How to set default sound card?

Every time I start up my mac, I have to go the system pref -> sound and select my firewire sound card.
My question is there a way to select a sound card and make it default so I don't have to do this procedure over and over again?
Your help is appreciated!
Yosemite Away!

I suspect the reason is that the system sound card is selected before FW is even active. But it would be better to ask the maker of the FW card if it's possible to change this so the setting is sustained through restarts.

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Hello, i cant manage to set the default sound card properly.
The card i'm using is the default pch from my motherboard :
aplay -l
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card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
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Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
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card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
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Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
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Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
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aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
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HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 0
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hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
HDA Intel HDMI, HDMI 1
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hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2
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surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
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surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
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HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=2
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 2
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 3
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=4
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 4
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=5
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 5
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When i try :
speaker-test -D default:PCH -c2
speaker-test 1.0.28
Playback device is default:PCH
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 16384
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 16384
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
I hear sound, but i cant found to make it the default output.
I've tried to change /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf :
defaults.ctl.card 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
to
defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1
and I've tried to make a .asoundrc file in my home :
pcm.!default {
type hw
card PCH
ctl.!default {
type hw
card PCH
doesn't work either, what am i doing wrong ?
Thanks in advance,

Ok, after a lot of try-and-error-and-reboot, i found that the default card is correctly defined ("aplay test.wav" works), but others applications (vlc, chromium) still did not produce sound.
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