> > >Original Message: >----------------- >From: Sean Corbett seanbutnothe...@gmail.com >Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:03:16 -0500 >To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com >Subject: Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 22, Issue 11 > > >> Message: 8 >> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:42:47 +0000 >> From: Alex Montgomery <apmontgom...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Jack patchbay >> To: sue...@empire.net, Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion >> <ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com> >> Message-ID: >> <cf66198f0902040242t482fa59hde22aec600ffa...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >>> But, I don't grock the patchbay. >>> >>> Can't seem to get it to show connections except between system node and >>> ardour node. >>> >>> Doesn't show connections between in & outs. >>> >>> Add new and select snapshot and doesn't restore what I've wired in >>> connections. >>> >>> What am I missing? >> >> I'm not an expert on patchbay, but I'll tell you what I use it for and >> what my experience has been. Patchbay is mainly used for >> defining/naming your own virtual devices and automatically making >> connections between them. For example, my audio card (Hammerfall >> light) has 18 outputs, and I use outputs 9 - 16 as 4 pairs of >> headphones. Not only is it annoying to remember what channel numbers >> correspond to a particular pair of headphones, but I also have to >> break the automatic connections most applications make to outputs 1 & >> 2 (I don't currently use them) and make connections to outputs 9 & 10 >> (my first set of headphones). Patchbay allows me to create 4 separate >> stereo devices to represent my four headphones, and to create >> connections between programs and those headphones that are >> automatically set up whenever I open up the applications. >> >> Patchbay lets you create custom devices and add sockets/plugs to them. >> Then you can make connections between these devices so that QJackCtl >> will automatically connect the actual devices / programs whenever they >> appear. When you click "Add" on either the input socket side or the >> output socket side, you are creating a virtual device to which you can >> add an arbitrary number of plugs, ALSA sound, ALSA Midi, or JACK Midi, >> which are selected from the currently available ports on your system. >> This means that if you want to create a virtual device for Ardour's >> master output, Ardour needs to be open when you're making the >> patchbay. You can then connect that Ardour master device that you've >> made to any other devices you've made, and whenever they're both >> present, (i.e. Ardour is open as is whatever program or sound device >> you've connected it to) patchbay will automagically make connections >> between them. >> >> Hope this helps, >> -- Alex > >Another very handy way to use the patchbay is for automatically >connecting inserts in Ardour. For example, I have a patchbay >definition that connects Ardour to Jamin; all I have to do to connect >it is create an insert in Ardour named "Jamin" (after starting Jamin, >of course), and QJackCtl does the rest. Additionally, I have Ardour's >master output exclusively tied to outputs 1&2, and no other programs >are allowed to use those outputs. That way all the programs I'm using >must be directed through Ardour's mixer, either via a bus or captured >in a track. >
This is exactly the sort of thing I expected to be able to do. I started looking at this cuz I wanted to block the auto connect in ardour cuz it always cross connected the main in and main out as well as auditioner and click to main out. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
