Hi everybody! I am asking for some help because after a week of tests and googling I have to surrender: I cannot solve a problem that for some experienced ALSA user is maybe trivial. What I want to achieve is to mix the audio coming from 2 different "sources" and route it to be the "input" of a "virtual sound card" for being then used in Google Hangout / Skype, or in a recording application as the input channel. The two sources i have to mix are: A) An external USB microphone (a Blue Yeti, working perfectly per se) B) The system audio of my computer (meaning anything that goes out from the computer loudspeakers) I started loading (successfully, so this can be taken as granted) the kernel module snd-aloop, for creating the "virtual soundcard". But here comes the first question: why loading this module triggers the creation of TWO devices, called both Loopback (Device 0 and Device 1) instead of a single one? Then I tried to set up the .asoundrc file, that is the following # Virtual Sound Card pcm.VirtualSoundCard { type asym card "Loopback" playback.pcm SystemOut capture.pcm in } # ALIAS for Blue Yeti USB Microphone pcm.BlueYeti { type hw card "Microphone" } pcm.SystemOut { type hw card "PCH" } pcm.in { type multi card "Loopback" slave.a.pcm "BlueYeti" slave.b.pcm "SystemOut" } I have the feeling I am missing something, but I wasn't able to find a good, well documented example to guide me through the multiple parameters of the plugins. I hope you can help... Marco Zambianchi PGP Public Key: http://goo.gl/K6Rrlx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user