After searching for workarouds, i found this from forums, and it works for me. sudo nano /lib/udev/rules.d/90-pulseaudio.rules Add this as last line: SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x1412", ATTRS{device}=="0x1712", ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1412", ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0xd634", ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="m_audio-audiophile-2496.conf" Then create file /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/profile-sets/m_audio-audiophile-2496.conf and paste this: # This file is part of PulseAudio. # # PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as # published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the # License, or (at your option) any later version. # # PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License # along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. ; M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 ; ; This card, based on the Via ICE1712 chipset, has two stereo audio channels ; (1 in and 1 out) and a separate S/PDIF digital stereo channel. Like with ; all ICE1712-based cards, this is exposed by ALSA as a single 10-channel ; device with some of the channels not connected. ; ; See default.conf for an explanation on the directives used here. [General] auto-profiles = no [Mapping analog-stereo-in] description = Analog Stereo Input device-strings = hw:%f,0 channel-map = front-left,front-right,aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3,aux4,aux5,aux6,aux7,aux8,aux9 direction = input [Mapping analog-stereo-out] description = Analog Stereo Output device-strings = hw:%f,0 channel-map = front-left,front-right,aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3,aux4,aux5,aux6,aux7 direction = output [Mapping analog-digital-stereo-out] description = Analog/Digital Stereo Output device-strings = hw:%f,0 channel-map = front-left,front-right,aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3,aux4,aux5,front-left,front-right direction = output [Mapping digital-stereo-out] description = Digital Stereo Output device-strings = hw:%f,0 channel-map = aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3,aux4,aux5,aux6,aux7,front-left,front-right direction = output [Mapping digital-stereo-in] description = Digital Stereo Input device-strings = hw:%f,0 channel-map = front-left,front-right,front-left,front-right,front-left,front-right,front-left,front-right,front-left,front-right,front-left,front-right direction = input [Mapping digital-stereo] description = Digital Stereo Input/Output #device-strings = hw:%f,1 device-strings = iec958:%f channel-map = left,right direction = any [Profile output:stereo] description = Analog Stereo Output output-mappings = analog-stereo-out input-mappings = priority = 80 skip-probe = yes [Profile output:stereo-da+input:stereo-analog] description = Analog Stereo Input/Output output-mappings = analog-stereo-out input-mappings = analog-stereo-in priority = 100 skip-probe = yes [Profile output:stereo-da+input:stereo-analog] description = Analog Stereo Input/Output, Digital Stereo Output output-mappings = analog-digital-stereo-out input-mappings = analog-stereo-in priority = 90 skip-probe = yes [Profile output:spdif] description = Digital Stereo Output (Analog Disabled) output-mappings = digital-stereo-out input-mappings = priority = 60 skip-probe = yes [Profile output:spdif+input:spdif] description = Digital Stereo Input/Output (Analog Disabled) output-mappings = digital-stereo-out input-mappings = digital-stereo-in priority = 70 skip-probe = yes --- Restart alsa and pulse or whole system.