Re: [xwax-devel] Jack and Xwax (The dirty relationship begins!)
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From: Mr G. <ang...@gm...> - 2007-08-02 14:44:26
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This is the BEST explanation that I've ever had!!! " 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. " I understand that completly - which I should take to mean, that JACK is a good thing?? On 02/08/07, Patrick Shirkey <psh...@bo...> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > -- > Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. > Http://www.boosthardware.com > Http://lau.linuxaudio.org - The Linux Audio Users guide > ======================================== > > "Anything your mind can see you can manifest physically, then it will > become reality" - Macka B > > |