As admin edited/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to add the following line at the end : options snd-hda-intel model=auto Reboot and bring up your audio recorder to test!
festival:- printf ";use ALSA\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command \"aplay -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r \$SR \$FILE\")\n" > ~/.festivalrc