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Well,

Tonight I had lot of fun with QjackCtl, Guitarix, Jack Audio server, my Guitar, Rocksmith tone Cable and Audacity.

Well, when working with Jack, i also thought things could be lot easier. Like the starter of this topic said.

I agree with the Interface selection: when you click on the pull down menu, you see the ALSA enumeration. But when clicking on the ">" arrow, you see the connected devices by name AND enumeration. Lots easier indeed. When starting for the first time, it cost me several minutes, before finding my Rocksmith Tone Cable Sound Card.

Second; nice that some people could program some nice scripts to start-up certain presets, but most musicians aren't programmers right? Long time ago I was a Commodore 64 programmer but programming languages has evolved a lot since then and I can't keep up anymore. My daily work is not in computer business. So why not post a link within JackCtl to much used scripts? And a "Advanced" button for people who want to make their own scripts.

Then, the connections window. The first time I started it, I couldn't find any logic behind it. I read System, Pulse audio, and Guitarix Fx/Amp. And in the drop down menu below System a Microphone icon or 6 speaker icons.

Microphone? I was connected with my USB guitar cable isn't it? Why the Microphone then? Did i have to connect only in the Mic IN?

After a few minutes I discovered that System represents the Input and output Source you selected in The Settings tab. It could be a lot easier when System is replaced by Input source name and Output Source name. However, graphically connecting the audio sources with lines is very logical and essential and I like it to keep it that way. It represents a very logical flow, although you have sometimes much lines, when using more programs and/or connections.

The rest of QJackCtl works fine, I haven't used the MIDI options, because I don't have MIDI instruments, except for the build in MIDI synthesizer.

Maybe the devs can do something usefull with this feedback :) I like the open source philosophy :)