[linux-audio-dev] Re: Modular Jack patch bay

[Dave Robillard]

On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 19:19, vanDongen/Gilcher wrote:
> My preference :
> The line doesn't need to be thick. Clicking it selects it (and shows it by 
> changing the color, maybe making it thicker as well ), pressing delete 
> removes it. 

I think clicking on a line is just far too difficult to bother.

> Handles of some sort to create segmented patch cords would be nice. As would 
> the ability to rotate a client box over 90 degrees, so you have the 
> connection at the top and bottom.
> Another feature could be symbolic link objects. Sometimes you have a signal 
> detour to some part of an app that is  somewhere else on the graph and 
> allready heavilly connected to all kinds of other stuff. A symbolic-link to 
> foo:input12 foo:output12 could be nice then. 

Whew, now this is getting complicated. :) These things are nice in
modular synths, but wouldn't it be overkill in a patch bay?

I guess with LADCCA you could have a really complicated setup that you
want to be able to visualize as clearly as possible... I'll put some
thought into it.

-Dave