Hi Conrad, I've only seen .asoundrc used so far for the dmix plugin, and it always relied on the 'default' output device. Please also keep in mind asoundrc is considered 'consumer level' by many who use Jack. > googling doesn't really enlightened me. any hints ? Maybe he can enlighten you :) http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/ > BTW: is there a way to search the LAU archive. Haven't found that. Try this: http://search.gmane.org/ Carlo