vector wrote: > ok ill bite > whilst playing with alsamixergui i worked out how to change what input > I use for capture but it seems i cant record from cd in, mic and line > in all at once? > in fact only from one at a time! > SB type on motherboard audio. > as soon as i set line to capture it disables mic etc > > Your all going to tell me this is normall right ;( > yep, sorry :( it is possible to record more than one input at a time with lee revell's multi-channel patch (do a search on this list for emu10k1 multi-channel), though if you're using onboard soundblaster chip, i'm not sure if lee's patch would work on that ... i'm pretty sure it's a full-stop no-no for recording from mic-in and line-in at the same time ... depending on your needs, maybe you could try changing the "capture" settings to "mix" (or "mix mono") - this will record *all* sounds that you can hear ... but, as the option suggests, this mixes all tracks *together* ... just remember to unmute line-in (or whatever). hope helps shayne
