Thanks. This clarifies part of my confusion...
So, if several applications' outputs are plugged into one input,
does that mean the signals are added linearly?

(Sorry if it's going a little offtopic here, but maybe
understanding these concepts is of some general interest
even to video producers.)

Cheers,
Georg



On Saturday, 21. June 2008 02:01:58 Dennis Schulmeister wrote:
> Hi Georg,
>
> the concept is comparable albeit a bit different. Unix pipes are usually
> established between two end-points. Say you're piping the output of one
> application to another.
>
> With jack each application registers as many inputs from and outputs to
> the jack daemon as it needs and simply uses them. Without knowing where
> data really comes from and where it goes to. That decision is completely
> up to jack and thus to the user.
>
> You could connect one application's output to three other inputs. Or you
> could connect four outputs to one input. Also you could include your
> sound card as just another source or sink.
>
> I think the concept is pretty easy to grasp when seen on a small
> Screenshot: http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~dennis/jack-example.png
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Dennis Schulmeister



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