diff --git a/examples/audio/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/examples/audio/MusicPlayer.java b/examples/audio/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/examples/audio/MusicPlayer.java
index 3a7bc7a..2c21829 100644
--- a/examples/audio/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/examples/audio/MusicPlayer.java
+++ b/examples/audio/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/examples/audio/MusicPlayer.java
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ public class MusicPlayer {
         long wake = System.nanoTime();
         long delay = 150 * 1_000_000; // 50ms interval
         long sleep;
+        long start = System.nanoTime();
+        double volume = 0.5D;
+
         while (true) {
             int available = sink.availableInput();
 
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ public class MusicPlayer {
                     if (frameQueue.peek() == null) {
                         try {
                             AudioFrame frame = audioSourceSubstream.next();
+                            for (int i = 0; i < frame.getLength(); i ++)
+                                frame.getSamples()[i] *= volume;
+
                             Collection<AudioFrame> frameList = resampleFilter.apply(frame);
                             frameQueue.addAll(frameList);
                         } catch (EOFException ex) {
@@ -130,6 +136,7 @@ public class MusicPlayer {
 
             wake += delay;
             sleep = (wake - System.nanoTime()) / 1_000_000;
+            System.err.println(((double)(System.nanoTime() - start) / 1_000_000_000D) + " " + (sink.getPacketsSent() / 50D) + " " + sink.getUnderflows());
 
             if (sleep > 0) Thread.sleep(sleep);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/protocol/socket/client/LocalTeamspeakClientSocket.java b/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/protocol/socket/client/LocalTeamspeakClientSocket.java
index 5ef448b..a69ce0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/protocol/socket/client/LocalTeamspeakClientSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/protocol/socket/client/LocalTeamspeakClientSocket.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.protocol.packet.handler.client.LocalClientHand
 import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.protocol.packet.handler.client.LocalClientHandlerRetrievingData;
 import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.protocol.packet.statistics.PacketStatistics;
 import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.protocol.packet.transformation.InitPacketTransformation;
-import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.util.HighPrecisionRecurrentTask;
+import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.util.HighPrecisionTimer;
 import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.util.Ts3Debugging;
 import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.util.Pair;
 
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ public class LocalTeamspeakClientSocket
 
             waitForState(ClientConnectionState.CONNECTED, timeout);
 
-            microphoneThread = new HighPrecisionRecurrentTask(
+            microphoneThread = new HighPrecisionTimer(
                     20,
-                    0.01F,
+                    5F, // up to 100ms of drift/catchup
                     new MicrophoneTask()
             );
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/util/HighPrecisionRecurrentTask.java b/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/util/HighPrecisionTimer.java
similarity index 63%
rename from src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/util/HighPrecisionRecurrentTask.java
rename to src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/util/HighPrecisionTimer.java
index 6b3114c..8c04423 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/util/HighPrecisionRecurrentTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/manevolent/ts3j/util/HighPrecisionTimer.java
@@ -23,52 +23,60 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
  *
  * Time of execution is held in account when calculating the time to sleep until the next execution.
  */
-public class HighPrecisionRecurrentTask extends Thread {
-
+public class HighPrecisionTimer extends Thread {
 	private final int periodInNanos;
-	private final int spinningTimeNanos;
+	private final int maximumDriftInNanos;
 	private final Runnable target;
 	private volatile boolean stop;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param periodInMilis The period in milliseconds of the task execution.
-	 * @param percentageOfSleepSpinning The percentage of total sleeping that should be done spinning to increase accuracy.
+	 * @param catchupTicks The number of ticks allowed to consecutively catch up to
 	 * @param target The task to run.
 	 */
-	public HighPrecisionRecurrentTask(int periodInMilis, float percentageOfSleepSpinning, Runnable target) {
+	public HighPrecisionTimer(int periodInMilis,
+							  float catchupTicks,
+							  Runnable target) {
 		super("TS3J AudioThread");
-		if (percentageOfSleepSpinning < 0 || percentageOfSleepSpinning > 1)
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("percentageOfSleepSpinning < 0 | percentageOfSleepSpinning > 1");
+
 		this.periodInNanos = periodInMilis * 1_000_000;
-		this.spinningTimeNanos = (int) (periodInNanos * percentageOfSleepSpinning);
+		this.maximumDriftInNanos = (int) Math.floor((double)periodInNanos * (double)catchupTicks);
 		this.target = target;
 	}
 
-	public boolean isStop() {
-		return stop;
-	}
-
-	public void setStop(boolean stop) {
-		this.stop = stop;
+	public void gracefulStop() {
+		if (!this.stop) {
+			this.stop = true;
+			//if (isAlive()) interrupt();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	@SuppressWarnings(value = "empty-statement")
 	public void run() {
-		long nextTarget = 0;
+		long now = System.nanoTime();
+		long nextTarget = now;
+
 		while (!stop) {
-			long now = System.nanoTime();
 			target.run();
-			long total = System.nanoTime() - now;
-			nextTarget = now + periodInNanos - total;
-			sleepFor(periodInNanos - total - spinningTimeNanos);
-			while (nextTarget > System.nanoTime()) {
-				; //consume cycles
+
+			nextTarget += periodInNanos;
+
+			now = System.nanoTime();
+
+			// Clamp the next target to the maximum "drift" allowed
+			if (nextTarget - now > maximumDriftInNanos)
+				nextTarget = now - maximumDriftInNanos;
+
+			if (sleepFor(nextTarget - now)) {
+				while (nextTarget > System.nanoTime()) {
+					; //consume cycles
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void sleepFor(long nanos) {
+	private boolean sleepFor(long nanos) {
 		if (nanos > 0) {
 			long elapsed = 0;
 			while (elapsed < nanos) {
@@ -76,7 +84,11 @@ public class HighPrecisionRecurrentTask extends Thread {
 				LockSupport.parkNanos(nanos - elapsed);
 				elapsed += System.nanoTime() - t0;
 			}
+
+			return true;
 		}
+
+		return false;
 	}
 
 }
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