USB DAC lacks software volume control

I am running Volumio 2.041 on a Raspberry Pi 3 with a Schiit Modi DAC. Playback works fine, but I cannot figure out how to get software volume control to work (it used to work under version 1 of Volumio). Any suggestions are welcome.

Note: when I add:
dwc_otg.speed=1

to /boot/cmdline.txt and reboot, I cannot play any sound at all. Removing that text from the file and rebooting allows me to play sound (but no volume control).

Thanks for your help.

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I still have not managed to figure this one out. Any suggestions?

Same problem with Schiit ASGARD Multibit USB DAC. No volume controle.

OS info

Version of Volumio: 2.806
Hostname: volumio
Kernel: 4.19.118-v7+
Governor: performance
Uptime: 7 days, 14 Hrs, 37 Minutes, 48 Seconds

Audio info

Hw audio configured: Schiit USB Multibit
Mixer type: Hardware
Number of channels: 2
Supported sample rate: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000

Board info

Manufacturer: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Model: BCM2835 - Pi 2 Model B
Version: a01041 - Rev. 1.1
Firmware Version: Apr 27 2020 14:35:17 - 3a8f1793b758d6fb7f375edaa260e069ecd34c88

CPU info

Brand: Processor rev 5 (v7l)
Speed: 0.90Mhz
Number of cores: 4
Physical cores: 4
Average load: 11%
Temperature: 44°C

And aplay-l output…

volumio@volumio:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]
Subdevices: 4/4
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 2: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1 [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
Subdevices: 3/3
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
card 5: Multibit [Schiit USB Multibit], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0