[LAD] jack-session finally merged.

[rosea grammostola]

torbenh wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 07:55:46PM +0100, rosea grammostola wrote:
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>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM, rosea grammostola <
>> rosea.grammostola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 4:54 PM, torbenh <torbenh at gmx.de> wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 07:41:35PM +0100, rosea grammostola wrote:
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>>>>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:04 PM, torbenh <torbenh at gmx.de> wrote:
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>>>>>           
>>>>>> hi...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> jacksession stuff is merged into jack1 svn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> here is a rough explanation what needs to be done for apps to support
>>>>>> it: http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/WalkThrough/Dev/JackSession
>>>>>>
>>>>>> please let me know what is unclear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> When will it hit jack2?
>>>>>           
>>>> paniq said he wanted to implement it for jack2.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> What are your plans for an session manager, cause so far it's only the
>>>>>           
>>>> API
>>>>         
>>>>> right? I mean, you wouln't implement this api if there where not plans
>>>>>           
>>>> for
>>>>         
>>>>> making a real great session manager, right?
>>>>>           
>>>> i have a sessionmanager i used for testing.
>>>>
>>>> git clone git://hochstrom.endofinternet.org/pyjacksm.git
>>>>
>>>> it doesnt have a gui yet. only a commandline interface.
>>>> that said, jsweeper has a gui for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> jsweeper?
>>>
>>> \r
>>>
>>>       
>> And can you explain what you want with your SM?
>>     
>
> save and load sessions.
>
>   
>> What is the philosophy behind it, what do you want to achieve with it, what
>> should a user be able to do with it? Which apps are expected to support it
>> and what it the expectation in general about the support in apps for you SM?
>>     
>
> the user will be able to save the state of all apps supporting the API
> with a single command/click.
> and will be able to reload it. no more maintaining of connection setup
> scripts and all the hassle involved before.
>
> regarding app support:
>
> already patched apps:
> - jack-rack
> - ghostess
> - specimen
> - guitarix
>
> in queue:
> - ardour
> - fst
> - seq24
>
>
> i expect most jack apps for which session support makes sense to support
> the API sooner or later.
>
>   
>> Why do you think this SM will be an success?
>>     
>
> session support cant be turned off by packagers without turning off jack
> support. a lot of LASH enabled apps showed up in repos with lash support
> disabled for example.
>
> also this approach doesnt tie a users to a specific sessionmanager.
> in this early state there are only jack_session_notify and pyjacksm
> but i expect more session managers to show up during this year.
>   
Ok , thanks for clarification.

Are you planning to launch an website with documentation etc for your SM?

Can I give you a list of apps who needs to be patched ;)

zynaddsubfx/ yoshimi
phasex
ams
hydrogen
ingen
non-daw
non-mixer
non-sequencer
openoctavemidi
linuxsampler
zynjacku/ lv2rack
qjackctl
patchage
...

Thanks in advance ;)

\r