Thanks for the pactl tip. I was not aware of it. I am not saying the problem is un-surmountable. And it is not just me I am concerned about. Every person that

Thanks for the pactl tip. I was not aware of it. I am not saying the problem is un-surmountable. And it is not just me I am concerned about. Every person that I introduce to linux (via Ubuntu) is going to face this problem. A simple setting could save many hours and ears. I used "sucks" for the whole project because of many such dumbed-down decisions that have been made in GNOME3. This one was just the last straw for me. I could have probably avoided the word though.