I fired up Qjackctl again and tried the usual
"hw:0" and "default"
settings. None would connect at first. Then I tried setting the
"channels" widgets to "0" where I had been setting them to either 2
or 8. I set to hw:0 and ........WAHLAA! Finally!!! This .asoundrc
actually sets up for 12 ins and 10 outs.
I still wonder what those channel options are for. I get multiple
inputs with the value set to zero, and yet if I change the value to
the actual number of inputs I don't.
Cheers
Daniel