[Jack-Devel] Jack Problems

[Kjetil Matheussen]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:01 PM Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
>
> The VERY LAST thing I'd want in such a system is a gain control
> on each Jack connection. One very big advantage of digital
> connections, be they MADI, ADAT, Jack, or Dante, is that signal
> levels at all inputs and outputs are exactly defined and can't
> change. Setting up a a similar system using analog connections
> with variable gains would be a real nightmare.
>

Sure, I'm just saying that extending jack with a volume control for
each connection would be a good thing, for those who need it, which I
guess would be the most of us. You are of course free not to use it if
you don't need it.