I have posted this message, with the additional information needed: Distro is Agnula Demudi (debian based audio distro). My kernel version 2.6.12-3-multimedia-686. Alsa is Version 1.0.9rc2. My jack version is 0.2.15a, if it can be usefull. But I havent had a reply yet. I do not want to flood or anything, I just want to make sure someone has read it and will give reply : ) Thanx! >Hello, I am quite new to Linux and have been working >very hard in the past few weeks to get my soundcard >playback and recording to work. I am using an Edirol >UA-5 usb device. When I play sound (ex: xmms) it is >ditorted and with snow. When I record (ardour) i have >the same problem, but the ditortion is not continuos. >It is especially when i will speak. It seems to record >silence pretty well, hehe. > >If someone could help me fix up jack, i will happily >post some more info if asked (since i do not really >know what could help resolving this problem). Also, >there may be a conterpart of ardour that works with >alsa?? I need a sequencer, and alsa works fine, maybe >that could be a solution for now, though I will need >to use jack one day or another. > >See ya! PMG __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca