Hello Clemens, aplay and arecord only show the internal card, not the ua-55 but amidi shows Dir Device Name IO hw:1,0,0 UA-55 MIDI 1 which looks good. aplay sent back the following aplay -D default:UA55 * ALSA lib conf.c:4687:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters UA55 ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default:UA55 aplay: main:682: audio open error: Invalid argument Thank you so far for your help, as I´m out the next days, I can make tests with the card earliest by end of next week. Have a nice weekend, best regards, Ewald On 27/07/12 12:44, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Ewald Reisenberger wrote: >> When I use alsamixer, I have no controls. > Many such devices have no software-accessible controls. > >> At least the card is mentioned in /proc/asound. > Are there devices in the output of "aplay -l", "arecord -l", > and "amidi -l"? > >> Which steps should be next to bring the card to life? > aplay -D default:x something.wav > where x is the card number or ID. > > > Regards, > Clemens > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user