FreeBSD multimedia

[blubee blubeeme]

I wanted to wrap my head around a few things.

Typically music tools on Linux and FreeBSD uses Jack to connect up all the
devices.

The question is do you have to use jack? At first I liked jack because I
can connect up all the things with the pretty GUI and connections but
setting up Jack seems a bit cumbersome.

Can I work with just OSS and Alsa and still do all the typical stuff midi,
connecting devices together?