====== Session Management Overview ======

Session managers save the current state of open audio applications along with their connections, allowing sessions to be easily restored without having to manually open each application, load individual settings files, and reconnect all JACK connections.

There are several session managers available for Linux.  However, not all applications are compatible with all session managers, though some managers do provide limited support for apps not designed to work with that particular session manager.


===== Overview of Session Managers =====

=== GUI Session Managers ===

These are some of the most well-known session managers available for Linux, in order of historical appearance.

  * [[apps:categories:lash]] (lash functionality is superseded by ladish which is fork of lash) 
  * [[apps/all/ladish]] with or without [[apps:all:Claudia]]
  * [[apps:categories:nsm]] and [[https://github.com/jackaudio/new-session-manager|New Session Manager]] - a fork of NON session manager
  * [[apps:categories:jack_session]] (deprecated)
  * [[apps/all/raysession]]

=== Session Management Using the Command Line ===

Quite a few folks are using scripts with tools developed for this purpose.

  * [[http://aj-snapshot.sourceforge.net/|aj-snapshot]] is a command-line tool and background service which can serve as the foundation for a complete semi-manual session management system. One such implementation is documented [[http://lsn.ponderworthy.com/doku.php/robust_session_management|here]].  
  * Another command-line session manager framework is [[http://chino.tuxfamily.org/|Chino]].

===== Links =====

A selection of links providing further information about Linux audio session management.

[[http://libremusicproduction.com/tutorials/modular-set-ups-concepts-and-practices-using-non-session-manager| Non-Session-Manager Tutorial]]

[[https://vimeo.com/8530340|ladish-0.2 demonstration video]]

[[wiki:simple_claudia_studio|]]

[[http://www.penguinproducer.com/2011/12/the-ladi-session-handler/|The Penguin Producer: The LADI Session Handler]]

[[http://lwn.net/Articles/533594/|Linux Weekly News: A Brief Survey of Linux Audio Session Managers]] by Dave Philips (January 2013)