Oops -sorry Pegleg - I put a space after the | where there obviously shouldn't have been one. Try this:
music-server nick # aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 2: VT1708S HP [VT1708S HP]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: M20 [M2Tech USB Audio 2.0], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
music-server nick # lsmod |grep snd
snd_hda_codec_via 32355 1
snd_usb_audio 76002 1
snd_usbmidi_lib 18702 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm_oss 36297 0
snd_mixer_oss 17771 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel 30783 3
snd_hda_codec 73624 2 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 12939 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 57791 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi 12744 0
snd_seq_midi_event 13124 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_page_alloc 12938 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_rawmidi 22444 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 39556 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 22109 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 13016 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd 42806 21 snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 12890 1 snd
usbcore 113600 6 snd_usb_audio,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,snd_usbmidi_lib,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci
music-server nick # dmes |grep usb
No command 'dmes' found, did you mean:
Command 'dmesg' from package 'util-linux' (main)
dmes: command not found
music-server nick # dmesg |grep usb
[ 4.371985] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 4.379350] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 4.379375] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 4.382127] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 4.979098] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 4.979102] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 4.979105] usb usb1: Product: OHCI Host Controller
[ 4.979108] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.10-rt6 ohci_hcd
[ 4.979111] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:02.0
[ 5.436026] usb 1-7: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd
[ 5.629086] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6545
[ 5.629093] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5.629097] usb 1-7: Product: DataTraveler 2.0
[ 5.629101] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 5.629104] usb 1-7: SerialNumber: 0019E000B4565B8A0F120171
[ 5.641023] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-7:1.0
[ 5.641538] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 5.789034] usb 1-8: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd
[ 5.983061] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=249c, idProduct=930e
[ 5.983067] usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5.983071] usb 1-8: Product: M2Tech USB Audio 1.0
[ 5.983074] usb 1-8: Manufacturer: M2Tech
[ 5.983077] usb 1-8: SerialNumber: 0000
[ 10.885133] usb 1-7: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 10.891167] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 10.891171] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 10.891175] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 10.891178] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.10-rt6 ehci_hcd
[ 10.891181] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:02.1
[ 10.990047] usb 1-8: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 11.196078] usb 2-7: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 11.311731] usb 2-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6545
[ 11.311740] usb 2-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 11.311744] usb 2-7: Product: DataTraveler 2.0
[ 11.311747] usb 2-7: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 11.311750] usb 2-7: SerialNumber: 0019E000B4565B8A0F120171
[ 11.316086] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-7:1.0
[ 11.418035] usb 2-8: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 11.502142] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 11.533229] usb 2-8: New USB device found, idVendor=249c, idProduct=930f
[ 11.533236] usb 2-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 11.533240] usb 2-8: Product: M2Tech USB Audio 2.0
[ 11.533243] usb 2-8: Manufacturer: M2Tech
[ 11.533246] usb 2-8: SerialNumber: 0000
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