Re: [wlug] Audio sub-systems on Linux

Ian McDonald wrote:

I notice that Craig discusses these a bit on his latest blog at: http://craig.dubculture.co.nz/blog/2006/07/20/audio-on-ubuntu/

Craig - can you (or anyone else?) explain to me how Jack fits into all of this?

The best way of describing Jack is that it's like a virtual patch-bay and a whole lot of cables. :) It allows you to route, split, and combine inputs and outputs from anything to anything else. The professional audio recording workstation software ardour makes extensive use of Jack. G.