>>>>> "NH" == Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: NH> Hi Laura. Lee Revell posted a reply to someone else on this thread. You may NH> have missed it. He says to make sure that "Synth" volume is up, so I think NH> that's saying that with the "Live" card, "Synth" equates with "Music" on my NH> Audigy2. Yes, I got that. That's one of the things I'd already upped. NH> Also he asked for the output of: NH> cat /proc/asound/card0/wavetableD1 NH> Would you post the output of this please, as it will confirm NH> if the soundfont is loaded. [~]# cat /proc/asound/card0/wavetableD1 Device: Emu10k1 Ports: 4 Addresses: 65:0 65:1 65:2 65:3 Use Counter: 0 Max Voices: 64 Allocated Voices: 0 Memory Size: 134217728 Memory Available: 130711440 Allocated Blocks: 458 SoundFonts: 1 Instruments: 1789 Samples: 456 Locked Instruments: 1789 Locked Samples: 456 You have mail in /var/spool/mail/lconrad [~]# Could the fact that all the samples are locked be relevant? How would I unlock them? -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (501) 641-5011 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139