thebrig Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Me and my mate (guitarist) have been wanting to jam together over the internet for some time, so with the present crisis we are all in, now would be a good time to seriously look into the options. Have anyone tried using JamKazam or Jammr for example? I know latency problems can be a major drawback, but if we are connected directly into the router with an ethernet cable, would it work ok? I have interfaces and know how to record onto my laptop etc, but my mate doesn't, I know he will invest in an interface if we can jam together from home without too many problems, so just wondering if any of you B/C'ers can give some advice please. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 If you can all link up using 5g, that'll be your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Steve Lawson wrote a brilliant blog about live streaming the other day. That might be useful for you. Skype can be ok, but it’s often very glitchy, though we’re starting to use Skype for business for tutorials at my university from next week, hopefully that’s better. Here’s a link to Steve’s blog. https://www.stevelawson.net/blog/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo-London Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I have tried Jammr and JamKazam. I have a direct connection to the router via an ethernet cable. Both were very laggy indeed. It wasn't milliseconds more like seconds. Now neither of my fellow musicians had ethernet connections so that could be the problem. Both sets of software are poor. The JamKazam is absolutely dreadful in my humble view. See if you can get it working without swearing and wondering why didn't they make it simpler? Great idea, I've yet to see it work. I've looked at Lawson's blog but this is about gigs online rather than playing with yer chums. Peace Davo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 NinJam apparently works really well. It’s part of Reaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 19 hours ago, ambient said: NinJam apparently works really well. It’s part of Reaper. Having just watched a few video's on YouTube about NinJam, that looks really interesting, I use Reaper a lot so I might spend some time trying to get my head around it, thanks for the head's up. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I have never heard of these programmes, so am very interested. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, thebrig said: Having just watched a few video's on YouTube about NinJam, that looks really interesting, I use Reaper a lot so I might spend some time trying to get my head around it, thanks for the head's up. 👍 My friend used it to jam with a jazz trio, and was quite pleased with the results. It does take a bit of setting up, but I think they all do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo-London Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Ninjam looks horribly complicated. Has anyone actually used it? Davo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, Davo-London said: Ninjam looks horribly complicated. Has anyone actually used it? Davo My friend used it last week for a jam with his jazz trio. He said it worked really well. They’re all apparently much of a muchness with regard to setup, once it’s setup though, that’s it, you don’t have to keep setting it up each time you use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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