Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I've been playing and recording with it, and I don't see more basic
>  problems now. It could be useful to merge with HEAD to have more
>  people testing and proposing enhancements.

Well, then I might as well do that.

> * Why not to have another output port dedicated to the metronome ?

Could do.  One complication is that at the moment the metronome is 
per-device, that is, each MIDI device object contains a description of 
the metronome channel, pitches, etc, and RG sends to "the metronome for 
a device".  So there is connection state inherent in the metronome 
already, and that connection is associated with an existing device 
(i.e. an existing ALSA output port) -- it's not just a single 
conceptual metronome output or a separate metronome device.  If I 
remember correctly, anyway -- we've changed the metronome 
implementation before.

The current metronome is already a bit troublesome for the purpose of 
adding audio/plugin metronomes, which is (I think) a more desirable 
feature -- perhaps both could be addressed at once.

> * And what about the synchronization and MIDI Real Time output
> messages going by another dedicated output port ?

That would be simpler.  Is it worth it from a usability point of view?

> * The MTC sync branch can also create a new input port for incoming
> synchronization signals.

Likewise.

> * Are we ready for LASH / LADCCA, now ?

Could be subtleties arising from the fact that our existing connection 
management gets first refusal still.  I have a bit of a conceptual 
problem with the way the full extent of LASH is intended to work -- I 
argued at some length with Bob Ham about this once, I don't think it's 
a very good fit for Rosegarden and the way applications like it might 
be used (I can explain that if you like), which means I'm not 
particularly keen on a full-blown LASH implementation in Rosegarden, 
although I have nothing against basic connection save/restore.

Either way this would not be something I would have the time to work on 
myself at the moment.

> * Is there any tool out there for connection management taking into
>  account the port renaming feature?

Dave Robillard's Patchage is the closest I know.  It's a nice and (since 
a new release last week) usable modular-style patch manager.  Like 
qjackctl it won't pick up port name changes automatically, but unlike 
qjackctl it will notice them when you ask it to refresh.

I'm sure Rui would be happy to take requests or patches for qjackctl.


Chris


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