Rayzoon releases Jamstix v1.2 (+20% off offer)

Rayzoon Technologies has released a version 1.2 update for its virtual drummer VSTi Jamstix and is also offering a "20% Off" Sale (buy for US$79).

Version 1.2 includes many enhancements and fixes, detailed below. Significantly, Jamstix 1.2 has much tighter timing and can handle high latency environments.

Enhancements:

• Rebuilt entire synchronization logic to make things tighter as well as compatible with high-latency environments.
• Implemented "bar locking", which allows freezing a bar at its current state regardless of later pattern or mode changes.
• Modified 'Export To MIDI' to use a buffer of the last session play to account for real-time factors.
• Time signature changes are now supported in hosts that do not send proper barStartPos information (Cakewalk VST wrapper, FL Studio and others).
• Foot hihat now automatically plays on quarters during a fill if no other hihat is present.
• Foot hihat now automatically plays on quarters when ride is active.
• Added checkbox to kick panel to allow for double kick rhythms.
• Added MIDI automation parameter to control shuffle mode.
• Improved kick velocity realism logic.
• Kick and snare eighths are now properly played and aligned in shuffle mode.
• Preview no longer suppresses snare and tom accents.
• When using MIDI-Out Only mode, the DLL location prompt is now suppressed.
• Added label showing the name of the currently loaded mapping to the mapping tab.
• LiveLoop trigger list now includes triggers already in use but marks them with an *.
• LiveLoops are now limited to 99 bars and cannot extend beyond bar 999.
• Added hint about 'Big Time' window to bar/beat display.
• Added hint to PLAY button.
• Liveloops are now properly checked for overlap when adding a new loop in front of an existing one.
• Added custom cursors for the arranger.
• All note triggers now have a '--' item in the pick list to reset/disable the trigger.
• Optimized pocket and timing variance logic (note that this requires SPP from the host).
• Added lock to velocity slider to maintain velocity level manually.
• 'decided' bar color is now brighter for better distinction.
• 'Play Input' status is now remembered when closing/reopening GUI.
• bar jumping is now disabled if host is playing.
• Changed arranger mode slider switch due to difficult use with touchpad.
• Snare and tom accents no longer play if the rhythm is empty.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with doubling of notes when looping in Cubase with either high latency or latency-compensated plugins.
• Fixed syncopation jam habit button.
• Fixed behavior of internal engine when going in and out of MIDI-Out Only mode.
• When switching off MIDI-Out Only while in external sound mode, the external module is now properly reloaded.
• When Jamstix starts in MIDI-Out Only mode, the internal samples are no longer loaded.
• Fixed shaker offsets.
• Fixed arranger redraw issue on pop-up windows in some hosts.
• Fixed bar 1 repeating in some hosts with high latencies.
• Fixed scrollbar disappearing in arranger under certain circumstances.
• Fixed suppressed Tom 1 2+.
• Adjusted and fixed audit function and it also works now with BFD.
• HiHat + events now translate properly into shuffle mode.
• Fixed repeating bar 1 in hosts without barstartpos info.
• Fixed bars being drawn as 'decided' during free jam with arranger open.
• Fixed arranger draw issue when scrolled left in free or key word jam with arranger being open.
• Fixed jumpy smoothing slider in FL Studio.
• Fixed arranger draw issue when using scrollbar so that bars where partially shown.
• Fixed missing arrangement redraw in free or key word jam with arranger being open.
• Inserting and deleting measures now properly moves mute flags.