From owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Fri Oct 27 06:06:45 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E66BBE5CF04 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from sonic307-54.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic307-54.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [87.248.110.31]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 788DF7CFCC for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) X-YMail-OSG: OqhyWuAVM1mq9VYV82P1ECXSvEjlLbMD989J5.tMLr1nqkJyWZcy0MHDqHWe5tq 7S1qc3UBs0UcUh8q4fwjj2ZbZ3ssfH_fgf_xjbBnT0VGtMUW3dM8vldymvmi.4oYfqYClmupTZqf pSJA2ivIxIABBWwTRBhQp0wS.89tbdF7mQ2HeSLMItn8QZwDFC4pa5huVQpEWuyw3IfN0lmMS5PH pO6h34YTOxM8xWKSGXstJI405g2V1Z8hdWLDnRETGUd68QsS5caKJkjfzJYZOMvbNcjzuwm2f6st b4Y9rrduimrxrWokBXR681jrI4gXd.lZUXGnYyLZ4vb3d5LkmFzz15A5jYAemTSTV_Vz3JVM2Wi9 6nifUq2M1XjmE3T_xUacCQU_CXW2G1zuiy58msEIylnR.8iiopaaGn8VqHkeNBpJqkiRZw5orgmx PE32MT25hJIHN4TpcUtWbfpf0ATkBoX9nTe8olNa9k.26wGrzux.SVSzZpSs_sVIby_dR0NETzZb s5qPAcYrSh6lzry8JS5ULy9LIxo9RMRxfvs3vDQ-- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic307.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:06:41 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp117.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Oct 2017 05:46:23 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 943018.24709.bm@smtp117.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: OqhyWuAVM1mq9VYV82P1ECXSvEjlLbMD989J5.tMLr1nqkJ yWZcy0MHDqHWe5tq7S1qc3UBs0UcUh8q4fwjj2ZbZ3ssfH_fgf_xjbBnT0VG tMUW3dM8vldymvmi.4oYfqYClmupTZqfpSJA2ivIxIABBWwTRBhQp0wS.89t bdF7mQ2HeSLMItn8QZwDFC4pa5huVQpEWuyw3IfN0lmMS5PHpO6h34YTOxM8 xWKSGXstJI405g2V1Z8hdWLDnRETGUd68QsS5caKJkjfzJYZOMvbNcjzuwm2 f6stb4Y9rrduimrxrWokBXR681jrI4gXd.lZUXGnYyLZ4vb3d5LkmFzz15A5 jYAemTSTV_Vz3JVM2Wi96nifUq2M1XjmE3T_xUacCQU_CXW2G1zuiy58msEI ylnR.8iiopaaGn8VqHkeNBpJqkiRZw5orgmxPE32MT25hJIHN4TpcUtWbfpf 0ATkBoX9nTe8olNa9k.26wGrzux.SVSzZpSs_sVIby_dR0NETzZbs5qPAcYr Sh6lzry8JS5ULy9LIxo9RMRxfvs3vDQ-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:46:22 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD multimedia Message-ID: <20171027074622.2e3d7d4b@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0git132 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:06:46 -0000 On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:13:14 +0800, blubee blubeeme wrote: >For instance is it possible to use Alsa/OSS to control midi keyboards >and link synths and DAW gether without Jack running? Hi, yesno, IOW it depends. MIDI usually is no issue at all, since many apps don't support Jack MIDI at all, but instead ALSA MIDI only on Linux. I don't know what those apps use on FreeBSD. Audio is tricky, consider to use an AIO solution, e.g. a DAW that is an audio recorder and MIDI sequencer and allows to use synth plugins as well as effect plugins. Ardour for instance can be used on Linux with ALSA instead of Jack. FreeBSD has got no ALSA, so I don't know if it would be possible to use Ardour without Jack, too. On Linux using Ardour with ALSA does not work with all professional audio cards. However, I don't know what issues you experience with setting up Jack on FreeBSD. I'm a Linux pro-audio user for good reasons. You are aware that jack itself has got no GUI? Perhaps the issues are caused by the GUI you use to handle Jack (e.g. restoring connections)? Maybe the issues are caused by the FreeBSD infrastructure (e.g. real-time related)? IOW what do you experience as a bit cumbersome and what makes you think that without Jack you could get rid of those issues? A semi off-topic personal remark: Usually it's no problem to install FreeBSD and Linux on the same machine. You might could get rid of annoying issues, when using Linux for audio and MIDI work. Regards, Ralf