Re: [LAU] KXStudio reminded me of why I don't like ZynAddSubFX

On 08/27/2014 12:06 AM, Filipe Coelho wrote:
> On 08/27/2014 10:05 AM, david wrote:
>> Booted live KXStudio 14.04 DVD. Cadence started JACK, pointed
>> uselessly at the onboard audio. I pointed it at my USB sound card with
>> the same settings I use normally. Started Zyn. It visibly made sound
>> (Zyn's indicator), but no sound came out. (I found nothing in Cadence
>> to connect Zyn to JACK. But then I don't know Cadence.) I ran KMixer
>> and audio volume was up for the USB card. So I said, Oh, well, guess
>> it doesn't work with Zyn. (Not the first time I've had problems with
>> Zyn and JACK, I much prefer Yoshimi.) So I close Zyn. After which
>> Cadence reports that JACK server is stopped. Restarting JACK or even
>> force restarting a JACK restart using Cadence gives me no audio
>> devices to pick from.
>>
>> KXStudio isn't ready for this user yet, I guess.
>>
> I don't remember getting a bug report about this, unless this counts as one?
>
> In any case, the Zyn in the kxstudio repos does not auto-connect to
> system outputs.

Zynn in Debian autoconnects to JACK, but I have to connect it manually
(that's the way I like it) within JACK.

> This is so it can be safely used in a session manager environment.

OK, makes sense. So how DO you connect Zynn using JACK in KXStudio to
your desired audio outputs?

> The 14.04 ISO is a bit old now.
> There has been some serious Cadence improvements and a new Zyn release
> since then.
> A new ISO will be released in a few days.

OK. The one I downloaded was 14.04b.

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