There actually isn't/wasn't an /etc/asound.conf... that was one of the 
annoying parts.

I'll have a look at that link.

I kinda wonder if maybe alsa isn't the Top Dog in sound anymore.

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote:

> Did you also copy over /etc/asound.conf (or where ever Ubuntu stores
> the global ALSA config file)?
>
> Hate to lead you to other distro territory for this, but it could help:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#Upmixing.2FDownmixing
>
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> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote:
>> Ok folks, it's "Alsa Is Driving Me Crazy YET AGAIN" time.
>>
>> My media center computer's SSD (which is ancient and crappy) is thinking
>> about dying, and I wanted some different software on there (DOWNgrading
>> MythTV to 0.24, in fact) so perfect time to throw a new drive in there and
>> start from scratch since I have a backup.
>>
>> Now I can't get sound to work right.
>>
>> These are both Ubuntu systems, the new one is 12.10, the old one, uh.
>> Probably 12.04 via updates.
>>
>> I... remember going through a lot of trouble to get alsa to work correctly
>> in the first place, including giving m full surround sound etc. Now the
>> thing doesn't even show I have the surround channels.
>>
>> Here's the thing. I copied over .asoundrc. I even copied over all of
>> /usr/share/alsa from the previous installation. Still nothing. At one point
>> I managed to get SOME surround sound but the channels were a mess...
>>
>> Anyway, before I go looking for an alsa-list with it's crazy amount of
>> unhelpful snark, I figured I'd throw it on here.
>>
>> Does anyone know exactly what I need to copy from the old installation to
>> make it so alsa has the exact same configuration?
>>
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>>
>>
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