[LAU] Bitwig: what we can learn from it

[Len Ovens]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

> 3) After >10 years I'm still uncertain if I can permanently rename I/O
> for a device in JACK, but I'm sure as hell there is no simple UI for
> that. Bitwig fixes that at the "first run configuration" step: I can
> create virtual inputs/outputs from physical ones and give them
> sensible names.

This should I think be a part of jack. I have a delta 66 which means 
capture 1 to 4 are analog in, capture 9 and 10 are spdif in (analog 5 and 
6 for me) and capture 11 and 12 are monitor mixer in. Capture 5 to 8 are 
not usable and it would be nice to not show them at all, but it would be 
nice to at least label them "NA" or "not in use" or something. Playback 
has similar issues though I can at least use all the playbacks as inputs 
to the monitor mixer... if I actually made use of it :)  But labeling 
(which affects ordering in displays BTW) would be really nice. I could 
make a fake device with 6 inputs and 6 outputs which would be next best...

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Len Ovens
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