Comment 4 for bug 61211

I fixed it.
The problem was that the ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf entry for the "default" soundcard was broken:

#------------ BROKEN ----------------
!defaults.pcm.card default
defaults.ctl.card default
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.pcm.subdevice -1

#------------ WORKING --------------
!defaults.pcm.card I82801CAICH3
defaults.ctl.card I82801CAICH3
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.pcm.subdevice -1

Here's how I fixed it:
(lines starting with $ are shell commands)
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$ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
I82801CAICH3

$ asoundconf set-default-card I82801CAICH3
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