The beauty of this is that these connections are available for any other JACK aware programs to also connect to. Any JACK aware program uses JACK to manage its inputs and outputs. JACK not only deals with connections between programs but also within programs. Any inputs and outputs from your audio interface and/or JACK aware programs can arbitrarily be connected together. This means that if you are recording an instrument into your computer, you can monitor the audio back through your speakers, or headphones, without any perceivable delay.įor a good overview, and visual description of latency, check out ' Latency and Latency-Compensation' from the Ardour manual Connections and Interconnectivity
Using JACK will allow you to achieve low latencies with both audio and MIDI. These settings will be explained in more detail further down. It allows you to choose your audio interface as well as all the important audio settings such as sample rate, buffer size and periods. JACK controls your audio and MIDI settings. There are a few main aspects to what it does - Settings JACK first and foremost is a sound server optimized for the demands of audio production work. While its settings and functionality are extensive, you only need to know the basics to get started and take advantage of its underlying power.īy the end of this guide, you will hopefully have a sufficient understanding of JACK and its workings so you can set it up, forget about it and get on with your work, utilizing the power that it provides.įor the duration of the guide I will refer to any piece of software that supports JACK as being ' JACK aware'. Some new users find it confusing at first. JACK, the name of which is a recursive acronym for ‘JACK Audio Connection Kit’, is a very powerful piece of software. JACK is the de-facto standard audio server for working with professional audio on Linux.
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