tapiir(1)

NAME

tapiir - A software multitap delay with realtime I/O

SYNOPSIS

tapiir [--alsa [alsa_options] | [--jack  [jack_options]  ]
[-h | --help]
tapiir_alsa [alsa_options]
tapiir_jack [jack_options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the tapiir application.

tapiir is a software multitap delay with realtime audio
I/O. It's internal processing modules consist of six delay-lines,
each with a mixer at it's input and a gain control at it's out
put, and a stereo output mixer. Stereo input from an external
source, typically a musical instrument, is routed to all input
mixers. In addition to this, the output of each delay line is al
so routed to the input mixers of all delay lines, including it
self.
For a detailed explanation of the multitap delay tech
nique, and a more comprehensive description of tapiir capabili
ties and internals, see the document referenced in the SEE ALSO
section below.
A set of example configuration files are provided in the
/usr/share/doc/tapiir/examples directory, which offer a good
overview of the things you can achieve using tapiir, and also
provide a good starting point to learn to use it.
To run tapiir, you need either the ALSA sound system or
the JACK audio server, and the audio from your musical interpre
tation fed into your soundcard.

OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,
with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of
options is included below.
--alsa Use ALSA, same as running tapiir_alsa
--jack Use JACK, same as running tapiir_jack
-h, --help
Show summary of options.

ALSA OPTIONS

-P, --pdevice playback_device
Set the ALSA device to use for audio output to
playback_device (default "hw:0,0")
-C, --cdevice capture_device
Set the ALSA device to use for audio input to
capture_device (default "hw:0,0")
-m, --min minimun_latency
Set the desired latency to minimun_latency samples
(default 256)
-M, --max maximun_latency
Set the highest allowed latency to maximun_latency
samples (default 1024)
-r, --rate rate
Set the sampling rate to rate Hz (default 48000)
-b, --block
Use blocking access to the audio device (not used
by default)
-t, --time time
maximal tick time in us
-p, --poll
Use polling access to the audio device (used by de
fault)

JACK OPTIONS

-C, --cconnect <LEFT,RIGHT>
jack-connect to the specified capture client jack
ports (default: none)
-P, --pconnect <LEFT,RIGHT>
jack-connect to the specified playback client jack
ports (default: none)
-a, --alsaconnect
jack-connect to alsa_pcm.

SEE ALSO

TAPIIR, A SOFTWARE MULTITAP DELAY, Proceedings of the COST
G-6 Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX-01), Limerick,
Ireland, December 6-8, 2001 available on debian systems in
/usr/share/doc/tapiir/tapiir.html
jack_connect(1), jack_lsp(1)

AUTHOR

Tapiir was written by Maarten de Boer <mde
boer@iua.upf.es>.
This manual page was written by Enrique Robledo-Arnuncio
<erobledo@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be
used by others).

February 14, 2002
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