KVR Audio

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:36 pm

Midiworks wrote: Small Version 99G, strang list/bug list

Hi Midiworks,
first off, we're really sorry about the download interruption!!!!

We'll improve the switch-over next time around.

Concerning your suggestions, let me get back to you later today with detailed answers.

Thanks!

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:39 pm

Reqs wrote:This reload issue is just making things too hard for me

Reqs, I still don't full understand the 'reload issue' but I might just be in need of sleep

Of course, in the full version you'd just drop DR-008 after Jamstix as you did before and not ever have this issue to begin with.

Have fun with impOSCar, it is an awesome product!

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:41 pm

davidtlarock wrote:Aawww man,this thing is dazzlingly superior to anything out there at the moment(on the vst front leastways)...
I didn't think Stylus RMX was going to be ousted out of pole position in my studio quite so soon.

Many thanks for the kind words, David! We will continue to enhance Jamstix and make it even better.

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:43 pm

_niko_ wrote: A great innovative product, outstanding support, simply excellent.Just preordered.

Thanks for the pre-order and your very kind words, Niko!

Munin · Post by **Munin** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:07 pm

yes, I agree - this is simply the best support I have ever witnessed...! I just hope you're not going to withdraw when you got more popular and have developed more products!

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:15 pm

Munin wrote:yes, I agree - this is simply the best support I have ever witnessed...! I just hope you're not going to withdraw when you got more popular and have developed more products!

That is a real danger for any growing company. We're fully aware of it and we won't let that happen here!

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:38 pm

Transport: JS is still running silent after stop !

Play and remember the bar number,
hit stop then wait, hit play again and look at the bar number.

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:40 pm

Midiworks wrote:Transport: JS is still running silent after stop !

Which host is that? If the host supplies positional info then Jamstix must jump to that position when you release the stop.

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:50 pm

Chainer

rcat · Post by **rcat** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:51 pm

OK, I just pre-ordered JS (pounding pulse, shortness of breath!). Even though it's a great deal, it's still a lot of money for me. However, I think this will be worth every penny and more if it performs like everyone says. What a revelation. Finally my virtual drum application wish comes true. I'm a Neanderthal when it comes to drum or synth programming, so this is a godsend. I just hope my lame brain can figure out how to work it! I'm not even going to try the demo. I'm just going to jump in when the real thing arrives. Man, I can't wait! Thank you!

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:52 pm

Midiworks wrote:Transport can not be set to zero.

Just go the arrangement and click on the bar number you want to go. I agree though that a zero button and manual bar number entry would be good as well and we have that on the list.

You should add a complete transport control.

We get your point. At the same time we're trying to keep complexity down and the sequencer/host already has transport controls. We'll definitely chew on it though.

3.) Jamstix should not start to play by default only after hitting play.

You know how many E-mails we'd get if we did that with the line "It don't play nothing! What's wrong!!"

How about we make it an option?

Add a PLAY-LOOP function (from bar xxx to bar xxx)

Yes, that has already been requested and is on the list.

"Jam with audio", the slider sets itself to zero after some time and after a click on it jumps back to zero...

Do you mean it goes to zero even with audio signal present?

When there is NO audio/midi input Jamstix should also stop jamming after a few bars.

How about we make that an option?

The timing slips more and more out of sync,
the longer Jamstix is running.
Untill it is totaly off time.

Just tested again with Sonar 4. Free jam for 39 minutes without any timing problems. What host are you using?

It looks always like it is set to intern.
Actually that happends with all those swtches,
after changing pages they show 'up'.

That's an odd one. Can't duplicate it here. Do the labels next to the switches still show the correct highlighting?

"Metronome" can not set/send to 'external'.

Get the point. The metronome was really just an afterthought primarily for rhythm editing in LEARN mode. Most hosts now offer a flexible metronome. So not sure how much priority we can put on this one.

A mute for cymbals is missing badly,

One mute switch coming up!

(We'll be in next udpate)

maybe also the possibility to change the out going
midi note numbers, this should be possible to be set by the user.

Does the key mapping not suffice for that?

"Output", as I wrote before, your slider ranges are set quite badly.

Got it. We're working on that.

The slider ranges of the Jam Control could be user-defineable too.

The range is defined by the 'brain' but we could look into allowing non-linear transforms.

A kind of "midi-mixer", that globaly alows the user to adjust the velocity of every sound used,
would be very helpfull.

That's what the velocity map in the mapping tab is for. Now I know it looks like too much work at first but hear me out: We found VSTis where the problem was not just the max velocity but the transform function across the whole spectrum of a sound. For instance, a hihat would be too loud but if you just multiplied a reduction factor you'd have it too low on the quieter beats.

The velocity map allows you to draw a free-hand response curve for the transform so you can have the normal response in the lower velocity section and the higher reduction in the upper section.

"Arrangement", the page should follow the song visually.

Got it. It's on the list

13.) "CPU", while ok when running external VSTi,
the CPU grows here up to 33% after hitting stop.

Can you tell me what VSTi that is and what CPU you have?

Great work so far, now get the fine tuning right.

We're on it. Just keep it coming

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:55 pm

rcat wrote:OK, I just pre-ordered JS (pounding pulse, shortness of breath!)...I'm not even going to try the demo.

Hi rcat and thanks for pre-ordering!

I do suggest though that you download the demo and get familiar with Jamstix right away. There is a bit of a learning curve involved but we're here (and at rayzoon.com forums

) to guide you through it. We also like to listen to suggestions.

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:56 pm

Midiworks wrote:Chainer

Okay, we'll investigate that.

Hewitt Huntwork · Post by **Hewitt Huntwork** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:19 pm

Zauni wrote:
rcat wrote:OK, I just pre-ordered JS (pounding pulse, shortness of breath!)...I'm not even going to try the demo.

I do suggest though that you download the demo and get familiar with Jamstix right away. There is a bit of a learning curve involved...

I'll second this (although in fairness I don't think the learning curve is very steep). I haven't been downloading updates of software I own or dl'ing demos much lately because my computer has some problems and I'm going to wipe it clean soon.

I'm glad I dl'd the demo for this, though, because it is awesome and being able to noodle with it allows me to follow along with the questions (and solutions) posted here and at the forums.

Zauni · Post by **Zauni** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:30 pm

Midiworks wrote:Transport: JS is still running silent after stop !
Play and remember the bar number,
hit stop then wait, hit play again and look at the bar number.

Midiworks, I just checked Jamstix in Chainer and Chainer does send positional information to Jamstix so Jamstix has no choice but to jump to the bar that Chainer commands.

Some other hosts, such as MiniHost, do not send positional information so Jamstix can stop at a bar and resume there when you release the stop.

Hope this helps

Jamstix Demo -- Wow!