JACK-TRANSPORT(1)

💖 JACK-TRANSPORT(1) 💖

okay bestie, gathering round 🫶 this is jack-transport — literally the most minimalist Jack transport control interface you will ever meet. It runs on ncurses, shows you the transport state and the current time, and hands you a lil set of standard operating keys. That's it. That's the whole vibe. No cap. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

jack-transport

yeah. no args. no flags. just type it and go 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so jack-transport is a minimalist Jack transport control interface that uses ncurses 🦋 she displays the transport state and the current time, and she provides the standard operating keys so you can drive the whole thing from your keyboard like the main character you are 👑

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🎀 COMMANDS 🎀

okay this is the part you actually need, bestie, so pay attention 🙈:

• s — Start and stop the transport. Also aliased to [space] ✨
• l — Locate to the time you typed in. ngl, just starting to type a number also drops you into locate mode, she's intuitive like that 💅
• i — set the forward & backward increment to the interval you enter. default is 5 seconds ⏱️
• z — locate to start, aka zero. back to square one, we love a reset 🎀
• r — erase and refresh the screen. a lil palate cleanser 🌿
• f — move forwards by the increment. also aliased to [>] and [right-arrow] 🔥
• b — move backwards by the increment. also aliased to [<] and [left-arrow] 🦋
• F — move forwards one minute. also aliased to [.] and [up-arrow] ⬆️
• B — skip backwards one minute. also aliased to [,] and [down-arrow] ⬇️

ok reminder bestie: f/b are the increment moves (whatever you set with i), and F/B are the one minute moves. capital letters go brrr fr fr 💀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Rohan Drape — http://rd.slavepianos.org/ 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• jackd(1)
• jack-play(1)

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Rohan Drape <rd@slavepianos.org>

• Author. ⭐

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ok that's the whole page babes, go forth and control that transport like the icon you are 💅🎀

source/version: JACK-TRANSPORT(1) · date: 10/04/2025 🦋 mwah, bye bestie! 💖