Hey, My USB MIDI devices refuse not to be loaded, when plugged-in at startup, before all other ALSA devices which are then "stealthed". As mentionned on the Planet CCRMA pages, I've made sure that "audio" and "usb-midi" aren't hotplugged on /etc/hotplug/blacklist. I've installed too the alsasound mod script given by Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano on the thead "[PlanetCCRMA] usb audio and midi devices: loading and unloading drivers". All silently... Here's a snippet of my /etc/modules.conf: alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712 alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-3 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-4 snd-virmidi # Terratec EWX 24/96 alias sound-slot-0 snd-ice1712 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss options snd-card-ice1712 snd_enable alias /dev/dsp1 snd-pcm-oss # Shuttle Intel Audio Chipset alias sound-slot-1 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss options snd-intel8x0 snd_enable alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss # M-Audio Radium 61 alias sound-slot-2 snd-usb-audio alias sound-service-2-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-2-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-2-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-2-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-2-12 snd-pcm-oss # Edirol UM-1S alias sound-slot-3 snd-usb-audio alias sound-service-3-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-3-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-3-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-3-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-3-12 snd-pcm-oss # VirMIDI alias sound-slot-4 snd-card-4 What's wrong? Cheers, Mr°Freeze