NAME

       calfjackhost - JACK wrapper for Calf plugins

SYNOPSIS

       calfjackhost [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

       -c --client name
              sets JACK client name (the name calfjackhost uses when registering in JACK)

       -i --input name
              name prefix for audio inputs

       -o --output name
              name prefix for audio outputs

       -m --midi name
              name prefix for MIDI inputs

       -c --connect-midi client:port
              automatically connect all MIDI ports to client:port

       -M --connect-midi !n
              automatically connect all MIDI ports to system:midi_capture_n

       -v --version
              prints a version string (calf some.version.number)

       -l --load session
              Loads the session state from a file

       -s --state session
              Loads the session state from a file, if such a file exists

       -L --list
              List all available plug-ins

       -h -? --help
              prints a help text

       -t --no-tray
              disable the tray icon on start

       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 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 connected to system:playback_1 and system:playback_2 (first output pair).

       Plugin names (should be self-explanatory):
        * pulsator (autopanner/tremolo)
        * ringmodulator
        * tapesimulator
        * vinyl
        * 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
        * multispread
        * 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 output, 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_capture_2)

               calfjackhost "monosynth:Fat Bass"

       (runs monosynth with a Fat Bass preset into monosynth, does not autoconnect)

               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  autoconnection  is  disabled  for  session
       management purposes.

SEE ALSO

       calf(7)

                                                   2019-03-21                                    calfjackhost(1)