[linux-audio-user] ecasound interactive mode

[Joel Roth]

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:13:23AM -0400, Paul Coccoli wrote:
> On 5/22/06, Joel Roth <joelz at pobox.com> wrote:
> >On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 10:34:52PM -0400, Paul Coccoli wrote:
> >> How do you add a second chain in ecasound in interactive mode?  I can
> >> create one chain that reads a file for input and outputs to jack, but
> >> if I try to add another chain I get the following:
> >>
> >[trials and errors snipped]
> >> Hmm.  If a chain MUST have one valid input and output, but inputs and
> >> outputs need to be connected to a chain, THEN ITS A PARADOX AND MY
> >> HEAD EXPLODES!
> >>
> >> Seriously, I'm tryin the most basic thing in the world and I can't do
> >> it.  Maybe it's just too late at night...
> >
> >I sympathize. You are not alone! Troubles of this nature are
> >what prompted me to write a front end to Ecasound. There are
> >now three GUI Ecasound interfaces: Tkeca, Visecas and Ecmd,
> >and three scripting interfaces: Audio::Ecasound (perl),
> >pyecas (python) and an elisp interface for Emacs.
> >
> 
> I'm kicking around some ideas for yet another frontend, since none
> them seem to do what I want.

Wait a minute! Did you have a look at the one __i__ wrote,
and of which am so paternally fond??

http://ecmdr.infogami.com

Also, while we're here, what exactly _do_ you want?

Does everyone need to write their own front end 
to Ecasound?

A lot people must be very itchy to be scratching that much.

> I'm not sure if ecasound is the right
> backend, though.

How many multichannel recording solutions are there?

Ardour is the full-featured one; easy to install 
now with precompiled packages available.

It doesn't need a front end or a backend, having
all of them and a kitchen sink thrown in for 
good measure.

 
-- 
Joel Roth