Jamstix 3 RC1 - Now Available

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:13 am

JS 2.5 has a problem with REAPER in that adding two JS instances crash REAPER.

Is the problem being addressed in v3?

Thanks,
Mario

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:28 am

arapahoe: the JS3 installer asks first for the desired location for its data (choose the disk you want the samples to reside on). After that it asks for the desired plugin location (DLL).

mabian: we are trying to make JS3 more stable in multi-instance mode but are still having weird issues with that

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:26 pm

A8 is now out.

nightscoper · Post by **nightscoper** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:26 pm

"- added 'Copy Style & Drummer To All Similar Parts' to the part menu, which propagates the current part settings to all parts of a similar name (i.e. all parts starting with 'Verse"

How very cool!!

We on a roll now.

nightscoper

Voodoo · Post by **Voodoo** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:15 pm

I had a quick try with the beta and Live8. Looks good so far.
....but, what i really miss:
Seperate powercontrol/dyncontrol for jamcussion.

Are there any plans to add this?
Maybe its my personel problem, but i never use(d) the same powervalue for a drumkit and a percussionkit at the same time.

keep up the good work.
br
M.Schmidt

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:26 pm

"DYN" is separate in JS3. The knob changes depending on whether JS or JC mode is active.

Voodoo · Post by **Voodoo** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:44 pm

Ok, thx for reply.

If i'm not wrong, the dynctrl alone dont reduce/increase the count of notes for a drumkit or percussionkit. It only changes the velocity for notes.
Most times i want to increase the power(counts of notes) of percussion, while drumkit is reduced. And vice versa.
Sometimes i want them equal, but mostly not.
It would be nice to have complete seperate controls here.
Maybe i'm missing something and there is another solution?

http://rayzoon2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4533
http://rayzoon2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4050

Its not "superimportant", but would help alot.

br
M.Schmidt

Guitarfish · Post by **Guitarfish** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:08 pm

Sadly I haven't had time to experiment with the beta yet, but have printed off the manual to get my head round any new concepts while I'm stuck on the train to work, and...

To be honest, the manual hasn't really moved on much. Jamstix is such a great product, and Ralph's personal support via these forums has always been increible. However, having followed the forum for several years, it seems to me that new users regularly struggle with some of the concepts, and the manual isn't always a great help. This seems to lead to the 'catch-22' of Ralph having to invest his valuable time in one-to-one coaching (I've been one of the beneficiaries

) rather than developing the product and manual.

I was trying to explain JS2 to to a friend / potential new customer the other day and ended up sketching out what I understand to be the song structure. I thought the resulting diagram was potentially easier to 'get' than a text explanation, so have attempted a 'proper' job: [url]http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BwzPbRoVJpx3Njc4NTYwODQtZGFkYS00NjcwLTlhODEtNGQ0MGRjY2I0NzY2&hl=en[/url]

If anyone wants to improve on it I'm happy to pass on the source file (in Visio, which for some reason I can't upload in google docs).

I'm also happy to try and pass on more specific / constructive feedback on the manual if there is any appetite to revise it...

BoxOfSnoo · Post by **BoxOfSnoo** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:41 am

Nice... one thing that also isn't explained there is the kits. Maybe that part's obvious?

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:56 am

Guitarfish: that's a nice explanatory diagram! Keep bringing it on and we'd be happy to integrate it with your permission.

Yes, the manual alone is not sufficient. That is why we have a whole bunch of video tutorials scheduled to be produced as soon as the JS3 release is imminent. We dropped the ball on continued JS2 tutorials and won't make that mistake again with JS3. These videos will cover a wide range of common and un-common functions of JS3 and should help users of any level.