[LAD] [ANN] LADI Session Handler - Preview 1

[Ralf Mardorf]

In the future I will test ladish. While I don't like jack_snapshot and 
lash very much, I do like qtractor a lot.

I guess a good idea would be not to use a mess of Linux audio apps, but 
one application that stores audio and MIDI connections and is able to 
include virtual synth and fx and is a sequencer and hd recorder, 
qtractor does, qtractor is.

Anyway, if I e.g. like to use Rosegarden because of some features and 
QSampler because I need a GIG, something better than jack_snapshot and 
lash is welcome :).

I'm interested in ladish and glad that somebody did think about the 
features ladish will cover. Hopefully I'll be able to use it, while 
jack_snapshot is easy to use, lash is a PITA.

I'll be very impressed if this should be fine:

"* Collaborate with the X11 window manager so window properties like
   window position, virtual desktop and screen (multimonitor) are
   saved/restored."

Thank you, a good idea to save this too. I'll give ladish a chance.

Cheers,
Ralf







Nedko Arnaudov wrote:
> The first milestone is reached and result is a tarball that brave souls
> may want to download and try. It contains implementation of JACK
> multiconfig functionality. JACK server settings can be saved as part of a
> studio. Then, loading studio will cause JACK settings stored as part of
> the studio to be restored.
>
> Build will produce three operational components:
>  * ladishd - The daemon, a D-Bus service
>  * gladish - GTK GUI interface
>  * ladish_control - Command-line interface
>
> In the tarball you will also find bundled suitable (latest and gratest)
> flowcanvas and LADI Tools.
>
> Download:
> http://ladish.org/download/ladish-0.1.tar.bz2
> http://ladish.org/download/ladish-0.1.tar.bz2.sig
>
> Homepage: http://ladish.org/
> Roadmap: http://ladish.org/roadmap
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> LADI Session Handler or simply ladish is a session management system
> for JACK applications on GNU/Linux. Its aim is to allow you to have
> many different audio programs running at once, to save their setup,
> close them down and then easily reload the setup at some other
> time. ladish doesn't deal with any kind of audio or MIDI data itself;
> it just runs programs, deals with saving/loading (arbitrary) data and
> connects JACK ports together. It can also be used to move entire
> sessions between computers, or post sessions on the Internet for
> download.
>
> ladish has GUI frontend, gladish, based on lpatchage (LADI Patchage)
> and the ladish_control command line app for headless operation. LADI
> Tools is set of apps that interface with ladish, JACK server and
> a2jmidid
>
> ladish requires D-Bus and JACK compiled with D-Bus support.
>
> LADI Session Handler is rewrite of LASH.
>
> Project goals:
>  * Save and restore sets of JACK (audio and MIDI) enabled
>    applications.
>  * Provide JACK clients with virtual hardware ports, so projects can
>    be transfered (or backups restored) between computers running
>    different hardware and backups. 
>  * Don't require session handling library to be used. There is no need
>    of such library for restoring connections between JACK clients.
>  * Flow canvas based GUI. Positions of elements on the canvas are
>    saved/restored.
>  * Allow clients to use external storage to save its state. This
>    includes storing internal state to non-filesystem place like memory
>    of a hardware synth. This also includes storing client internal
>    state (client project data) in a way that is not directly bound to
>    ladish project. 
>  * Import/export operations, as opposed to save/load. Save/load
>    operate in current system and may cause saving data outside of
>    project itself (external storage). Import/export uses/produces
>    "tarball" suitable for transferring session data over network to
>    other computer or storing it in a backup archive.
>  * Hierarchical or tag-based organization of projects.
>  * List of JACK applications. Applications are always started through
>    ladish to have restored runtime environment closer to one existed
>    before project save.
>  * Distributed studio - network connected computers. Netjack
>    configuration is part of the studio and thus is saved/restored.
>  * Collaborate with the X11 window manager so window properties like
>    window position, virtual desktop and screen (multimonitor) are
>    saved/restored.