1calfjackhost(1)             General Commands Manual            calfjackhost(1)
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NAME

6       calfjackhost - JACK wrapper for Calf plugins
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SYNOPSIS

9       calfjackhost [options] plugin[:preset] [!] ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Calf JACK host application provides a way to use Calf plugins directly,
13       without need for any external host application. It also offers best GUI
14       functionality  (using  GTK+  2  widget set), as there is no restrictive
15       plugin standard getting in a way between GUI and audio processing code.
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OPTIONS

19       -c --client name
20              sets JACK client name (the name calfjackhost uses when register‐
21              ing in JACK)
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23       -i --input name
24              name prefix for audio inputs
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26       -o --output name
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29       -m --midi name
30              name prefix for MIDI inputs
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32       -c --connect-midi client:port
33              automatically connect all MIDI ports to client:port
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35       -M --connect-midi !n
36              automatically connect all MIDI ports to system:midi_capture_n
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38       -v --version
39              prints a version string (calf some.version.number)
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41       -l --load session
42              Loads the session state from a file
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45              Loads the session state from a file, if such a file exists
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47       -L --list
48              List all available plug-ins
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50       -h -? --help
51              prints a help text
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53       -t --no-tray
54              disable the tray icon on start
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56       An exclamation mark (!) in place of plugin name means automatic connec‐
57       tion. If "!" is placed before the first plugin name, the  first  plugin
58       has  its  inputs connected to system:capture_1 and system:capture_2. If
59       it's placed between plugin names, those plugins are connected  together
60       (first  plugin's output is connected to second plugin's input). If it's
61       placed after last plugin name, that plugin's  audio  outputs  are  con‐
62       nected to system:playback_1 and system:playback_2 (first output pair).
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64       Plugin names (should be self-explanatory):
65        * pulsator (autopanner/tremolo)
66        * ringmodulator
67        * tapesimulator
68        * vinyl
69        * compdelay (compensation delay)
70        * reversedelay
71        * compressor
72        * sidechaincompressor
73        * multibandcompressor
74        * monocompressor
75        * deesser
76        * gate
77        * sidechaingate
78        * multibandgate
79        * limiter
80        * multibandlimiter
81        * sidechainlimiter
82        * transientdesigner
83        * filterclavier (keyboard-controlled tunable filter)
84        * emphasis
85        * vocoder
86        * eq5, eq8, eq12, eq30
87        * saturator
88        * crusher (bit crusher)
89        * exciter
90        * bassenhancer
91        * stereo
92        * haasenhancer
93        * multispread
94        * mono
95        * xover2, xover3, xover4 (speaker crossovers)
96        * analyzer (spectrum analyzer / spectrogram plugin)
97        * flanger
98        * filter
99        * reverb
100        * vintagedelay
101        * monosynth
102        * multichorus (chorus effect with multiple voices)
103        * compressor (Thor Harald Johansen's dynamic compressor)
104        *  organ  (polyphonic  synthesizer  emulating tonewheel or solid state
105       organs)
106        * rotaryspeaker (not a faithful emulation, not even close)
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BUGS

110       Please send bug reports to <wdev@foltman.com>.
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EXAMPLES

114       To start monosynth with automatic connection to first system audio out‐
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117               calfjackhost monosynth !
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119       (! means "connect", last "!" means "connect to output")
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123               calfjackhost monosynth ! vintagedelay ! flanger ! -M 2
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125       (runs  monosynth  into vintagedelay and vintagedelay into flanger, then
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129               calfjackhost "monosynth:Fat Bass"
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131       (runs  monosynth  with a Fat Bass preset into monosynth, does not auto‐
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134               calfjackhost ! reverb !
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136       (takes signal from system:capture_1 and _2, puts it through reverb, and
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139       Note:  none  of the automatic connection features will work if autocon‐
140       nection is disabled for session management purposes.
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SEE ALSO

144       calf(7)
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