Ah, I'm behind on the thread -- sorry. One quick observation ... Jack can be driven pretty effectively from the command line, which means it might be possible to script a particular setup. You may not have to rely on gui tools. Janina Kyle writes: > Ah yes, I just found out about jackd yesterday as a matter of fact. > I didn't realize it was so powerful. I actually thought I *needed* > pulseaudio to move audio from specific applications, even those > unaware of its existance, to another output, but it looks like jackd > can also do this. Worse still is the fact that I have to convince at > least one Mac user that such niceness can be had on Linux without > having to be a total geek, so I'm trying to work within graphical > environments, rather than staying in the text world, where I know > this kind of thing is possible in multiple ways. This doesn't at all > preclude the possibility of using text-based tools, which I am > heavily leaning toward doing, but it may require writing scripts or > rather specialized applications to streamline the process, > especially after this initial attempt. > > In my attempts to promote free software and its benefits, I refuse > to be defeated by such a small application issue, especially when I > know that it is possible to do all kinds of great things with free > software that are just not possible, and other great things that, > while possible, are certainly frowned upon and even called illegal > and worse things, in the proprietary world. It's great to know that > specialized needs such as pro audio can be filled without having to > give up the freedoms I have come to love. Thanks all for the help, > and keep it coming, as I'm not known as a professional audio geek, > though I do use Audacity and some other cool stuff from time to time > <smiles> > ~Kyle > http://kyle.tk > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chair, Open Accessibility janina@xxxxxxxx Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list