From: Sean B. <smb...@jp...> - 2005-01-12 04:12:44
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Hi Frank, On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:51 AM, Frank NEUMANN wrote: > I noticed that the port name given to hexter at startup is a little > unintuitive, and hard to type if you need to use the commandline > instead > of qjackctl: > > franky@tux:~> jack_lsp > alsa_pcm:capture_1 > alsa_pcm:capture_2 > alsa_pcm:playback_1 > alsa_pcm:playback_2 > hexter DX7 emulation (DSSI plugi:hexter DX7 emulation (DSSI plu out_1 > > Could you make this port name be rather something short like "hexter_1" > or alike? Again, thanks for the feedback. The client and port names you're seeing are actually created by the DSSI host. When creating these names, a host can choose between two different fields in the DSSI plugin's LADSPA descriptor: a short 'Label' and a more verbose 'Name', which for hexter are "hexter" and "hexter DX7 emulation (DSSI plugin v0.5.8)" respectively. The Label is probably better for commandline use, while the Name is probably most often better for GUI clients like qjackctl. Chris chose the latter when he did that part of jack-dssi-host; I chose the former for my as-yet-unreleased GUI host (kinda backward, maybe?) Anyway, it's a matter of personal preference -- anybody else have strong feelings one way or another about this? -Sean |