27 Feb
2007
27 Feb
'07
8:43 p.m.
JACK isn't really suited for doing modular type things - there is a
fixed number of ports you can use (which is rather low by default) and
doing a context switch for every ugen will get rather expensive. Same
goes for the ALSA sequencer or any IPC-based routing system. JACK is
great for connecting a couple of clients, but building a large modular
synth patch from JACK clients isn't the best way.
I made myself not clear enough, I meant modularity as in studio
(connecting blackboxes together in a mixing desk and to a sequencer),
not modular synthesizer (connecting many many blackboxes to create a
sound). I have some reservations plugging in whole synthesizers inside a
sequencer application, but it might be just me. On the other hand I
perform life with laptop so total recall is even more an issue than in
studio situation. At the moment I am happy with seq24 connected to pd,
maybe with another synth or even a jackxmms just in case something crashes.
So many ways, freedom of choice makes me dizzy :)
Cheers,
Malte
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Malte Steiner
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