pcm.multi { type multi; # Soundcard 1 slaves.a.pcm "hw:0,0"; # hardware address slaves.a.channels 2; # channels # Soundcard 2 slaves.b.pcm "hw:1,0"; # hardware address slaves.b.channels 4; # channels bindings.0.slave a; # should be center bindings.0.channel 0; bindings.1.slave a; # should be subwoofer bindings.1.channel 1; bindings.2.slave b; # should be front right bindings.2.channel 0; bindings.3.slave b; # should be front left bindings.3.channel 1; bindings.4.slave b; # should be rear right bindings.4.channel 2; bindings.5.slave b; # should be rear left bindings.5.channel 3; } ctl.multi { type hw; card 0; } pcm.ttable { type route; slave.pcm "multi"; ttable.4.0 1 # channel 4; speaker 0; volume 100% ttable.5.1 1 # channel 5; speaker 1; volume 100% ttable.2.2 1 # channel 2; speaker 2; volume 100% ttable.3.3 1 # channel 3; speaker 3; volume 100% ttable.0.4 1 # channel 0; speaker 4; volume 100% ttable.1.5 1 # channel 1; speaker 5; volume 100% }