[LAU] jackmenu [was Re: g t k client to control the jack audio server?]

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Wed Aug 29 08:40:50 UTC 2012


On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 10:35 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 10:14 +0200, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> > On Wed, August 29, 2012 12:08 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 00:02 +0200, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> > >> On Tue, August 28, 2012 10:10 pm, Paul Davis wrote:
> > >> An addition ardour also has a connections manager which Paul must have
> > >> forgot about briefly :-)
> > >
> > > No I don't think that Paul has forgotten anything, I suspect the OP will
> > > handle jackd completely. Rui's QjackCtl does more than just handle
> > > connections by the GUI.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ralf
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > Well just in case all he wants is a gtk connections manager for jack I
> > decided to take my own advice and this is the result.
> > 
> > Announcing "jackmenu". A *very simple* gtk2 desktop widget for connecting
> > jack ports.
> > 
> > http://djcj.org/jackeq/?id=6
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Feedback welcome!
> 
> JackEQ is a useful and stable tool for my work-flow. Thank you for
> jackEQ.
> I don't need "jackmenu", but indeed it could be helpful for my workflow
> too, e.g. Rui's Qtractor is able to handle connections directly
> connected to Qtractor. So if I connect Qtractor with jackEQ, I don't
> need "jackmenu", but for connections between e.g. jackconvolver, JAMin
> etc. and jackEQ Qtractor doesn't take care, so indeed, having "jackmenu"
> for jackEQ is welcome :).
> 
> OT:
> However, jack_snapshot and aj-snapshot were the tools I used, regarding
> to the issue I mentioned and I start jackd by a scrip, not by QjackCtl.
> 
> QjackCtl is very clear, while patchage easily becomes a mess.
> 
> YMMV.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf

PS: *chuckle* I never noticed the menu for the versions I've got from
jackEQ. And somebody not using jackEQ, perhaps likes the stand alone
jackmenu. However, I still would recommend QjackCtl, since it's very
clear, regarding to it's good graphic.



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