Did you ever create a nasty audio feedback loop?

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Louigi Verona
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Did you ever create a nasty audio feedback loop?

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If you accidentally route, say, master out in jack to master in and also into playback, you'll get multiplying noise. Nasty!!!!

Of course, usually this can happen with a complex set up, with buses and such stuff being routed together into a complex net.
Anyway, I wonder what happens if you just leave this feedback loop running. Will it blow up your computer?
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Re: Did you ever create a nasty audio feedback loop?

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Congratulations, creating a feedback loop in JACK is a right of passage. I don't think it will harm your computer per see, but it might not be the best thing for your speakers. Also, I have it on good word that feedback is very capable of turning an innie belly-button into an outie so use it wisely!
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I wonder if it is possible to somehow automatically detect this and cut it off.
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Re: Did you ever create a nasty audio feedback loop?

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As mixtape said: a rite of passage. You cannot be a true JACK routing Jedi without having created feedback loops. The force is strong in us, but we must not harm equipment deliberately. I once ruined my headphones with wrong routing and turning the volume up too loud. Bear my accident in mind, young Louigi, and your speakers shall be unharmed.
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Re: Did you ever create a nasty audio feedback loop?

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Yes, sensei )))
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