Because Pd needs exclusive access the audio card. Jack abstract that creating various streams of audio data and then routing it to the playback device.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/6/30 Matteo Sisti Sette <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:matteosistisette@gmail.com">matteosistisette@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On 06/30/2010 08:41 PM, Pedro Lopes wrote:<br>
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I strongly advise using &quot;Jack&quot; as the audio engine in Ubuntu.<br>
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Ohhh! Thanks.<br>
I thought Jack was (&quot;only&quot;) a sort of &quot;virtual audio cable&quot; for connecting the output of an app to the input of another. I guess it is _also_ that.<br>
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Anyway, just out of curiosity, why cannot two pd&#39;s using oss or alsa both work simultaneously while other apps apparently can?<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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Thanks<br>
m.<br>
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