[LAU] Session management with NSM

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 19:57 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 17:42 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 07:33:58PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > 
> > > If jackd is started with settings that cause another latency, than the
> > > latency that was used, when an audio recording was done with Qtractor,
> > > then audio and MIDI tracks get out of sync. So jackd has to be started
> > > with the same latency. If the session manager shouldn't start jackd, the
> > > latency settings could be incorrect.
> > 
> > And that is a design error in Qtractor and has *nothing* to do with NSM.
> > If latency compensation is implemented correctly (which is easy) there
> > no need to remember any latency values in the session file. Which implies
> > that a change of latency doesn't matter, see also my previous post.
> > 
> > So please stop whining about this.
> 
> You got me wrong! I only pointed out that "NSM (Non session management)
> support." - http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/qtractor-index.html Could
> cause issues, for those who understand it word by word. And who aren't
> aware that "An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer" -
> http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/qtractor-index.html has to be understand
> word by word. Audio tracks are just a bonus that isn't part of the
> complete concept.
> 
> I never claimed that NSM is bad, I just pointed out that Qtractor offers
> features that aren't restored, by this session manager. Users should be
> warned! I don't need a warning, I'm using scripts! I don't lamment! I
> just want to help, that users once will be upset, because they
                                        ^ not ;)
> misunderstood Qtractors NSM support.
> 
> Ok?
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf