Yes. Basically, you connect inputs to output ports, ALSA-MIDI for MIDI and JACK for audio. You can use Qtractor built in connections manager or QjackCtl's. Patchage is also a popular choice. I don't quite know much about ladish, but I guess there's a dedicated version of patchage for just the same purpose.
You don't have to connect Qsynth audio outputs back to Qtractor audio inputs, unless you wish to record (bounce) the audio rendering. Usually you connect Qsynth audio outs to your system playback outputs or speakers. Again, yes, it's all about patchwork. You decide where the signal goes from and to.
As you might already realized, Qtractor is made to be just a part of a modular ecosystem. It's not going to be the whole of it (ie. unlike an all-in-one-monolithic-do-it-all-music-studio-application) as is common on other popular platforms ;)
Yes. Basically, you connect inputs to output ports, ALSA-MIDI for MIDI and JACK for audio. You can use Qtractor built in connections manager or QjackCtl's. Patchage is also a popular choice. I don't quite know much about ladish, but I guess there's a dedicated version of patchage for just the same purpose.
You don't have to connect Qsynth audio outputs back to Qtractor audio inputs, unless you wish to record (bounce) the audio rendering. Usually you connect Qsynth audio outs to your system playback outputs or speakers. Again, yes, it's all about patchwork. You decide where the signal goes from and to.
As you might already realized, Qtractor is made to be just a part of a modular ecosystem. It's not going to be the whole of it (ie. unlike an all-in-one-monolithic-do-it-all-music-studio-application) as is common on other popular platforms ;)
Cheers.