Re: [xwax-devel] Jack and Xwax (The dirty relationship begins!)

[Patrick S. <psh...@bo...>]

Mr Gabriel wrote:
> Okay, here's my setup I have a stock ubuntu installation, twin decks, 
> mixer, twin audio inputs, and serato scratch live TCV. If anyone 
> requires any testing to be done, I am up for it! Thing is, I don't have 
> a clue how to operate jack!
> 
> Now, just for my own mental sanity - I'm going to list the assumptions 
> that I have about jack, and feel free to correct me, laugh at my 
> mistakes, flame me, etc etc!
> 
> My belief is that jack... acts like a sort of mixer desk... you know 
> those big things with like 50 channels - and outputs in a format that 
> another application, can use as an input - sort of like a filter? Or the 
> greatest audio adapter created? Sort of letting you put a square plug in 
> a round hole? *thinks of apollo 13, the film*
> 

Basically jack sits in the background and when an app connects to it 
gives it some audio/midi in/out ports to send and receive data with. 
Then any other app connected to jack can send or receive data to/from 
those ports.

Jack also handles midi time code and transport control so that a master 
application can tell everyone to play, stop, ffwd, rwd with one press of 
a button if the apps can understand the command which is relayed through 
Jack.

Jack is essentially the middle man who everyone wants to hang with cos 
he has all the coolest friends, controls the door and tells everyone 
when to party.




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