I use a shell script to start up my applications and the qjackctrl patchbay which stores its setting and reconnect things automatically just in case an application crash. For changing settings in each software I created a small pd patch which sends out Midi program change commands. In my case its more a matter of changing sounds, multisets and realtime visuals with one keystroke. Lash could be interesting for you but I have no experience with it yet. Cheers, Malte -- Malte Steiner media art + development -www.block4.com- next event: 12.-15.3. Frankfurt Musikmesse booth B66 in hall 5.1 presentation of Minicomputer softwaresynthesizer _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user