How to make "Sound Profiles" on Ubuntu 9.10

"You probably want to take a look at the command 'alsactl'

Change the current settings as desired, then run alsactl -f yourprofilefilenamehere store

Then, to restore settings, run alsactl -f yourprofilefilenamehere restore which will load the settings stored in ""yourprofilefilenamehere"".

You should be able to make shortcuts to several restore commands and add them to a panel to easily be able to switch between profiles."