1 .TH calfjackhost 1 2008-01-29
3 calfjackhost \- JACK wrapper for Calf plugins
5 .B calfjackhost [\fIoptions\fR] \fIplugin[:preset]\fR [\fB!\fR] ...
8 Calf JACK host application provides a way to use Calf plugins directly, without need for any external host application. It also offers best GUI functionality (using GTK+ 2 widget set), as there is no restrictive plugin standard getting in a way between GUI and audio processing code.
12 \fB-c --client\fR \fIname\fR
13 sets JACK client name (the name calfjackhost uses when registering in JACK)
15 \fB-i --input\fR \fIname\fR
16 name prefix for audio inputs
18 \fB-o --output\fR \fIname\fR
19 name prefix for audio outputs
21 \fB-m --midi\fR \fIname\fR
22 name prefix for MIDI inputs
24 \fB-c --connect-midi\fR \fIclient:port\fR
25 automatically connect all MIDI ports to \fIclient:port\fR
27 \fB-M --connect-midi\fR \fB!\fIn\fR
28 automatically connect all MIDI ports to \fBsystem:midi_capture_\fIn\fR
31 prints a version string (calf some.version.number)
33 \fB-l --load\fR \fIsession\fR
34 Loads the session state from a file
36 \fB-s --state\fR \fIsession\fR
37 Loads the session state from a file, if such a file exists
40 List all available plug-ins
45 An exclamation mark (!) in place of plugin name means automatic connection. If "!" is placed before the first plugin name, the first plugin has its inputs connected to \fBsystem:capture_1\fR
46 and \fBsystem:capture_2\fR. If it's placed between plugin names, those plugins are connected together (first plugin's output is connected to second
47 plugin's input). If it's placed after last plugin name, that plugin's audio outputs are connected to \fBsystem:playback_1\fR and \fBsystem:playback_2\fR
50 Plugin names (should be self-explanatory):
51 * pulsator (autopanner/tremolo)
54 * compdelay (compensation delay)
68 * filterclavier (keyboard-controlled tunable filter)
71 * eq5, eq8, eq12, eq30
73 * crusher (bit crusher)
79 * xover2, xover3, xover4 (speaker crossovers)
80 * analyzer (spectrum analyzer / spectrogram plugin)
86 * multichorus (chorus effect with multiple voices)
87 * compressor (Thor Harald Johansen's dynamic compressor)
88 * organ (polyphonic synthesizer emulating tonewheel or solid state organs)
89 * rotaryspeaker (not a faithful emulation, not even close)
92 Please send bug reports to <wdev@foltman.com>.
96 To start monosynth with automatic connection to first system audio output, and no automatic MIDI connection, use:
98 calfjackhost monosynth !
100 (! means "connect", last "!" means "connect to output")
104 calfjackhost monosynth ! vintagedelay ! flanger ! -M 2
106 (runs monosynth into vintagedelay and vintagedelay into flanger, then to
107 output; connects monosynth's MIDI input to JACK's system:midi_capture_2)
109 calfjackhost "monosynth:Fat Bass"
111 (runs monosynth with a Fat Bass preset into monosynth, does not autoconnect)
113 calfjackhost ! reverb !
115 (takes signal from system:capture_1 and _2, puts it through reverb, and then
116 sends to system:playback_1 and _2)
118 Note: none of the automatic connection features will work if autoconnection
119 is disabled for session management purposes.