The patch pointed to in the above comment was supposedly merged in kernel 3.17-rc4. I updated my kernel in trusty to the latest release (http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19.2-vivid/) and the sound issue was fixed. For anyone else with this problem you can follow the instructions here: https://www.linux.com/community/blogs/133-general-linux/803937-installupgrade-linux-kernel-to-3183-stable-in-ubuntulinux-mintpeppermint
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