diff -u ./libecasound/eca-chainsetup-parser.cpp ../ecasound_patches/eca-chainsetup-parser.cpp
--- ./libecasound/eca-chainsetup-parser.cpp	2006-01-23 01:56:16.000000000 +1100
+++ ../ecasound_patches/eca-chainsetup-parser.cpp	2006-04-25 11:40:52.000000000 +1000
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@
     t << " " 
       << ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_format_to_eos(csetup_repp->inputs[p]) 
       << " "
-      << ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(csetup_repp->inputs[p]);
+      << ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(csetup_repp->inputs[p], "i");
 
     if (csetup_repp->input_start_pos[p] != 0) {
       t << " -y:" << csetup_repp->input_start_pos[p];
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@
     t << " " 
       << ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_format_to_eos(csetup_repp->outputs[p]) 
       << " "
-      << ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(csetup_repp->outputs[p]);
+      << ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(csetup_repp->outputs[p], "o");
 
     if (csetup_repp->output_start_pos[p] != 0) {
       t << " -y:" << csetup_repp->output_start_pos[p];
diff -u ./libecasound/eca-control.cpp ../ecasound_patches/eca-control.cpp
--- ./libecasound/eca-control.cpp	2005-09-01 06:27:50.000000000 +1000
+++ ../ecasound_patches/eca-control.cpp	2006-04-25 11:41:50.000000000 +1000
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
     // Audio input objects
     // ---
   case ec_ai_add: { add_audio_input(action_args_rep); break; }
-  case ec_ai_describe: { set_last_string(ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(selected_audio_input_repp)); break; }
+  case ec_ai_describe: { set_last_string(ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(selected_audio_input_repp, "i")); break; }
   case ec_ai_remove: { remove_audio_input(); break; }
   case ec_ai_list: { set_last_string_list(audio_input_names()); break; }
   case ec_ai_select: { select_audio_input(action_args_rep); break; }
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
     // ---
   case ec_ao_add: { if (action_args_rep.size() == 0) add_default_output(); else add_audio_output(action_args_rep); break; }
   case ec_ao_add_default: { add_default_output(); break; }
-  case ec_ao_describe: { set_last_string(ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(selected_audio_output_repp)); break; }
+  case ec_ao_describe: { set_last_string(ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(selected_audio_output_repp, "o")); break; }
   case ec_ao_remove: { remove_audio_output(); break; }
   case ec_ao_list: { set_last_string_list(audio_output_names()); break; }
   case ec_ao_select: { select_audio_output(action_args_rep); break; }
diff -u ./libecasound/eca-object-factory.cpp ../ecasound_patches/eca-object-factory.cpp
--- ./libecasound/eca-object-factory.cpp	2005-09-01 06:28:18.000000000 +1000
+++ ../ecasound_patches/eca-object-factory.cpp	2006-04-25 11:40:16.000000000 +1000
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@
 #ifndef ECA_DISABLE_EFFECTS
   const EFFECT_LADSPA* ladspa = dynamic_cast<const EFFECT_LADSPA*>(chainop);
   if (ladspa != 0) {
-    t << "-eli:" << ladspa->unique_number();
+    // t << "-eli:" << ladspa->unique_number();
+    t << "-el:" << ladspa->unique();
     if (chainop->number_of_params() > 0) t << ",";
   }
   else {
@@ -731,13 +732,15 @@
  * Return a string compliant with Ecasound Option Syntax (EOS)
  * describing the object 'aiod'.
  */
-string ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(const AUDIO_IO* aiod)
+string ECA_OBJECT_FACTORY::audio_object_to_eos(const AUDIO_IO* aiod, const std::string& direction)
 {
   MESSAGE_ITEM t;
+  /*
   string direction ("i");
   if (aiod->io_mode() != AUDIO_IO::io_read) {
     direction = "o";
   }
+  */
   t << " -" << direction << ":";
   for(int n = 0; n < aiod->number_of_params(); n++) {
     // FIXME: should quote/escape possible commas and whitespace
diff -u ./libecasound/eca-object-factory.h ../ecasound_patches/eca-object-factory.h
--- ./libecasound/eca-object-factory.h	2005-09-01 05:58:20.000000000 +1000
+++ ../ecasound_patches/eca-object-factory.h	2006-04-25 11:39:02.000000000 +1000
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   static std::string chain_operator_to_eos(const CHAIN_OPERATOR* chainop);
   static std::string controller_to_eos(const GENERIC_CONTROLLER* gctrl);
   static std::string operator_parameters_to_eos(const OPERATOR* chainop);
-  static std::string audio_object_to_eos(const AUDIO_IO* aiod);
+  static std::string audio_object_to_eos(const AUDIO_IO* aiod, const std::string& direction);
   static std::string audio_object_format_to_eos(const AUDIO_IO* aiod);
 
   /*@}*/