Hello. I tried using softvol because I only have one sound card in my machine but I'd like to control the volume for several applications running at once. Here is my .asoundrc: pcm.deviceA { type softvol slave.pcm "default" control.name "SoftMasterA" control.card 0 } pcm.deviceB { type softvol slave.pcm "default" control.name "SoftMasterB" control.card 0 } pcm.card0 { type hw card 0 } ctl.card0 { type hw card 0 } but when I try speaker-test: $ speaker-test -D deviceA speaker-test 1.0.18 Playback device is deviceA Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192 Period size range from 1024 to 1024 Using max buffer size 8192 Periods = 4 was set period_size = 1024 was set buffer_size = 8192 0 - Front Left it gets stuck, no sound comes from the speakers, and I have to kill it with Ctrl-C. deviceA and deviceB appear in alsamixer, I set both of them to 100%. I tried running Music on Console with AlsaDefault = deviceA in its config file, but it gets stuck too and I have to killal -9. Any hint? Thanks. -- Fabrice DELENTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user