[Jack-Devel] Jack Problems

[Kjetil Matheussen]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:32 PM Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> You never 'need' it. You may need level/volume controls, but mixing
> those up with connection management doesn't make any sense from an
> operational point of view.
>

Maybe not, but it makes sense from a
do-things-quickly-and-non-frustratedly point of view. If jack had a
port_set_gain function, it would take a day to script up a general
mixing gui that would automatically create a mixer with all the volume
controls you need. This would  be a convenient program that most
people would use now and then,.