Re: [Jack-Devel] Using Jack

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DateThu, 20 Mar 2014 17:47:50 -0400
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
ToPeter Ginneberge <[hidden] at gmail dot com>
CcJACK <[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org>
In-Reply-ToPeter Ginneberge Re: [Jack-Devel] Using Jack
Follow-UpYves Perron Re: [Jack-Devel] Using Jack 
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Peter Ginneberge <[hidden]>wrote:

> Yves, you don't need Jack, and even stronger.. you shouldn't use jack for
> what you're trying to do.
>
> As John Emmas has posted earlier, look into something like portmidi:
> http://portmedia.sourceforge.net/portmidi/
>
> You're not looking to route audio/midi and/or connect devices, you're
> looking for something to hook you up with LoopBE, which - from what I
> understand - is what portmidi will allow you to do.


He wants to generate audio too. Since JACK does both (and with a fairly
similar API) you can see the appeal.

However, the added complexity of the server/client architecture make this
somewhat inappropriate in my opinion. Not stupid, but probably not the
right approach (at least on Windows).
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