calfjackhost(1)calfjackhost(1)NAMEcalfjackhost - JACK wrapper for Calf plugins
SYNOPSIScalfjackhost [options] plugin[:preset] [!] ...
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS--client name
sets JACK client name (the name calfjackhost uses when register‐
ing in JACK)
--input name
name prefix for audio inputs
--output name
name prefix for audio outputs
--midi name
name prefix for MIDI inputs
--connect-midi client:port
automatically connect all MIDI ports to client:port
--connect-midi !n
automatically connect all MIDI ports to system:midi_capture_n
--version
prints a version string (calf some.version.number)
--load session
Loads the session state from a file
--state session
Loads the session state from a file, if such a file exists
--help prints a help text
An exclamation mark (!) in place of plugin name means automatic connec‐
tion. If "!" is placed before the first plugin name, the first plugin
has its inputs connected to system:capture_1 and system:capture_2. If
it's placed between plugin names, those plugins are connected together
(first plugin's output is connected to second plugin's input). If it's
placed after last plugin name, that plugin's audio outputs are con‐
nected to system:playback_1 and system:playback_2 (first output pair).
Plugin names (should be self-explanatory):
* pulsator (autopanner/tremolo)
* ringmodulator
* tapesimulator
* compdelay (compensation delay)
* reversedelay
* compressor
* sidechaincompressor
* multibandcompressor
* monocompressor
* deesser
* gate
* sidechaingate
* multibandgate
* limiter
* multibandlimiter
* sidechainlimiter
* transientdesigner
* filterclavier (keyboard-controlled tunable filter)
* emphasis
* vocoder
* eq5, eq8, eq12, eq30
* saturator
* crusher (bit crusher)
* exciter
* bassenhancer
* stereo
* haasenhancer
* mono
* xover2, xover3, xover4 (speaker crossovers)
* analyzer (spectrum analyzer / spectrogram plugin)
* flanger
* filter
* reverb
* vintagedelay
* monosynth
* multichorus (chorus effect with multiple voices)
* compressor (Thor Harald Johansen's dynamic compressor)
* organ (polyphonic synthesizer emulating tonewheel or solid state
organs)
* rotaryspeaker (not a faithful emulation, not even close)
BUGS
Please send bug reports to <wdev@foltman.com>.
EXAMPLES
To start monosynth with automatic connection to first system audio out‐
put, and no automatic MIDI connection, use:
calfjackhost monosynth !
(! means "connect", last "!" means "connect to output")
Other examples:
calfjackhost monosynth ! vintagedelay ! flanger ! -M 2
(runs monosynth into vintagedelay and vintagedelay into flanger, then
to output; connects monosynth's MIDI input to JACK's system:midi_cap‐
ture_2)
calfjackhost "monosynth:Fat Bass"
(runs monosynth with a Fat Bass preset into monosynth, does not auto‐
connect)
calfjackhost ! reverb !
(takes signal from system:capture_1 and _2, puts it through reverb, and
then sends to system:playback_1 and _2)
Note: none of the automatic connection features will work if autocon‐
nection is disabled for session management purposes.
SEE ALSOcalf(7)
2008-01-29 calfjackhost(1)
