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ngjackspa (JACK host for LADSPA plugins)
ngjackspa is a set of simple user interfaces that host a LADSPA plugin,
-providing JACK ports for its audio inputs and outputs, and dynamic setting
-of its control inputs. Additionally, the plugin controls can be exported
-to or controlled by control voltages on standard JACK audio ports.
+providing JACK ports for its audio inputs and outputs, and dynamic
+setting of its control inputs. Additionally, the plugin controls can
+be exported to or controlled by control voltages on standard JACK audio
+ports.
-By default, both the Qt and gtkmm user interfaces are built. To disable
-one or both of them, set QT=no and/or GTKMM=no in the script's environment.
+By default, the command-line (jackspa-cli), ncurses (njackspa), and
+gtkmm (gjackspa) user interfaces are built, and the qt4 one (qjackspa)
+is disabled. To build the qt4 UI, export QT=yes in the script's
+environment. You can also disable gtkmm with GTKMM=no.
+
+Note: gjackspa and qjackspa won't appear in your desktop startup menu.
+This is because they require command-line arguments (the plugin
+library and ID).
This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with
elevated privileges (required for realtime audio processing). This