diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
index 0c23cdf12f..c82f35ff7f 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Agent::Agent(const QByteArray& packet) :
     _voxelEditSender(),
     _particleEditSender(),
     _modelEditSender(),
-    _receivedAudioBuffer(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_STEREO),
+    _receivedAudioBuffer(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_STEREO, 1, false),
     _avatarHashMap()
 {
     // be the parent of the script engine so it gets moved when we do
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ void Agent::readPendingDatagrams() {
             } else if (datagramPacketType == PacketTypeMixedAudio) {
 
                 _receivedAudioBuffer.parseData(receivedPacket);
+
+                _lastReceivedAudioLoudness = _receivedAudioBuffer.getNextOutputFrameLoudness();
+
+                _receivedAudioBuffer.clearBuffer();
                 
                 // let this continue through to the NodeList so it updates last heard timestamp
                 // for the sending audio mixer
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.h b/assignment-client/src/Agent.h
index 2398eda0f2..b713062840 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <QtCore/QUrl>
 
 #include <AvatarHashMap.h>
-#include <MixedAudioRingBuffer.h>
 #include <ModelEditPacketSender.h>
 #include <ModelTree.h>
 #include <ModelTreeHeadlessViewer.h>
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <VoxelEditPacketSender.h>
 #include <VoxelTreeHeadlessViewer.h>
 
+#include "InboundMixedAudioStream.h"
+
 
 class Agent : public ThreadedAssignment {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public:
     void setIsListeningToAudioStream(bool isListeningToAudioStream)
         { _scriptEngine.setIsListeningToAudioStream(isListeningToAudioStream); }
     
-    float getLastReceivedAudioLoudness() const { return _receivedAudioBuffer.getLastReadFrameAverageLoudness(); }
+    float getLastReceivedAudioLoudness() const { return _lastReceivedAudioLoudness; }
 
     virtual void aboutToFinish();
     
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ private:
     VoxelTreeHeadlessViewer _voxelViewer;
     ModelTreeHeadlessViewer _modelViewer;
     
-    MixedAudioRingBuffer _receivedAudioBuffer;
+    InboundMixedAudioStream _receivedAudioBuffer;
+    float _lastReceivedAudioLoudness;
 
     AvatarHashMap _avatarHashMap;
 };
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp
index e63c105cd2..7ad103642f 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ AudioRingBuffer::~AudioRingBuffer() {
 }
 
 void AudioRingBuffer::reset() {
+    clear();
     _overflowCount = 0;
-    _isFull = false;
-    _endOfLastWrite = _buffer;
-    _nextOutput = _buffer;
 }
 
 void AudioRingBuffer::resizeForFrameSize(int numFrameSamples) {
@@ -64,6 +62,12 @@ void AudioRingBuffer::resizeForFrameSize(int numFrameSamples) {
     reset();
 }
 
+void AudioRingBuffer::clear() {
+    _isFull = false;
+    _endOfLastWrite = _buffer;
+    _nextOutput = _buffer;
+}
+
 int AudioRingBuffer::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
     // skip packet header and sequence number
     int numBytesBeforeAudioData = numBytesForPacketHeader(packet) + sizeof(quint16);
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h
index a4fa906e97..b788f2aa67 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioRingBuffer.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public:
     void reset();
     void resizeForFrameSize(int numFrameSamples);
     
+    void clear();
+
     int getSampleCapacity() const { return _sampleCapacity; }
     int getFrameCapacity() const { return _frameCapacity; }
     
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp
index 105507992c..33a7c9b093 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ InboundAudioStream::InboundAudioStream(int numFrameSamples, int numFramesCapacit
 
 void InboundAudioStream::reset() {
     _ringBuffer.reset();
+    _lastPopSucceeded = false;
+    _lastPopOutput = AudioRingBuffer::ConstIterator();
     _isStarved = true;
     _hasStarted = false;
     resetStats();
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ void InboundAudioStream::resetStats() {
     _framesAvailableStats.reset();
 }
 
+void InboundAudioStream::clearBuffer() {
+    _ringBuffer.clear();
+    _framesAvailableStats.reset();
+}
+
 int InboundAudioStream::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
     PacketType packetType = packetTypeForPacket(packet);
     QUuid senderUUID = uuidFromPacketHeader(packet);
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h
index 8460a8a92e..1b9f028d6f 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InboundAudioStream.h
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ public:
     InboundAudioStream(int numFrameSamples, int numFramesCapacity, bool dynamicJitterBuffers);
 
     void reset();
-    void flushBuffer() { _ringBuffer.reset(); }
     void resetStats();
-
+    void clearBuffer();
 
     virtual int parseData(const QByteArray& packet);
 
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/InboundMixedAudioStream.h b/libraries/audio/src/InboundMixedAudioStream.h
index c23e6559e2..e35b0198f8 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/InboundMixedAudioStream.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/InboundMixedAudioStream.h
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 class InboundMixedAudioStream : public InboundAudioStream {
 public:
     InboundMixedAudioStream(int numFrameSamples, int numFramesCapacity, bool dynamicJitterBuffers);
+
+    float getNextOutputFrameLoudness() const { return _ringBuffer.getNextOutputFrameLoudness(); }
+
 protected:
     int parseStreamProperties(PacketType type, const QByteArray& packetAfterSeqNum, int& numAudioSamples);
     int parseAudioData(PacketType type, const QByteArray& packetAfterStreamProperties, int numAudioSamples);