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-Since the JACK audio system runs as a server, it is ideally suited for smaller client applications which can plug into it, and combine one another's features to create a modular studio setup much like one would have in the physical world. There are several small (and sometimes not-so-small) sound applications that expect to be used as clients of the JACK server.
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-===== Strengths [Weaknesses] =====
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-**Modular**
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-One of the best things about open source software is the variety in what is available. With modular tools, you can pick and choose what to use, and chain them together through JACK.
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-**Roadie-Friendly**
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-If you are accustomed to real-world gear and all the cables and sub-mixers MIDI pass-throughs and unsolvable routing puzzles that go along with it, going modular will feel refreshingly familiar. Design the sound studio of your dreams, all on the comfort of your own computer screen, and without the danger of tripping over cables!
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-===== Weaknesses [Strengths] =====
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-**Modular**
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-Since there is no integrated environment (a DAW) managing the parts of a modular studio, all settings and routing must be managed by the user.
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-**Unmanaged**
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-If you are not used to real-world studio set-ups, understanding how and why MIDI and audio signals need to be routed and processed could be confusing at first. Conversely, you might have started out with hardware and are happy to give it up for a managed environment.
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-===== Install =====
-The point of using modular applications is that they are independent of one another. Installing them, therefore, is not just one process; each must be installed separately. Because open source creativity is so prolific, this section contains only a small sample of the applications available for a modular studio, governed mostly by the applications having coincidentally been named "Jack //Something//". Other Jack-compatible applications are listed separately (such as [[yoshimi|Yoshimi]] and [[sooper|Sooper Looper]] and [[sampler|Linux Sampler]]). The point of this section is partly about the applications themselves, part about the ability to maintain a modular studio, and partly about making sure you are able to sanely track what you use to make sounds.
-===== JACK Rack =====
-[[http://jack-rack.sourceforge.net/|Jack-Rack]] is a straight-forward, no-frills host for LADSPA effects. It enables you to use any LADSPA (version 1) effect unit on your system as a stand-alone application rather than as a plug-in for a DAW.
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-After you launch jack-rack, add effect units via the ''Add'' button in the top toolbar or its menus. Each effect creates a JACK input and output, so you can send any signal into each effect and the processed signal to anything else in your studio.
-When using jack-rack, its sessions must be saved along with your project in order to be restored the next time you use the rack. Save sessions in ''File'' → ''Save''. A jack-rack session contains only what effect unit is loaded into the rack, //not// the routing in and out (for the routing, the over-all JACK session must be saved with a tool like [[ajsnapshot|aj-snapshot]] .
-===== JACK Capture =====
-[[http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/|Jack Capture]] is a recorder for whatever is streaming to the ''System Out'' JACK port. This means that you can record improv or sequenced pieces on the fly; it's the Master Out for your modular studio.
-There is no configuration required; Jack Capture attaches itself to the master output of JACK no matter what.
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-Jack Capture handles its own settings (not its routing), and there isn't much to be set; choose the file format and bitrate, and Jack Capture will maintain its settings across sessions.
-===== JackBeat =====
-[[http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/|Jackbeat]] is a stand-alone sequencer for JACK. With it, you can queue up samples, loops, and beats and play it in sync with the rest of your JACK studio.
-Install Jackbeat from [[http://studioware.org|StudioWare]].
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-Using Jackbeat is fairly intuitive. Load a sample using the track panel properties or the ''Edit'' menu.  Toggle with a ''click'' (or ''b'' on your keyboard) the cells in the grid workspace to sequence the sounds.
-Navigation within the grid workspace can be keyboard driven (use the arrow keys), or you can use the mouse.
-Increase the size of your workspace with the ''Double'' function, in the ''Edit'' menu.
-Use ''Shift'' ''Click'' (or press ''N'' on your keyboard) to toggle a "mask" (or "negation") for any given beat. This mutes the track during the duration of that beat.
-===== Meter Bridge and Jack_Meter =====
-Monitoring your sound can be done with [[http://plugin.org.uk/meterbridge|meterbridge]], or even in a unix shell with [[http://www.aelius.com/njh/jackmeter|jack_meter]].
-Both attach to a JACK output and display the decibel level of its sound.
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-Since Jack Capture does not have a monitoring tool itself, a separate monitor like Meterbridge or Jackmeter is essential.
-They have no settings as such, but the connection to a meter is recorded along with the overall JACK session recorded with a tool such as [[aj|aj-snapshot]].
-===== Calf Jack Host =====
-===== Rakarrack =====
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-===== Guitarix =====
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-===== Non =====
-A modular studio. The "non" DAW. See the section on [[non]].
-===== Synths =====
-===== Jack Keyboard =====
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-**See Also** \\
-krita \\
-mypaint \\
-inkscape \\
-darktable \\
-lightzone
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