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Author:	Topic: Jack for OS X revealed
JonnyEvans Administrator
	Posted: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:18PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	The Jack OS X team (Stephane Letz, Johnny Petrantoni, and Dan Nigrin) is happy to announce the release of a new version of Jack OS X, a Mac OS X implementation of the Jack Audio Connection Kit (Jack). Jack is a low-latency audio server, that connects any number of different applications to a single hardware audio device; it also allows applications to send and receive audio to and from each other. Jack is different from other audio server efforts in that it has been designed from the ground up to be suitable for professional audio work. It focuses on two key areas: synchronous execution of all clients, and low latency operation. This new version includes several improvements and new features: * New, more CPU-efficient CoreAudio driver * New NetJack UDP module for JackPilot, to allow for Jack audio connections over a network (including Ethernet, Airport, IP over Firewire) * Workaround for "the iTunes problem", in which some applications (like iTunes) are dropped from the Connections Manager window when they stop actively sending audio, thus destroying any connections already established with that application. The workaround restores the connection state of the application in question when the audio stream is resumed * Various Jack Audio Router (JAR) bug fixes * New Jack VST and AU plugin design; AU plugin now passes current Apple AU validation test * Developer toolset added, which allows for both "Apple" and "Unix" approaches to developing Jack native applications on Mac OS X * Inclusion of step-by-step illustrated examples in documentation * Italian and French localization of JackPilot * Best of all - Jack OS X continues to be free and open source! More information and free download is available at http://www.jackosx.com Jack OS X - connecting audio from any OS X application to any OS X application!
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Author:	Topic: Re: Jack for OS X revealed
mikecollins Member
	Posted: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 08:51PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	JonnyEvans, The Jack sounds great - but can it dance? Mike Collins
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Author:	Topic: Re: Jack for OS X revealed
vsmith1 Member
	Posted: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:48AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	JonnyEvans, Can you explain the difference between Jack, ReWire and the Audio Hijack tools? I have used Audio Hijack to allow me to say a Real Audio stream to a AIFF file. And I barely understand the use of ReWire but how do these all fit together? Thanks Vince
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Author:	Topic: Re: Jack for OS X revealed
JonnyEvans Administrator
	Posted: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:01PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	vsmith1, Hiya, Jack effectively lets you feed audio from one application to another, so it's not about capturing music, but creating music.
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