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-horgand is a softsynth, really simple and easy to use, specially designed
-to produce organ sounds, and is also capable of generating other sound
-types like Electric Pianos, Jazz Guitar, Strings, Brass, Fretless Bass,
-Accordion etc. using low CPU resources.
+horgand (organ sounds softsynth)
+
+horgand is a softsynth, really simple and easy to use, specially
+designed to produce organ sounds, and is also capable of generating
+other sound types like Electric Pianos, Jazz Guitar, Strings, Brass,
+Fretless Bass, Accordion etc. using low CPU resources.
+
+NOTE: The first time you start horgand, jack should NOT be running. To
+enable jack in horgand, use its Settings menu (Audio Output => Jack,
+then Save). Then exit horgand, start jack (with e.g. qjackctl),
+and run horgand again. It should now be able to connect to the jack
+server. Don't forget to connect its audio ouputs to something, if you
+want to hear it (and its MIDI inputs to something, to play it).
This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with
elevated privileges (required for realtime audio processing). This