Jamstix 3 Information

bakiki_ · Post by **bakiki_** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:58 am

Hi

Just one suggestion!

It would be nice if we could import a midi file with groove importer but have a slide to control how much of the beat it is influenced by the drummer or by the the imported groove. You have this already in Jamcusion.

Could you confirm when this is likely to be released!

Thanks

bakiki_ · Post by **bakiki_** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:58 am

Hi

Just one suggestion!

It would be nice if we could import a midi file with groove importer but have a slide to control how much of the beat it is influenced by the drummer or by the the imported groove. You have this already in Jamcusion.

Could you confirm when this is likely to be released!

Thanks

Milt · Post by **Milt** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:04 pm

I must say that I am extremely excited about the song builder! I have been waiting on something like this for ages. It takes me right back to the easy and quick ways that I used to create drums parts on my old MC50 and MMT8. BRAVO RALPH!!

gmon72 · Post by **gmon72** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:15 pm

ralph, is it or will it be possible to play a pattern in with e drums (or keyboard) into the editor?

Susan G · Post by **Susan G** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:24 pm

Hi gmon72-

You can do this already. See pg. 36 of the manual:

If the LEARN button is activated, Jamstix will listen to incoming MIDI data, interpret it and enter it into the bar editor. This is a great alternative to hand-placing events if you are comfortable playing your desired groove on a MIDI keyboard or e-drumkit. Note that the automatic event locking as outlined in the â€˜Bar Menuâ€™ section is considered as well as the â€˜Quantize Importâ€™ setting in the â€˜Optionsâ€™.

-Susan

gmon72 · Post by **gmon72** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:41 pm

thanks susan!

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:25 am

BitFlipper wrote:What about the Undo/Redo suggestion? It would really help with experimentation since right now it is a pain to make a few changes and then go back to a previous state (the restore point feature is too user-unfriendly for multiple quick changes).

We're looking at that but JS3 will not have anything extra beside the revision point at release time.

bakiki_ wrote:Hi
It would be nice if we could import a midi file with groove importer but have a slide to control how much of the beat it is influenced by the drummer or by the the imported groove. You have this already in Jamcusion.

You mean the 'Priority' slider? Yes, this will be in JS3.

Chisel · Post by **Chisel** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:04 pm

The best GUI I ever used for creating music is Ableton Live 8. I love it because it uses vector graphics rather than bitmaps. This means you can resize anything and it still looks great! It doesn't have flashy 3D graphics, yet it's still extremely pleasing to look at. The colors are also customizable so you can "skin" it to your liking, while still preserving the look of Live. Everything can be seen on one screen without any pop-up windows obstructing the view. I can resize individual frames or hide them completely. For example, most of the time I keep the piano roll at the bottom of the screen taking up very little space, but when I need to work closely with the piano roll, I expand it to take up the full screen. I realize that Jamstix is a VST and not a stand-alone app, but customization really helps in the overall workflow.

[img:1b9624acff]http://mos.musicradar.com/images/Computer%20Music/Issue%20139/Live/ableton-live8-main-460-80.jpg[/img:1b9624acff]

Peace \/
chisel316

xx_JPRacer_xx · Post by **xx_JPRacer_xx** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:21 am

I really like the way JS3 is turning and even if some people don't like the new interface I think it's much better than JS2.

Anyway, my real question is when JS3 will be release, will you start working on JS4 or JamBassist? JS is so great I can't wait about JB. Sorry, I know this is a JS thread but I just want a confirmation and after that I won't bug you anymore.

Thanks for your great work!

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:20 am

Our main priority is to complete the C++ conversion of our code base and the OSX version that this makes possible (JS4). Upon that new code base we will then work on JamBassist. I wish we had the capital to hire a bunch of great programmers to complete this all MUCH faster but we have to deal with economic realities.