer) :
-    PositionalAudioRingBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer::Injector, /* isStereo=*/ false , dynamicJitterBuffer),
+    PositionalAudioRingBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer::Injector, false, dynamicJitterBuffer),
     _streamIdentifier(streamIdentifier),
     _radius(0.0f),
     _attenuationRatio(0)
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp
index e11d73358c..0fe75f1239 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ quint64 InterframeTimeGapStats::getWindowMaxGap() {
 }
 
 
-PositionalAudioRingBuffer::PositionalAudioRingBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer::Type type, 
-        bool isStereo, bool dynamicJitterBuffers) :
+PositionalAudioRingBuffer::PositionalAudioRingBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer::Type type, bool isStereo, bool dynamicJitterBuffers) :
         
-    AudioRingBuffer(isStereo ? NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_STEREO : NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL),
+    AudioRingBuffer(isStereo ? NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_STEREO : NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL,
+                    false, AUDIOMIXER_INBOUND_RING_BUFFER_FRAME_CAPACITY),
     _type(type),
     _position(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f),
     _orientation(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ PositionalAudioRingBuffer::PositionalAudioRingBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer::
     _isStereo(isStereo),
     _listenerUnattenuatedZone(NULL),
     _desiredJitterBufferFrames(1),
-    _currentJitterBufferFrames(0),
+    _currentJitterBufferFrames(-1),
     _dynamicJitterBuffers(dynamicJitterBuffers)
 {
 }
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ bool PositionalAudioRingBuffer::shouldBeAddedToMix() {
         // if the buffer doesn't have a full frame of samples to take for mixing, it is starved
         _isStarved = true;
         
-        // set to 0 to indicate the jitter buffer is starved
-        _currentJitterBufferFrames = 0;
+        // set to -1 to indicate the jitter buffer is starved
+        _currentJitterBufferFrames = -1;
         
         // reset our _shouldOutputStarveDebug to true so the next is printed
         _shouldOutputStarveDebug = true;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void PositionalAudioRingBuffer::updateDesiredJitterBufferFrames() {
             if (_desiredJitterBufferFrames < 1) {
                 _desiredJitterBufferFrames = 1;
             }
-            const int maxDesired = RING_BUFFER_LENGTH_FRAMES - 1;
+            const int maxDesired = _frameCapacity - 1;
             if (_desiredJitterBufferFrames > maxDesired) {
                 _desiredJitterBufferFrames = maxDesired;
             }
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h
index b204dc766b..0322afb47b 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ private:
     bool _newWindowMaxGapAvailable;
 };
 
+const int AUDIOMIXER_INBOUND_RING_BUFFER_FRAME_CAPACITY = 100;
+
 class PositionalAudioRingBuffer : public AudioRingBuffer {
 public:
     enum Type {
@@ -103,6 +105,11 @@ protected:
     int _desiredJitterBufferFrames;
     int _currentJitterBufferFrames;
     bool _dynamicJitterBuffers;
+
+    // extra stats
+    int _starveCount;
+    int _silentFramesDropped;
+
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_PositionalAudioRingBuffer_h
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h
index 53a6919c42..325f973f7e 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 #include <qbytearray.h>
 #include <qvector.h>
 
+#include "SequenceNumberStats.h"
+
 class SentPacketHistory {
 
 public:
-    SentPacketHistory(int size = 1000);
+    SentPacketHistory(int size = MAX_REASONABLE_SEQUENCE_GAP);
 
     void packetSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber, const QByteArray& packet);
     const QByteArray* getPacket(uint16_t sequenceNumber) const;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.cpp
index 15d3c0542e..3f696a522b 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ void SequenceNumberStats::reset() {
 }
 
 static const int UINT16_RANGE = std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max() + 1;
-static const int MAX_REASONABLE_SEQUENCE_GAP = 1000;  // this must be less than UINT16_RANGE / 2 for rollover handling to work
 
 void SequenceNumberStats::sequenceNumberReceived(quint16 incoming, QUuid senderUUID, const bool wantExtraDebugging) {
 
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ void SequenceNumberStats::sequenceNumberReceived(quint16 incoming, QUuid senderU
 
             _numEarly++;
             _numLost += (incomingInt - expectedInt);
+            _lastReceived = incoming;
 
             // add all sequence numbers that were skipped to the missing sequence numbers list
             for (int missingInt = expectedInt; missingInt < incomingInt; missingInt++) {
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ void SequenceNumberStats::sequenceNumberReceived(quint16 incoming, QUuid senderU
             if (_missingSet.size() > MAX_REASONABLE_SEQUENCE_GAP) {
                 pruneMissingSet(wantExtraDebugging);
             }
-
-            _lastReceived = incoming;
         } else { // late
             if (wantExtraDebugging) {
                 qDebug() << "this packet is later than expected...";
             }
             _numLate++;
 
+            // do not update _lastReceived; it shouldn't become smaller
+
             // remove this from missing sequence number if it's in there
             if (_missingSet.remove(incoming)) {
                 if (wantExtraDebugging) {
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ void SequenceNumberStats::sequenceNumberReceived(quint16 incoming, QUuid senderU
                 }
                 _numDuplicate++;
             }
-
-            // do not update _incomingLastSequence; it shouldn't become smaller
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.h b/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.h
index b2561552ef..88c8748b03 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SequenceNumberStats.h
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 #include "SharedUtil.h"
 #include <quuid.h>
 
+const int MAX_REASONABLE_SEQUENCE_GAP = 1000;
+
 class SequenceNumberStats {
 public:
     SequenceNumberStats();
 
     void reset();
-
     void sequenceNumberReceived(quint16 incoming, QUuid senderUUID = QUuid(), const bool wantExtraDebugging = false);
+    void pruneMissingSet(const bool wantExtraDebugging = false);
 
     quint32 getNumReceived() const { return _numReceived; }
     quint32 getNumUnreasonable() const { return _numUnreasonable; }
@@ -34,8 +36,6 @@ public:
     const QSet<quint16>& getMissingSet() const { return _missingSet; }
 
 private:
-    void pruneMissingSet(const bool wantExtraDebugging);
-
     quint16 _lastReceived;
     QSet<quint16> _missingSet;
 
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeSceneStats.h b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeSceneStats.h
index d7b65c63be..cefaaa5764 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeSceneStats.h
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeSceneStats.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ public:
     float getIncomingFlightTimeAverage() { return _incomingFlightTimeAverage.getAverage(); }
     
     const SequenceNumberStats& getIncomingOctreeSequenceNumberStats() const { return _incomingOctreeSequenceNumberStats; }
+    SequenceNumberStats& getIncomingOctreeSequenceNumberStats() { return _incomingOctreeSequenceNumberStats; }
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/tests/audio/src/AudioRingBufferTests.cpp b/tests/audio/src/AudioRingBufferTests.cpp
index 506e81e13e..b9ed596e52 100644
--- a/tests/audio/src/AudioRingBufferTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/audio/src/AudioRingBufferTests.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void AudioRingBufferTests::runAllTests() {
     int readIndexAt;
     
 
-    AudioRingBuffer ringBuffer(10); // makes buffer of 100 int16_t samples
+    AudioRingBuffer ringBuffer(10, false, 10); // makes buffer of 100 int16_t samples
     for (int T = 0; T < 300; T++) {
         
         writeIndexAt = 0;
diff --git a/tests/networking/src/SequenceNumberStatsTests.cpp b/tests/networking/src/SequenceNumberStatsTests.cpp
index 62651eaa6f..de487267e0 100644
--- a/tests/networking/src/SequenceNumberStatsTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/networking/src/SequenceNumberStatsTests.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ void SequenceNumberStatsTests::earlyLateTest() {
             }
         }
         stats.reset();
+        numSent = 0;
+        numEarly = 0;
+        numLate = 0;
+        numLost = 0;
+        numRecovered = 0;
     }
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +208,11 @@ void SequenceNumberStatsTests::duplicateTest() {
             }
         }
         stats.reset();
+        numSent = 0;
+        numDuplicate = 0;
+        numEarly = 0;
+        numLate = 0;
+        numLost = 0;
     }
 }
 
@@ -263,5 +273,8 @@ void SequenceNumberStatsTests::pruneTest() {
             }
         }
         stats.reset();
+        numSent = 0;
+        numEarly = 0;
+        numLost = 0;
     }
 }