Miscellany

$ cat ~/.asoundrc 
pcm.!default {
    type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
    type pulse
}

$ cat ~/.pulse/default.pa
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF 

load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0
load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0

.include /etc/pulse/default.pa