Hello Hiram, Saturday, March 11, 2006, 4:38:40 PM, you wrote: HA> I use qjackctl and when I set it to use hw:1 as the audio interface and I get HA> this: HA> loading driver .. HA> apparent rate = 48000 HA> creating alsa driver ... HA> hw:1|hw:1|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit HA> control device hw:1 HA> configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames, buffer = 2 periods HA> Note: audio device hw:1 doesn't support a 32bit sample format so JACK HA> will try a 24bit format instead HA> Note: audio device hw:1 doesn't support a 24bit sample format so JACK HA> will try a 16bit format instead HA> nperiods = 2 for capture HA> Note: audio device hw:1 doesn't support a 32bit sample format so JACK HA> will try a 24bit format instead HA> Note: audio device hw:1 doesn't support a 24bit sample format so JACK HA> will try a 16bit format instead HA> nperiods = 2 for playback HA> ALSA: cannot set hardware parameters for playback HA> ALSA: cannot configure playback channel HA> cannot load driver module alsa try nperiods=3 sincerely, Marije