Jamstix 2.5.0 RC-2 Available!

[sonicviz]

Hi.
Thanks for the update...testing now!

Could you explain a little more about the two icons on the top..the drum (which I can't figure out is doing) and the jamcussion (asks for license code but no info on how or when to buy one...which I want YESTERDAY DAMMITZ!!!;-)))

Looking forward to the new functions when i get them sorted.

ty!

[Susan G]

Ralph-

My link isn't working. I've made sure there are no line breaks. It ends with downloads.php.

Thanks-

-Susan

[zeoy]

Thanx for the update Ralph!
Working smoothly here.
The only thing I noticed is that when you load the "shuffled funk" style the rhythm is indeed shuffled but the shuffle slider is at zero and the 16th button is not lit .
Oh, and btw why the decision to leave the fills un-shuffled when you use a shuffled 16ths (but not 8ths) rhythm? I think this behavior was there before 2.5 but I'd like to have the option to override it (unless as a non-drummer I'm talking nonsense here)

cheers

[Ralph @ Rayzoon]

[b:933ecfdd12]Del Pedro:[/b:933ecfdd12] here is how it works: click 'Extract From Other Style', select a style from the dialog that opens and then the element you want to copy. After you OK the element is added to the current style (you may have to scroll down the brain to see it).

[b:933ecfdd12]sonicviz:[/b:933ecfdd12] the drum and percussion buttons allow to switch between the drum aspect and the Jamcussion aspect of your project. Obviously, this won't do anything until one has Jamcussion installed. We will release it soon.

[b:933ecfdd12]Susan G.[/b:933ecfdd12] I've checked your download link and it works fine for me. Please try again and e-mail me your link if it still doesn't work.

[b:933ecfdd12]Zeoy:[/b:933ecfdd12] The shuffled styles use per part settings in case you are mixing shuffled and non-shuffled parts in your project. Click on P and you will see the setting. The fill shuffle behavior was needed to ensure the most common behavior in modern 16th shuffle songs.

[Del Pedro]

[b:404fe8edb3]Del Pedro:[/b:404fe8edb3] here is how it works: click 'Extract From Other Style', select a style from the dialog that opens and then the element you want to copy. After you OK the element is added to the current style (you may have to scroll down the brain to see it).

Ok. The problem was that I wanted to add an element to an existing style without removing the element from the style before (e.g. add a snare element despite the style already had snare controls).

[sonicviz]

Just completed a gig with it and A1. That new funk hybrid drum kit is the ducks nuts, as we say in Oz!

Will test on another gig tomorrow, as they just released updated drivers for my Konnekt Live so will run a stress test manana.

Keep up the great work!

[zeoy]

[b:a35c9a8b2f]Zeoy:[/b:a35c9a8b2f] The shuffled styles use per part settings in case you are mixing shuffled and non-shuffled parts in your project. Click on P and you will see the setting. The fill shuffle behavior was needed to ensure the most common behavior in modern 16th shuffle songs.

Thanx for the explanation Ralph. Is there any chance of having the option to alter/bypass this behavior (no shuffle during fills) in the future?
Sorry for that, but unshuffled fills after a shuffled groove sound wrong to my ears. I'm listening again to Toto's Rosanna and I think that the shuffle/triplets feel is omni-present including the fills. Now if this is an example of [i:a35c9a8b2f]modern 16th shuffle songs[/i:a35c9a8b2f] is another story

[max.noise]

Hello Ralph,
played around a little with 2.5.0RC1 yesterday. Veeery nice new features, but I wanted to point out a few things that I found:
1. If there is an event in the first bar of the first part on beat 1 with T:-1ms (or more), it will not be played nor exported when dragging into the host.
2. As Dysfunction already mentioned before, in the accent tab the text "overall reduce/increase" covers its slider partly, but only with some skins (it´s not with the cymbolize skin, which I don´t use, because for me it´s the most ugly one...).
This leads another minor GUI issue: the new drums/percussion buttons on top of the window have a background that only fits the cymbolize skin. There need to be versions that fit the other skins (but maybe that´s already foreseen for the final 2.5?!)

Generally spoken: Jamstix is awesome, giving me superb results in no time. I would never be able to program drum tracks that are half as good, apart from the time it would take. Your support is great, bringing improvements and new features at no extra costs. You should only improve the looks some day, when you find the time. The cymbolize and simple skin are ugly as hell. Currently I use the simple green skin, it doesn´t hurt my eyes too much.
Unfortunately I don´t have enough time and knowledge, otherwise I would try to make my own skin.
But it´s forgotten when I close my eyes and listen to the grooves and fills that come out of this ugly duckling .

Keep up the good work

Max

[Ralph @ Rayzoon]

zeoy: We will add an option for the 16th shuffling in fills.

max.noise: Downbeat notes cannot be pulled (<0ms) at this time. We'll have to revisit that. As far as the skin goes: we messed up the updater and will correct this right away. Thanks for the catch!

[zeoy]

zeoy: We will add an option for the 16th shuffling in fills.!

wow! thanx Ralph and sorry for bugging you 8)