Jamstix 2.5.0 compatible with previous version?

hendyb_1 · Post by **hendyb_1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:48 am

Hi Ralph,
Thanks for the big update. Just wondering what would happen to my previous Jamstix setting when I update the Jamstix to this version?
Is it going to recompose everything?
Or it will be just the same as before (unless if I mess around with the settings)?

walsingham · Post by **walsingham** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:15 am

my concern too , Ive upgraded in past and had it change the cymbal hihat behaviors in a bunch of songs ( even with bars locked ) -good question as to how we can make sure it doesnt mess with previous songs!
or if Ralph could tell us how to lock down a song so that jam2 will NEVER change'
on another note, could there be a "lock all bars " like the lock all events feature added - this would also make it easier than manually doing bar by bar for whole song .

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:31 am

I downloaded the update, installed it, but don't see it installed when I open up jamstix. I am using Sonar, and did the vst adaptor step first. The version that is showing up when I open it up is the last version.

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:06 pm

There are some A.I. change in 2.5 that can change performance of existing songs but these are subtle changes if at all.

Blue_man, what version is shown in your Jamstix?

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:51 pm

on the main interface, it says version 2.2.1

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:31 pm

Sounds as if you pointed the 2.5 updater to the wrong location. Please re-run the updater and double-check that you are pointing it to your correct Jamstix2 folder.

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:43 pm

that was basically it. If you remember I had some installation problems when I first installed JamStix2, and only way I could get it to work was to move the dll file to my 2nd harddrive in the folder vstplugins. I just now noticed the new dll file was bigger where I have all the jamstix files at, so moved it over, and everything is good now. thanx.

hendyb_1 · Post by **hendyb_1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:12 pm

Ralph [RZ] wrote:There are some A.I. change in 2.5 that can change performance of existing songs but these are subtle changes if at all.

Thanks Ralph, I'll give it a try sometime this week.

R Green · Post by **R Green** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:17 am

Is it not possible to rename the Jamstix dll before updating to something like jamstix_old? Then if the new dll causes the song to misbehave, just load up the old one.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:45 am

R Green wrote:Is it not possible to rename the Jamstix dll before updating to something like jamstix_old? Then if the new dll causes the song to misbehave, just load up the old one.

Generally you can do this.
With some updates though more than just the .dll gets updated (styles, sounds, manual etc.)