At last I have found out (Saving ALSA and Qasmixer settings)

[swarfendor437]

I have HDMI blacklisted as I only want sound from my AudigyRX. I did not know about the 'store' command. For me Audacious has saved the day in both Q4OS and PCLinuxOS:

[HOW TO] Get a SoundBlaster Audigy Rx to work in your system!

Further update. Before I provide additional information, when I test Zorin 17 in live mode it produces sound but wrongly identifies the source as S/PDIF! I have had some issues with PCLinuxOS KDE (running Q4OS instead of Trinity Desktop of PCLinuxOS). Changed to PCIE Slot 1. PCLinuxOS has been pushing out Pipewire updates that did not help my situation, leaving me with sound coming from front centre speaker/s. The solution? Well first make sure you have most of the ALSA packages installed. Then …