[LAD] A bit more MIDI clarification please

[Will J Godfrey]

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 14:58:36 -0400
Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey at musically.me.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > But, what happens if the synth was registered with jack before the
> > sequencer?
> > Presumably it is now going to get it's MIDI data *after* it has already
> > processed that callback.
> 
> 
> JACK clients are executed in the order required by their interconnections.
> If client A *sends* data to client B, then client A will always execute
> before client B.

Thanks. That's a relief. I'd got the impression they were executed in the order
they were first registered.

> if you're silly enough to create a feedback loop, then the  order becomes
> undefined.

Never even thought of trying to do that!

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