Luke, you haven't told us what sound card you are using. The multichannel capabilities depend a lot on the card. I have had it run just fine with softDec and the sb live. I don't tend to use asoundrc though I have a one liner script for setting the virtual device volumes for mixing. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061