>>>>> "NH" == Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: NH> Hi Laura. I may be going down the wrong road here, but it appears you have 2 NH> cards. The one on the MOBO, and the Creative one. NH> Do you have them both set up to speakers? No, only on the SBLive. NH> If so. Are you sure that when you are getting sound output, NH> thats it's through the Creative card, and not the onboard NH> one. When I run Timidity, or other sound apps, it comes out the speakers attached to the SBLive. NH> Please run. cat /proc/asound/cards to see what order your NH> cards are being loaded, and post it . [tmp]# cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Live ]: EMU10K1 - SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P] SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P] (rev.5, serial:0x80401102) at 0xc000, irq 9 1 [rev21 ]: VIA686A - VIA 82C686A/B rev21 VIA 82C686A/B rev21 with AD1881 at 0xd000, irq 9 NH> Do you have Qjackctl installed (the front end to Jack) ? If not, I'd suggest NH> installing it, as you can play with a lot of settings. If so. Have a look in NH> "Settings" and the box marked Interface. Compare the HW # with the card NH> number for the Creative card from cat /proc/asound/cards. Both 0. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (501) 641-5011 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139