Niels, Thanks again for the help.. As you can tell, I'm stil a little wet behind the ears when it comes to Linux. I've looked for the darkice docs, but came up short. I also looked in darkice man and didn't see what I needed. Here is an 'echo' on what you said I should look at: linux-zitz:/usr/bin # aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 linux-zitz:/usr/bin # aplay -L default:CARD=I82801DBICH4 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Default Audio Device front:CARD=I82801DBICH4,DEV=0 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Front speakers surround40:CARD=I82801DBICH4,DEV=0 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=I82801DBICH4,DEV=0 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=I82801DBICH4,DEV=0 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=I82801DBICH4,DEV=0 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers iec958:CARD=I82801DBICH4,DEV=0 Intel 82801DB-ICH4, Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958 IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) linux-zitz:/usr/bin # aplay I tried setting: device = hwplug:0,0 And device = hw0:0 And neither seemed to work. Also, device = default failed as well. Thanks again for helping me out. Phil