ample">hw:<var>CARD</var>[,<var>DEV</var>[,<var>SUBDEV</var>]]
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<p>where the <var>DEV</var> and <var>SUBDEV</var> components are optional.
</p>
<p>The three arguments (in order: <var>CARD</var>,<var>DEV</var>,<var>SUBDEV</var>)
specify card number or identifier, device number and subdevice number
(-1 means any).
</p>
<p>To see the list of cards currently recognized by your system check the
files &lsquo;<tt>/proc/asound/cards</tt>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<tt>/proc/asound/devices</tt>&rsquo;.
</p>
<p>F