On Monday 01 May 2006 20:26, Tobiah wrote:

> I have an SBLIVE, and a Delta44.  Csound writes realtime through alsa just fine
> on the soundblaster device, but when I try the Maudio Delta44, I get:
> 
>  *** Unable to set requested sample format on soundcard
> Failed to initialise real time audio output

What sample format did you use (-s for 16 bit integers, -l for 32 bit integers,
or -f for 32 bit floats) ? Perhaps trying another format would fix the error.
An alternate, even if possibly not optimal solution is using plughw:2,0
instead of hw:2,0; the plughw devices can convert the sample format automatically
to whatever is actually supported by the card.