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hit the road JACK !

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In Reply to: RE: Still an error posted by Dynaudio_Rules on December 20, 2009 at 10:12:30

dear dynaudio & aljordan

I�m, sorry to say, still not really convinced about JACK.
-as mentioned I�m grateful for the abilities Jack provided when I needed it, but I still think it�s an awful complicated application.
sure, it was written for linux and adapted to windows....nevertheless it�s a pain in the A... to work with, and I�m not quite sure why I did it so much waste of time.....eh, maybe because I had to !

if one really have to use JACK it�s mandatory to make very precise configurations and back them up with a disk-image.
runtime errors with almost every dot or paragraph change....it�s really only something for developers !

-and for high-end audiophiles it will just add too much processor "hash"

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RE: hit the road JACK ! - aljordan 06:04:41 12/21/09 (1)
You really should differentiate between Jack on Linux and Jack on Windows. I haven't really spent time comparing Jack output on Linux to other output capabilities on Linux, but in my experience Jack is rock solid on Linux with good sound.

Alan
- RE: hit the road JACK ! - play-mate 17:39:15 12/21/09 (0)
  hey aljordan,
  
  I do not hope I gave the impression that JACK is useless in even fairly advanced systems.
  on the windows platform JACK requires an additional C++ code and THAT might not be very "runtime" friendly. I have realized combining cPlay ASIO with allocator VST through JACK, and I�ve been very happy with the result (possible even @192kHz sampling rate).
  
  as we all know, less is more - and in this regard it was clearly beneficial for my system to get rid of JACK.
  
  but even the most hardened PC freak must admit that JACK is not straight down the line to configure correct....
  
  kind regards

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