[LAU] Streaming setup with OBS and JACK

[hollundertee at gmx.net]

> > Current Setup
> > 2-3 Audio interfaces.  
> 
> Jack works best with only one interface, but there are ways around it.

I intend to use only the UA-25, unless there is a need to use one of
the others for some reason.

> > 2) Is there a reliable and if possible hassle free way to get ALSA
> > and PA into JACK? ALSA loopback would probably not work for
> > programs using PA directly.  
> 
> I used Linux version of Yousician (when it was still a thing) and it
> had ALSA output only. That was going into PulseAudio via the
> pulsaudio alsa plugin. PulseAudio routed it to its Jack sink, which I
> have connected to OBS. My guitar signal would come from an USB audio
> interface, via Guitarix as another input to OBS. Sometimes I would
> also connect the clean signal directly to OBS.

The question is how that works nowadays. To the best of my knowledge
both JACK and PA require full access to the audio interface and are
mutually exclusive.

> > 4) Even though it's a small setup I'd need some sort of session
> > management to bring up at least the jack side of things.  
> 
> I would just load a patchbay with all the needed connections and
> plugins in Carla.
> 
> > 5) Finally what do you recommend as plugin host and compressor
> > plugin for voice?  
> 
> Carla as host, I am not familiar with compressor plugins.
> 
> Jacek

Thanks Jacek, I'll look into Carla.