el Thu, 13 May 2004 15:53:25 -0400 Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie@xxxxxxx> escribi?: > You should use > envy24control instead of alsamixer. Things will make much more sense. i'm the OP and yes, i _do_ have envy24control installed. it may make a bit more sense, but i can't see that it makes _much_ more sense. i mean, i still find many things rather unclear. in any case, i'm still puzzled by my original questions: 1) is it necessary to change mixer settings to toggle between monitoring the input and playback? 2) how do you control input level for analog inputs? 3) is there a way to capture what's being sent to analog outputs? best, lj --