Sound

Set default sound and mic on linux.

This can be adjusted in terminal First need to identify the devices we want to set as default by their corresponding number.

pactl list short sinks    # shows speaker devices

pactl list short sources    # shows microphone devices

To set these temporarily you could run the command:

set-default-sink 'device name'    # I suspect the number would work however
set-defualt-source 'device name'

To make it permanent we have to edit a file in editable text configuration and save it.

sudo vim /etc/pulse/defualt.pa

Get to the bottom of the file with G (note capital) as the 2 lines you are looking for should be at the bottom of the file.

uncomment (removing the # at start of line) and edit 2 lines using the numbers that correspond to the devices you want.

set-default-sink 0
set-default-source 4

*if in vim ZZ will save & quit or you can :wq! !IMPORTANT -> before restart delete current configuration

sudo rm -r ~/.config/pulse

Reboot

sudo shutdown -r now