Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Is /dev/dsp really a symlink to /dev/dsp0? [atte@aarhus atte]$ ll /dev/dsp* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 9 2004-03-19 13:53 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 crwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 14, 3 2003-08-13 10:13 /dev/dsp0 crwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 14, 19 2003-08-13 10:13 /dev/dsp1 crwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 14, 35 2003-08-13 10:13 /dev/dsp2 crwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 14, 51 2003-08-13 10:13 /dev/dsp3 > Does Csound have parameters to set the sample format/rate? Yes, quite a few: -b N sample frames (or -kprds) per software sound I/O buffer -B N samples per hardware sound I/O buffer -A create an AIFF format output soundfile -W create a WAV format output soundfile -J create an IRCAM format output soundfile -h no header on output soundfile -c 8-bit signed_char sound samples -a alaw sound samples -8 8-bit unsigned_char sound samples -u ulaw sound samples -s short_int sound samples -l long_int sound samples -f float sound samples -3 24bit sound samples -r N orchestra srate override Are the options that would be relevant in this case. Any ideas on what to go for??? -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk