> I then tried the lines you suggested, got the same error. in any case > I would still want to use the front channels to output music , while > using the rear to conduct a phone call simultaneously. What happens if you do something like this: pcm.ch34 { ... bindings { 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 } } Granted this will not do what you want (you'll get audio from both devices played through all speakers) but if that *does* work, then all you need to do is to figure out how to create silence channels when you're upmixing to four speakers (I think there's a "policy" command for something like this.) Cheers, Adam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user