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LADI Session Handler
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http://ladish.org/
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LADI Session Handler or simply ladish is a session management system
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for JACK applications on GNU/Linux. Its aim is to allow you to have
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many different audio programs running at once, to save their setup,
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close them down and then easily reload the setup at some other
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time. ladish doesn't deal with any kind of audio or MIDI data itself;
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it just runs programs, deals with saving/loading (arbitrary) data and
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connects JACK ports together. It can also be used to move entire
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sessions between computers, or post sessions on the Internet for
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download.
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ladish has GUI frontend, gladish, based on lpatchage (LADI Patchage)
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and the ladish_control command line app for headless operation. LADI
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Tools is set of apps that interface with ladish, JACK server and
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a2jmidid
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ladish requires D-Bus and JACK compiled with D-Bus support.
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LADI Session Handler is rewrite of LASH.
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Features:
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* Save and restore sets of JACK (audio and MIDI) enabled
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applications.
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* Provide JACK clients with virtual hardware ports, so projects can
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be transfered (or backups restored) between computers running
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different hardware and backups.
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* Don't require session handling library to be used. There is no need
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of such library for restoring connections between JACK clients.
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* Flow canvas based GUI. Positions of elements on the canvas are
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saved/restored.
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* Allow clients to use external storage to save their state. This
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includes storing internal state to non-filesystem place like memory
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of a hardware synth. This also includes storing client internal
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state (client project data) in a way that is not directly bound to
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ladish project.
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Some of the following features may be already implemented
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as part of KXStudio project [1] by its frontend GUI applications
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for ladish backend services. In particular check Claudia [2],
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Claudia-Launcher [3] and Cadence [4].
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Planned features:
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* Import/export operations, as opposed to save/load. Save/load
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operate in current system and may cause saving data outside of
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project itself (external storage). Import/export uses/produces
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"tarball" suitable for transferring session data over network to
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other computer or storing it in a backup archive.
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* Hierarchical or tag-based organization of projects.
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* List of JACK applications. Applications are always started through
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ladish to have the restored runtime environment closer to one existed
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before project save.
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* Distributed studio - network connected computers. Netjack
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configuration is part of the studio and thus is saved/restored.
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* Collaborate with the X11 window manager so window properties like
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window position, virtual desktop and screen (multimonitor) are
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saved/restored.
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[1] https://kx.studio/
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[2] https://kx.studio/Applications:Claudia
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[3] https://kx.studio/Applications:Claudia-Launcher
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[4] https://kx.studio/Applications:Cadence
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<div class="banner">
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<a href="https://ladish.org/">
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<img src="ladish_dark.png" alt="LADI Session Handler" height="140" width="497" />
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</a>
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</div>
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<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" sizes="32x32" href="ladish-logo-32x32.ico" />
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<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" sizes="128x128" href="ladish-logo-128x128.png" />
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<link rel="apple-touch-icon" type="image/x-icon" sizes="140x140" href="ladi-140x140.png" />
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:title: LADI Session Handler
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:docinfo: private-head,private-header
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:keywords: LADI, JACK, jack-audio-connection-kit, session management
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= LADISH
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LADI Session Handler or simply ladish is a session management system
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for https://jackaudio.org[JACK] applications on https://kernel.org/[GNU/Linux].
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Its aim is to allow you to have many different audio programs running
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at once, to save their setup, close them down and then easily reload
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the setup at some other time. ladish doesn\'t deal with any kind of
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audio or MIDI data itself; it just runs programs, deals with
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saving/loading (arbitrary) data and connects JACK ports together.
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The LADISH graphical interface (GTK+ based reference front end)
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image:https://static.lwn.net/images/2013/audio-session/1-gladish-reteo.png["gladish screenshot", link="https://lwn.net/Articles/533594/", width="100%"]
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The Claudia LADISH front end (Python + Qt based)
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image:https://static.lwn.net/images/2013/audio-session/2-claudia.png["Claudia screenshot", link="https://lwn.net/Articles/533594/", width="100%"]
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Features:
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* Save and restore sets of JACK (audio and MIDI) enabled
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applications.
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* Subgraph management, the Studio & Rooms concept.
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Provide JACK clients with virtual hardware ports, so projects can
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be transfered (or backups restored) between computers running
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different hardware and backups.
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Allows to decouple projects (loaded in a Room) from
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hardware audio IO used in particular Studio.
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A virtual jack-multicore cable connects room IO ports
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to hardware IO ports.
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* Don't require session handling library to be used. There is no need
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of such library for restoring connections between JACK clients.
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LADISH is able to manage JACK apps that don\'t link to liblash (or liblo).
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This is known as L0 (level zero) in LADISH.
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* Seamless handling of apps using ALSA sequencer ports.
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This is achieved by use of a2jmidid and libalsapid.so.
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The former creates jack-midi ports for the alsa sequencer ones.
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The latter reports the alsa application process ID to ladishd,
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so that ladishd can associate the a2jmidid-created ports with application.
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* Flow canvas based GUI. Positions of elements on the canvas are
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saved/restored.
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* Allow clients to use external storage to save their state. This
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includes storing internal state to non-filesystem place like memory
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of a hardware synth. This also includes storing client internal
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state (client project data) in a way that is not directly bound to
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ladish project.
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Among project future goals are:
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* Support for pipewire setups (in addition JACK1 and JACK2)
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* List of available JACK applications.
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* Hierarchical and/or tag-based organization of projects.
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* Support for applications that create more than one jack client per process
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* Support for applications that create use more than one jack client process
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* https://ladish.org/nsm-proto.html[Non Session Manager protocol] support
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* https://new-session-manager.jackaudio.org/api/index.html[New Session Manager protocol] support
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* Collaborate with the X11 window manager so window properties like
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window position, virtual desktop and screen (multimonitor) are
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saved/restored.
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* Distributed studio - network connected computers. Netjack
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configuration is part of the studio and thus is saved/restored.
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Saving/restoring state in multi-machine network
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* Ability to move entire sessions between computers,
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or post sessions on the Internet for download.
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Import/export operations, as opposed to save/load. Save/load
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operate in current system and may cause saving data outside of
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project itself (external storage). Import/export uses/produces
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"tarball" suitable for transferring session data over network to
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other computer or storing it in a backup archive.
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* Session versioning via Git
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GIT repositories:
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* https://github.com/LADI/ladish.git[LADI/ladish at github.com] +
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Cloud hosted
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* https://repo.or.cz/ladish.git[Primary backup GIT repository at repo.or.cz] +
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Cloud hosted
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* https://git.nedk.org/lad/ladish.git[Upstream development GIT repository] +
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The network node has issues, SSL certificate has expired and node needs reinstall
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LADI Session Handler was forked from the
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https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2009/cdm/Thursday/02_Alasuutari/02.pdf[D-Bus-ified LASH project].
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Things that LADISH can do but LASH (D-Bus-ified or not) cannot:
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* Subgraph management, the Studio & Rooms concept.
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Allows to decouple projects (loaded in a Room) from
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hardware audio IO used in particular Studio.
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A virtual jack-multicore cable connects room IO ports
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to hardware IO ports.
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* Don't require session handling library to be used. There is no need
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of such library for restoring connections between JACK clients.
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LADISH is able to manage JACK apps that don\'t link to liblash (or liblo).
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This is known as L0 (level zero) in LADISH.
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* Seamless handling of apps using ALSA sequencer ports.
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This is achieved by use of a2jmidid and libalsapid.so.
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The former creates jack-midi ports for the alsa sequencer ones.
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The latter reports the alsa application process ID to ladishd,
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so that ladishd can associate the a2jmidid-created ports with application.
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See also:
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* https://github.com/LADI/[LADI at GitHub]
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* https://ladish.org/jackdbus.html[jackdbus]
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* https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2009/cdm/Thursday/02_Alasuutari/02.pdf[Juuso ALASUUTARI, LASH Audio Session Handler: Past, Present, and Future]
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For related discussions, you are invited to join
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https://libera.chat/[Libera.Chat] channel #ladi
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