Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Acid for Linux ?
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 14:01:45 EET
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 01:18:30PM +0900, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> >That's it. BTW it should be noted that JACK is more or less a clone of
> >Rewire that exists for years under Windoz, another Steinberg innovation
> >although Rewire work only for the apps that comply to the (not-open ?)
> >standard. (i guess).
> >
>
> Just because they got there first does not mean they originated the
> concept. JACK is simply a way a sharing data between applications in
> realtime at low latency. That should be a prerequisite for any serious
> digital musician.
>
> Saying JACK is a clone of Rewire is like saying desktop Linux is a clone
> of windohs or mac.
Its also not true (if I understand correctly). Rewire only allows linking of
dynamic objects, whereas jack can also link whole processes. ReWire
appears to work with a host/client architecture, whereas a JACK graph is
made up of peers.
This combionation makes JACK a) more flexible, b) more robust. At least
in theory ;)
PS ReWire was created by Propellerhead, not Steinberg.
- Steve
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