JACK_CONNECT(1)

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version 4 Β· 6 versions
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πŸ’– jack_simple_client πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the JACK_CONNECT(1) manpage β€” that's the page itself, the General Commands Manual one, and today's main character is jack_simple_client. she's the example client for the JACK Audio Connection Kit, and she is, no cap, exactly what she sounds like. πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

jack_simple_client β€” the JACK Audio Connection Kit example client πŸ¦‹


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

jack_simple_client client-name

and here's the one rule, the vibe check you literally cannot skip:

  • the client-name must be a yet unused client name πŸ’…

like, unused. not taken. nobody else's. periodt.


🫢 DESCRIPTION 🫢

so jack_simple_client is an example client for the JACK Audio Connection Kit β€” a little demo bestie whose whole job is showing you how this stuff works. 🌈

what she does, step by step, because we love a clear plot:

  • she creates two output ports: client-name:output1 and client-name:output2 πŸ‘‘
  • and then she plays a sine wave to these ports 🎡✨

that's it. that's the whole personality. a sine wave, two ports, slay.


⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

jack_simple_client in_process_test

look at her go. πŸ’–


🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Jeremy Hall β€” the icon who wrote this. 🫑

and the manpage itself? this gorgeous little document was written by Robert Jordens <jordens@debian.org> for Debian. πŸŽ€


ngl if you made it this far you're officially a JACK girlie now. iykyk. πŸ’€βœ¨

and that's the whole page, bestie β€” version 4, dated 2022, from the JACK_CONNECT(1) manual. go make some sine waves. πŸ¦‹πŸŒΈπŸ’œ

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