Re: [Jack-Devel] Using Jack

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Yves Perron <[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi John, thank you very much for your input,
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> It might well be possible for you to use Jack - but there's nothing in
> your emails to support the notion that your app needed to be a Jack
> server.
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> This is really confusing. As far as my understanding goes, a server is
> need to interact with jack audio/midi channels.
>
Lets try to be clear here.

first, your app:

    * receives MIDI (preferably from other applications)
    * generates audio

second, JACK:

    * provides an API for sending and receiving MIDI and Audio
    * the API is identical regardless of whether the sender/reciever is an
audio device or another application
    * requires a server to function
    * can allow multiple applications to share a device even if the device
driver or hardware does not allow it

So ...

    * you are already using loopbe30 to route MIDI from another
application, so you do not need JACK for this
    * you haven't mentioned any desire to send audio anywhere except the
audio device, so you do not need JACK for this

thus, either:

  (a) there are some additional requirements that your application has
which do call for JACK
OR
  (b) you do not need to use JACK

What did I miss?

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