[linux-audio-dev] Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a? Is JACK the ultimate solution?

[Robert Jonsson]

On Wednesday 09 June 2004 08.53, torbenh at gmx.de wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 07:53:43PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> > Hallo,
> > Steve Harris hat gesagt: // Steve Harris wrote:
> >
> >
> > What I meant with "nice" is more in the vein of this here:
> > http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/img/closeup/redrum/closeup-r
> >edrum450.jpg
> >
> > I mean, it looks like a nice piece of hardware, but what good is that
> > on screen. You don't even know which button is more important that
> > others. And why are there srews? And Reason gets especially terrible
> > if you look at the moving cables on the back. Ah well, I could go on
> > for hours on how terrible I think this is... ;)
>
> the moving cables are quite distracting.
> but you can right click on every jack and connect it to another jack via
> the menu. and you can see the connections in the menu too.
>
> reason also does a very good job at connecting everything for you.
> this is of course only possible, because the reason building blocks are
> really big. how should pd know how you wanted to have your objects
> connected ?
>
> i consider the eyecandy RACK part of reason only for playing (fooling)
> around with the effects. so that you get to know them.
>
> you can rightclick on every control, and add a control track to the
> sequencer.
>
> and that is what makes reason a nice tool. the sequencer is integrated
> with the rack part.
>
> imagine you got muse sequencing pd and you can add a control track to
> muse with one mouse click on a pd control. (not to mention, that you can
> record automation from pd to muses control track)

Hey! That's a nice idea. Don't patent it ;)

>
> this is why i am still tempted to implement a full sequencer into galan
> someday. But it would be much better to define some API to make this
> possible in the UNIX way.

That would be the way to go. I have to give this some thought...

/Robert

> if reason had a schematic behind the rack i would be quite happy with
> it. (well should run under linux and be jackified :)

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