Soundcard problem

Hi,
I have an Audigy2 and recently got a Hauppauge WinTV Nova S plus.
So far so good, everything worked fine.
Earlier I tried MythTV and after installing it and configuring it (following the archwiki) I used it for a little while.
I came to the conclusion that I don't like it, so I removed it again.
And now comes the problem.
Since I removed it, for some reason, somehow, my Audigy2 isn't the default card anymore, but my dvb-s,
thus artsd fails with "can't create mcop directory" after creating a link /root/.kde/socket-bla and I have no sound.
It's been established on IRC that it isn't an alsa problem and creating a file .asoundrc containing
pcm.!default { type hw card 1
ctl.!default { type hw card 1
is a quick fix.
However, I'd like to get back the original state with the Audigy2 being the default.
cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [CX8801 ]: CX88x - Conexant CX8801
Conexant CX8801 at 0xf4000000
1 [Audigy2 ]: Audigy2 - Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]
Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] (rev.4, serial:0x20021102) at 0xdf00, irq 23
cat /proc/asound/modules
0 cx88_alsa
1 snd_emu10k1
There are also two symlinks(socket-files?) called Audigy2 and CX8801 pointing to card1 and card0 in /proc/asound/
I tried reinstalling alsa-utils and libs and ran alsaconf but it didn't help.
If you can help me and need more info let me know.
Thank you

Thanks byte, the Audigy2 is default again, however there's still one little annoyance.
In KMix the dvb-s is still default, meaning, if I click on the little speaker, it displays the capture mixer of the dvb-s,
but when I then choose Mixer, it shows the Audigy mixer settings.
Any idea on how to change this?

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Sorry for my bad english.
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