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Non-Session-Manager, is a session manager for Linuxaudio, like JackSession and Ladish (it launches apps, (re)stores JACK connections and saves your session), but, in my humble opinion, a better approach. The workflow is very pleasant and the technical design is extremely well though out. Here are the advantages I found when using NSM, compared to Ladish and JackSession:

Strong points of Non-Session-Manager:
* User friendly
* Works with default JACK 1 & 2 (no need for jackdbus)
* (Re)store JACK connections via client jackpatch
* Sessions can be archived, shared and used on other machines
* Easy switching LIVE sessions via OSC
* Easy network sessions
* You can launch apps (with command line options) without nsm support via client nsm-proxy
* Support apps without JACK support
* Support LADISH L1 via nsm-proxy http://ladish.org/wiki/level1
* It's possible to leave running JACK apps outside a session on purpose
* Use of templates via a duplicate function
* Non-destructive (doesn't remove data)
* It's possible to close a session without saving (abort)
* It's possible to use non-mixer in a session (not possible with other session solutions)
* Clear and consistent defined API
* Easy to implement in apps without extra dependencies (works via OSC, but you don't need it to implement. There is a C++ example in the Yoshimi patch and a C example in the Non-Daw source (nsm.h) or Azr3-Jack source). This makes implementing NSM just as easy or hard as implementing Ladish or JackSession.)


Supported apps (23 july 2012):
- Non-Daw
- Non-Mixer
- Non-Sequencer
- Zynaddsubfx
- Yoshimi (see patch below)
- Petri-Foo
- Azr3-Jack (patch below)
- Jack-Rack (git)

Demos:
http://youtu.be/3oo-3CLrIE4 / https://vimeo.com/46976783
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-gC_ZMeGM

Network session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzspJXbE ... e=youtu.be

Installation:
Non-session-manager is in the non-daw git repository.
In some distros non-session-manager is included in the non-daw package, so you need to install non-daw to get non-session-manager
(Distro packagers should package all the non-things as independent package instead!)

Download and build from git: Get Ubuntu 12.04 packages here:
https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-team/+a ... er=precise

Yoshimi patch:
http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/yoshimi-nsm.patch

Azr3-jack patch:
http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/azr3-jack-1.2.3-nsm.patch

Manual:
http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/

Developers info:
http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/API


* For (re)storing JACK connections, add the client jackpatch (installed by default)
* For adding apps without nsm support and use command line arguments, add client nsm-proxy (installed by default). (nsm-proxy also supports ladish L1)

(older screenshot with jackpatch)

(newer screenshot with nsm-proxy)


Guitarix using Ladish l1 in nsm-proxy

seems great to me, I hope it'll be added to KXStudio…

studio32 wrote:
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* Non-destructive [...]

cool, is this another addition to the family of Non-* software?

(sry, couldn't resist, \me ducks and runs :)

I found another advantage: Easy switching between sessions during in LIVE setups (via osc)

Get and build the lastest Non-Things inclusive NSM:

Until Guitarix has NSM support, it is possible to start guitarix without autoconnect to JACK using the nsm-proxy client. Of course, with NSM support would this be far more easy and also more reliable if you want to backup the session and/or use the session on a other machine.

It seems that you can use Guitarix (git: 30 july) with SIGUSR1 (Ladish L1 http://ladish.org/wiki/level1) in nsm-proxy
http://pix.toile-libre.org/?img=1343576229.png

Another demo here:
http://youtu.be/3oo-3CLrIE4

Updated build instructions:
Next branch is gone, just:

FYI, I use this script 'start-nsm-session' to be able to start an nsm session after boot

Cool!

Latest git is what you want yes. I was having duplicated apps also, it seems that the GUI is very sensitive for mouse clicks and it starts it two times. That has been fixed in git.
Duplicate session hangs sometimes in realtime, but when you restart nsm the duplicated session is there. This has be improved a bit.

The docs are not 100% up-to-date, you've seen the (example) nsm patches in yoshimi, zynaddsubfx, non-daw or azr3-jack?

I've used jalv a lot lately, it would cool if it had nsm support. Session management with LV2 standalone stuff gives a whole new pleasant workflow on Linux imo!
Let's see how Carla works ... Where can we get the code?

Does Carla make a lv2 plugin run as JACK standalone app like jalv or not?

Ok, the nice thing about jalv is that it is a single plugin host and makes a plugin works as JACK standalone app.

In Carla I can only search for 32bit plugins, not 64bit which I'm running

Continue here: http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=9921

Hi ,I tested NSM on AVlinux but I can't find how to delete/remove a session

One way (the only way?) to remove a session is to delete the session directory in ~/NSM\ Sessions/
Documention is available here: http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/