diff -uNr pyalsaaudio.orig/alsaaudio.c pyalsaaudio.patch/alsaaudio.c
--- pyalsaaudio.orig/alsaaudio.c	2009-09-16 14:43:18.000000000 +0200
+++ pyalsaaudio.patch/alsaaudio.c	2010-05-31 17:45:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -1411,6 +1411,34 @@
 
 
 static PyObject *
+alsamixer_setenum(alsamixer_t *self, PyObject * args)
+{
+         snd_mixer_elem_t *elem;
+        unsigned int value;
+
+         if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"i:setenum",&value)) 
+        return NULL;
+
+
+         if (!self->handle) 
+         {
+             PyErr_SetString(ALSAAudioError, "Mixer is closed");
+             return NULL;
+            }
+
+         elem = alsamixer_find_elem(self->handle,self->controlname,self->controlid);
+        snd_mixer_selem_set_enum_item(elem,0,value);
+       
+        return Py_None;
+
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(setenum_doc,
+"Just sets current enumeraion value\n");
+
+
+
+static PyObject *
 alsamixer_getenum(alsamixer_t *self, PyObject *args) 
 {
     snd_mixer_elem_t *elem;
@@ -1849,6 +1877,7 @@
      getvolume_doc},
     {"getrange", (PyCFunction)alsamixer_getrange, METH_VARARGS, getrange_doc},
     {"getenum", (PyCFunction)alsamixer_getenum, METH_VARARGS, getenum_doc},
+    {"setenum", (PyCFunction)alsamixer_setenum, METH_VARARGS, setenum_doc},
     {"getmute", (PyCFunction)alsamixer_getmute, METH_VARARGS, getmute_doc},
     {"getrec", (PyCFunction)alsamixer_getrec, METH_VARARGS, getrec_doc},
     {"setvolume", (PyCFunction)alsamixer_setvolume, METH_VARARGS,