On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Niels Mayer <nielsmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Finally reading the jackd manpage again ( > http://linux.die.net/man/1/jackd ) I notice > > ////// ////////// ///////// ///////// ////// /////// > -H, --hwmon <snip> > I've had this option set forever in qjackctl, and I haven't seen > anything particularly special going on. The digital monitor outputs > that can be mixed via envy24control(1) or > http://mudita24.googlecode.com (see screenshots) are available as > "catpure_11" and "capture_12" whether or not this option is given to > jackd. I've used both M-audio and RME devices with ALSA + Jack and have never used this setting. In fact, I was told once (on IRC or maybe on this list) to not use it if I have hardware than can do zero-latency monitoring. > PS: likewise what does the "-M, --hwmeter" option do -- again I don't > see any difference between this being on or off. And how would it know > of the vagaries of the ice1712's metering, the fact that it's a peak > meter registering 0 to -48.1dbFS? I'd imagine other hardware metering > (RME? MOTU) might have have DSP-based RMS metering, and a totally > different architecture than: > http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/envy24mixer-architecture.png Same here... don't see what it actually provides. hdspmixer (and previously envy24control) is what I use for all of my monitoring needs. :-) -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
