Hi list, I am trying to use a LADSPA plugin (the multiband equalizer - 1197) system-wide via the /etc/asound.conf file. I want to use my second sound card for the output. This is my current asound.conf defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best" pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm { type dmix ipc_key 1024 slave { pcm "hw:1,0" # period_size 1024 # buffer_size 16384 rate 48000 } } } Although this correctly outputs the sound to the second card, I have to use the LADSPA plugin within each player if it supports it which I want to avoid. I modified the asound.conf to the following as suggested in some Amarok wiki which always gives the sound to my first soundcard... defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best" pcm.ladspa { type ladspa slave.pcm "plughw:1,0"; # rate 48000; path "/usr/lib/ladspa"; plugins [ { # label mbeq_1197 id 1197 input { # controls [ 6.8 2.5 0.0 -2.0 -3.0 -3.0 -4.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.6 13.0 768.0 ] controls [ 6 2 0 -2 -3 -3 -4 -5 -4 -3 0 3 6 9 13 ] } } ] } pcm.!default { #pcm.multi_eq { type plug slave.pcm ladspa } Then I tried the following which gives me an error with aplay; defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best" pcm.ladspa { # pcm type ladspa slave.pcm "plughw:1,0"; rate 48000; path "/usr/lib/ladspa"; plugins [ { # label mbeq_1197 id 1197 input { # controls [ 6.8 2.5 0.0 -2.0 -3.0 -3.0 -4.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.6 13.0 768.0 ] controls [ 6 2 0 -2 -3 -3 -4 -5 -4 -3 0 3 6 9 13 768 ] } } ] } #pcm.!default { pcm.multi_eq { type plug slave.pcm ladspa } am@p:~$ aplay -Dplug:multi_eq /music/one.mp3 ALSA lib pcm_ladspa.c:1771:(_snd_pcm_ladspa_open) Unknown field rate aplay: main:545: audio open error: Invalid argument The LADSPA plugins are fine, they are in the path specified and working correctly. What am I doing wrong? TIA AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user