On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 20:56, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 07:40:43PM -0500, Dave Robillard wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 19:30, Iain Duncan wrote: > > > One standard type of connection ( a jack ) can be used between modules of > > > different manufacturers for all of: > > > - instantaneous audio feedback ( well speed of light anyway! ) > > > - any audio signal can be used as a control signal and vice versa > > > - any signal can be used to cross modulate or mix with any other signal > > > - a signal can be used for as long as wanted in a control chain without > > > worrying about resolution loss ( sure it may get distorted, but the > > > distortion is also happening at the speed of light. ) > > > > That's great. You've totally missed my point though. Yep, modulars are > > general. The great thing about them is you can do anything, and connect > > anything in any way you want. > > The point is IMHO that JACK is great for making audio connections between > independent Linux processes - that what it's designed for, and what it does > extremely well (BTW congrats to Paul and the whole JACK team for the Open > Source Award). But using JACK for internal connections is pure overkill, > and I'm not even sure it will work as you expect.
.. yep, that's my point. Well put. :) -Dave
