James Stone wrote: > > Thanks for the tip, but it appears to make no difference. The control > > is still called "Synth" on this card, it's relatively old (not exactly > > sure how much). I must say the alsamixer is acting strangely with > > this card - some controls can't be changed, some (including synth) > > won't be muted. The synth does let itself be adjusted. The total volume > > doesn't respond to "pcm" or "main", I need to use "Wave Surround" instead. > > I think you have the speakers plugged into the rear output. The > synth only plays out of the front output, and the rear output is > adjusted using wave surround (I have my headphones plugged into > that one on my computer). Ouch! Where can I buy you a drink, James? You solved it :-) I can't believe I fell for that, I thought black was the logical "primary" audio output. I'm only using regular 2-channel audio through a mixer and stereo system. Banging my head the wall won't make things better, but I sure feel like it. Many thanks! Hein Zelle >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-< Hein Zelle hein@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.icce.rug.nl/~hein >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-< _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user