What problem are you trying to solve here? Some use
cases are
needed. This should Just Work - I've never had to use alsaconf, and
my distro (Ubuntu) no longer ships it.
for example, the Gentoo user mailing list is full of questions like "I
did follow the excellent Gentoo ALSA user guide, but I still get no
sound." How can a user who just bought a USB audio device make it the
default device? How can a user interested in JACK easily find the right
settings for his card? How does (or why must) a user know which module
to use for his card? How can a user disable a certain card?
All this is of little interest for myself, I have learned how to set up
my system. But new linux audio users should never be in need to edit
config files manually in vi.
Best regards
ce