Focusrite Scarlett Solo Input to Mono

Hi,
I recently purchased Focusrite Scarlett Solo and I found out that for my mic to work properly on both I need to remap the input to mono and therefore It will output the sound from L and right. (Right now It’s just on the left channel).
I know that I can do it in the application, but it would be much easier for me to somehow set it up in the system as this is my only input.
Is it possible to set it up in the PulseAudio config? (/etc/pulse/daemon.conf or sudo nano /etc/pulse/default.pa)

I’m using Manjaro Linux Kernel 5.7.17-2

$ pactl list short sinks

1 alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18-00.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s32le 2ch 192000Hz IDLE
2 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.iec958-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 192000Hz IDLE
5 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 192000Hz IDLE

Thanks for any help

Update: Found the card with pacmd list-sources | grep alsa_input -n

  * index: 2
        name: <alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18-00.analog-stereo>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: RUNNING
        suspend cause: (none)
        priority: 9049
        volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
                balance 0,00
        base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 2,24 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        sample spec: s32le 2ch 192000Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 2
        linked by: 2
        configured latency: 30,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 682,67 ms
        card: 1 <alsa_card.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18-00>
        module: 7
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "32"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "USB Audio"
                alsa.id = "USB Audio"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "Scarlett Solo USB"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB at usb-0000:00:14.0-14, high speed"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:14:1.0"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-14/2-14:1.0/sound/card2"
                udev.id = "usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18-00"
                device.bus = "usb"
                device.vendor.id = "1235"
                device.vendor.name = "Focusrite-Novation"
                device.product.id = "8211"
                device.product.name = "Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen.)"
                device.serial = "Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18"
                device.string = "front:2"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "1048576"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "524288"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                device.description = "Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen.) Analog Stereo"
                alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer"
                alsa.components = "USB1235:8211"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
        ports:
                analog-input: Analog Input (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
        active port: <analog-input>

But still no luck with load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=mono master=alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18-00.analog-stereo sink_given_by_previous_command channels=2 channel_map=mono,mono

UPDATE: I just now realized that sinks are for output and source for input. I changed my configuration and got new Remmaped Input which is now configured like this:

.nofail load-module module-remap-source master=alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0641B18-00.analog-stereo channels=2 master_channel_map=mono,mono channel_map=front-left,rear-left set-default-source mono

But It does not produce any audio. I believe that I misconfigured something.

I finally found out the solution to my problem. It took me some time and I did some testing, but I believe this is the best option for me. I edited the config file like this:

.nofail load-module module-remap-source master=alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y71B5UM0541B18-00.analog-stereo master_channel_map=front-left,front-left channel_map=front-left,front-right # set-default-source mono

I will edit this post when I find out how to make it default from config.

I posted this here because no one looks for the solution in the post.

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