[LAU] like "qjackctl", but trimmed of all fat

[Aaron Krister Johnson]

Alexander,

I will in near-future versions add alsa-MIDI port functionality. For now,
from the command line there's 'aconnect', which is extremely simple and
easy. My script would provide a front-end to that, perhaps making it even
easier.

AKJ

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:08 AM, alexander <axeldenstore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/26/2010 02:23 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
>
>> Hi linux-audio peoples,
>>
>> I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call it
>> 'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools 'jack_lsp' and
>> 'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but since it's command line, no 'q'
>> !!!
>>
>> get it here:
>> http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
>>
>> Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
>>
>> You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
>>
>> 1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a single
>> program.
>> 2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack often
>> enough
>> 3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line before,
>> but hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
>> 4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns you
>> don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed with the
>> lowest possible latency
>> 5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is even
>> faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two numbers and
>> go!
>>
>> It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on
>> their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it,
>> making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of current
>> numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two numbers
>> separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd' then the two
>> numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice feature is that it will
>> protect you from making ear-blasting feedback connections. It's even quicker
>> than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time to point your mouse at the ports in
>> the GUI and then click 'connect' than it does to type two single-digit
>> numbers and then hit return, yes?
>>
>> Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature
>> requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a
>> user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that
>> manually....
>>
>> Enjoy, comments welcome!
>>
>>  Quite cool, seems simple enough. However, my usb keyboard doesn't show
> up, or anything else that normally shows up under the "alsa" tab in qjackctl
>
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Aaron Krister Johnson
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http://www.untwelve.org
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