I notice that the message box on daemon startup talks about using a "hardware device" rathern than using alsa "plug" interface. In its options settings I see an interface dropddown->default/hw:0/hw:1. Is this what it is talking about--do I set this to hw:0 (I do not know that I actually have a hw:1)? I am running this through a old en1371 I found in someone's trashed computer--my higher-quality dman2044 has no alsa support. The 1371 has an 8meg wave table available and configuration options accessable under windows. How does one set this card up under alsa--it is called, detected and works right now, no more? MIDI goes in from a Roland UM1 from a "Reveal Musicstar" controller--keyboard was an absolute bargain at $40 on Ebay--10-note polyphony to boot, not touch sensitive. MIDI goes out through a Yamaha sw60xg using the MPU401 driver. Yamaha recommended doing this user w2k before they had a driver and it work in linux just fine.