in alsaconf it displayed:
> maestro-3 for ESS Allegro-1
> legacy for probing into non-PnP cards
i chose maestro-3

edit:

how do i make the proper commands for alsactl?
i typed in alsactl --help
and i'm not sure how to do it
alsactl --file #?????

under lsmod
is shows a bunch of stuff but i'll just list whatever says maestro...
snd_maestro3 0
maestro3 1 (blank)

when i load alsamixer thru root it fails to load (No such device)
and kmix has a communication error: it probably crashed