jack: jack (realtime low-latency sound server) jack: jack: JACK is a system for handling real-time, low latency audio and MIDI. jack: It can connect a number of different applications to an audio device, jack: as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves. jack: jack: Its clients can run in their own processes (ie. as normal apps), or jack: within the JACK server (ie. as a "plugin"). JACK also has support jack: for distributing audio processing across a network, both fast & jack: reliable LANs as well as slower, less reliable WANs. jack: