>>>>> "TO" == The Other <sstubbs@xxxxxxxxx> writes: TO> On the SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack switch: TO> Set it On and try to play a midi file. If no go, then TO> Set if Off and retry the midi file. I think I tried that. That is, there's a line in Alsamixer called <SB Live> which can't be adjusted but can be muted or not, and the Item: blurb is "SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack", and I've tried with that both muted and not. Neither causes MIDI sounds to come out of the speakers when I used aplaymidi. TO> I no longer use a Live! card (blew the card with too hot of recording TO> levels and replaced it with an Audigy 2), but this switch is crucial TO> for hearing anything out of your speakers on Creative cards. That doesn't seem to be true; timidity plays in both positions. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (501) 641-5011 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139