PATCHMATRIX(1)

💅 PATCHMATRIX(1) — like, the iconic JACK patchbay bestie 💅

okay so real talk, patchmatrix is a JACK patchbay and it's honestly giving main character energy in the routing department ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

patchmatrix — a JACK patchbay 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

patchmatrix [options]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

patchmatrix is a JACK patchbay. that's it, that's the vibe 🫶

the way that it shows JACK clients and their input and output ports? in flow-matrix-style 💅 like, it's not just a list, it's an aesthetic.

the flow-matrix-style literally combines the advantages of both:

• flow-style — excellent overview of signal flow 👑
• matrix-style — less virtual cabling mess, and one-click patching 🔥

so you get the good parts of both and none of the chaos, no cap.

and bestie, it shows AUDIO, MIDI, CV and OSC ports separately to reduce complexity — because mixing them all together would be giving stressed 😭

also!! it ships with JACK session management support 🎀✨ iconic behaviour honestly.

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -v — print version and license information 🏆 (the receipts, basically)
• -h — print usage information 🙈 (for when you're like "wait how do I use this again")
• -n server-name — connect to the named JACK daemon 🦋 so you can point it at whichever daemon you're feeling today

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📜 LICENSE 📜

Artistic License 2.0. — slay, legal bestie ⚖️💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Hanspeter Portner (dev@open-music-kontrollers.ch) — the legend who made this happen 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• jackd(1)
• patchmatrix_monitor(1)
• patchmatrix_mixer(1)

like, go read those too, iykyk 💅

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ngl bestie, if you're doing any serious JACK patching, this is the one. no notes. periodt. 🔥

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mwah 💋 — this cutie dropped Jul 08, 2021, part of the General Commands Manual, and honestly it still ate. go patch something iconic, bestie 💖✨🎀