[Jack-Devel] Jack Problems

[John Rigg]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:12:32PM +0100, Kjetil Matheussen wrote:
> 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.

If anyone does this please make turning it off a compile option.
I can see it causing big problems in a complex setup.

John