diff -up pulseaudio-8.99.2/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in.disable_flat_volumes pulseaudio-8.99.2/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in

--- pulseaudio-8.99.2/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in.disable_flat_volumes	2016-05-26 23:21:17.000000000 -0500

+++ pulseaudio-8.99.2/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in	2016-05-31 10:01:55.679976730 -0500

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ License along with PulseAudio; if not, s

       
<opt>flat-volumes=</opt> Enable 'flat' volumes, i.e. where

       possible let the sink volume equal the maximum of the volumes of

       the inputs connected to it. Takes a boolean argument, defaults

-      to <opt>yes</opt>.

+      to <opt>no</opt>.

     </option>

   </section>

diff -up pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c.disable_flat_volumes pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c

--- pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c.disable_flat_volumes	2016-05-26 23:21:17.000000000 -0500

+++ pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c	2016-05-31 10:01:55.680976735 -0500

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static const pa_daemon_conf default_conf

     .realtime_priority = 5,  /* Half of JACK's default rtprio */

     .disallow_module_loading = false,

     .disallow_exit = false,

-    .flat_volumes = true,

+    .flat_volumes = false,

     .exit_idle_time = 20,

     .scache_idle_time = 20,

     .script_commands = NULL,

diff -up pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in.disable_flat_volumes pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in

--- pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in.disable_flat_volumes	2016-05-31 10:01:55.680976735 -0500

+++ pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in	2016-05-31 10:02:28.048133267 -0500

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ifelse(@HAVE_DBUS@, 1, [dnl

 ; enable-lfe-remixing = no

 ; lfe-crossover-freq = 0

-; flat-volumes = yes

+; flat-volumes = no 

 ifelse(@HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H@, 1, [dnl

 ; rlimit-fsize = -1

diff -up pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/pulsecore/core.c.disable_flat_volumes pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/pulsecore/core.c

--- pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/pulsecore/core.c.disable_flat_volumes	2016-05-26 23:21:17.000000000 -0500

+++ pulseaudio-8.99.2/src/pulsecore/core.c	2016-05-31 10:01:55.681976740 -0500

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pa_core* pa_core_new(pa_mainloop_api *m,

     c->exit_idle_time = -1;

     c->scache_idle_time = 20;

-    c->flat_volumes = true;

+    c->flat_volumes = false;

     c->disallow_module_loading = false;

     c->disallow_exit = false;

     c->running_as_daemon = false;