Re: Jack Problems

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:42 PM John Rigg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:12:32PM +0100, Kjetil Matheussen wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:01 PM Fons Adriaensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > The VERY LAST thing I'd want in such a system is a gain control
> > > on each Jack connection. One very big advantage of digital
> > > connections, be they MADI, ADAT, Jack, or Dante, is that signal
> > > levels at all inputs and outputs are exactly defined and can't
> > > change. Setting up a a similar system using analog connections
> > > with variable gains would be a real nightmare.
> > >
> >
> > Sure, I'm just saying that extending jack with a volume control for
> > each connection would be a good thing, for those who need it, which I
> > guess would be the most of us. You are of course free not to use it if
> > you don't need it.
>
> If anyone does this please make turning it off a compile option.
> I can see it causing big problems in a complex setup.

That's not necessary. Unless port_set_gain is called, it wouldn't
change anything.