First, I want to appologize for starting a new thread. I receive list posts in "digest-mode" and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to reply to an individual message to continue a thread. Instructions on how to do this would be appreciated. (I also appologize if my attempts lead to multiple posts of this content!...moderators feel free to restructure/delete as needed.) Now back to it: Thanks for the pointers, Shayne, Lee. I am still unable to get more than 2 capture channels. I've set the "interface", "input device", & "output device" as described by Shayne. I also renamed my .asoundrc file to .asoundrc.bak (this will prevent it from being used, right?). This configuration gives me 2 capture and 16 playback channels. Further, it only works if I set the number of input channels to 0 or 2 and the number of output channels to 0 or 16. Otherwise, I get an error: ALSA cannot set channel count to X for capture/playback.... Now, I have also just updated qjackctl to 0.2.15 and am getting the same behavior. BTW, I am only trying to use Audio channels, no MIDI. Any other ideas? Is this still an issue with the driver or my configuration? I ask because the configuration seems so straightforward. BTW, I am using ALSA-1.0.8 patched with Lee's multichannel-v008 patch and jack is recent from cvs (0.99.49). Another question: What output connectors/jacks do all 16 output channels map to on my card/external connector box? I have experimented and it seems that playback_11-_16 are unused for me. Is this correct? The first 10 are mixed between analog/digital outputs. However, there is a unique set of 6 specific playback channels that give me 6 analog output streams that I can use for 5.1 sound, which is what I want. Thanks guys. -Rick
