> I'm looking for some simple software to accomplish the following: ^^^^^^ really ? > - do realtime monitoring(VU) and mixing > - output mixed data for headphones-monitoring (using same card, I have the > infamous st-audio rig, on which I didn't manage to get _any_ of the MIDI > ports to work) > - optionally route some of the input channels trough LADSPA plugins > > A Gtk+2 GUI would be much preferred to anything else. > > Has anyone seen such a beast? If not, how does this sound: > - a jack client that will get the input data > - will do the mixing and drive the stuff trough ladspa > - output result using jack (this should be possible, only I skimmed trough > some jack-related docs, difficult to get handle on it) > - display VU/implement GUI for levels using GTK+ (2.x). > > Does anyone see any architectural problems with this approach? I'd guess that > implementing mixing using a jackd plugin would be more efficient, but is it > worth it and how to connect the controls to the GUI? its what ardour does, although ardour is stuck at GTK+ 1.2 for a while. --p