> what I need is exaclty what I wrote: the ability to record from the > different audio channels separetely. e.g. one /dev/dsp device for each > input. > I have a vague memory of having been able to do this with the O$$ drivers, although there are so many disadvantages to using them. With ALSA, you may want to google info about the .asoundrc, whose arcane syntax and semantics seem to promise a level of control which would likely encompass what you are trying to do. Tobiah