Re: [Jack-Devel] Automagically connecting audio HW

On 12/15/2013 03:44 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
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> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Adrian Knoth <[hidden]
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>     On 12/15/13 05:44, Paul Vint wrote:
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>         Quick question: Has anyone ever done anything to enable new
>         devices to
>         JACK? (ie: plugging guitar amp via USB, USB headset, recording
>         devices, etc)
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>         I can (and have) done UDEV rules and have them spawn things -
>         thought it
>         might be neato to have something listen for JACKable devices and add
>         them to the circuit.
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>     For a start, have a look at <http://gareus.org/blog/__jack2dbus
>     <http://gareus.org/blog/jack2dbus>>
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> (not a comment on robin's work, which is about *switching* between devices)
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> I guess everyone is giving up on one of the key ideas of digital audio:
> the use of single sample clock. Now its "oh, the software can do high
> quality resampling anyway, so just plugin anything in use it".
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> Times change, I guess. Or do they?

a most emphatical "no", at least for professional use. of course 
resampling is a fact of life if you have to tie complex systems 
together, and for stuff like TV sound, nobody thinks twice about an 
extra resampling step if it simplifies things. but for music recordings, 
it's usually better to avoid it (besides, it's just conceptually 
inelegant to burn _lots_ of resources on something that can be avoided 
with proper systems design).


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