> -----Original Message----- > From: Kai Vehmanen [mailto:kai.vehmanen@;wakkanet.fi] > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Conrad Parker wrote: > > > it might save you some hassles if you changed the intro to > jack's web > > pages, which currently read: > > > > JACK is a low-latency audio server, written primarily for the > > GNU/Linux operating system. It can connect a number of different > > applications to an audio device, as well as allowing > them to share > > audio between themselves. > > > > that, by itself, sounds to the average user an awful lot > like a general > > purpose audio server. Perhaps what you wrote in the email > below, comparing > > JACK to ASIO, would be more appropriate. > > But the second paragraph of the intro basicly already mentions > the focus: > > --cut-- > JACK is different from other audio server efforts in that it has been > designed from the ground up to be suitable for professional > audio work. > This means that it focuses on two key areas: synchronous > execution of all > clients, and low latency operation. > --cut--
'suitable' does not mean 'exclusively suitable'. and 'focus' does not (usually) mean 'completely ignore anything else'. all in all if it can handle tough tasks I would expect it to handle easy tasks as well (which I think was the point of original post) erik