Rayzoon Technologies LLC

[Ralph [RZ]]

Here's the official skinny on Jamstix 2:

Release Date: 8/20/2007 [url=http://www.rayzoon.com/jamstix2.html]
Release Announcement[/url]

At this point, the main changes from Jamstix 1 will be:

• Style Modeling - styles will be intelligently modeled
  
• Player Modeling - on top of the selected style, player models will introduce habits and idiosyncrasies
  
• Simplicity - the interface will be easier to use...and prettier
  
• Structure - the arranger will be section-based rather than bar-based so the structure of a song can be easily defined and handled.
  
• Odd Time Signatures - we've got some good stuff coming in that arena
  
• Sound Flexibility - the kit control will be easier to use and even more flexible (i.e. mixing internal and external sounds)
  
• Sample Caching - internal samples can now be cached (load on demand)
  
• Visual Kit - visual kit with hit animation and edit links
  
• Enhanced Limb Control - includes exact triangulating of drum distances and speed calculations, same-drum transition times as well as look-ahead priority filtering
  
• MIDI Drag&Drop - song, part or bar MIDI can now be dragged and dropped into the host
  
• Groove Timing - sophisticated style-based groove timing will increase realism
  
• Controller Mapping - instead of VST automation, many functions can be mapped to a controller for greater flexibility. This includes assigning multiple functions to one controller and the ability to inverse the control range
  
• 3-Band EQs (Mixer) - EQ settings are stored with the kits as well

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Ralph Zeuner
Rayzoon Technologies LLC
http://www.rayzoon.com

[RichLum]

Can't wait!!!
If you need anyone to do some testing let me know

[gregjazz]

Feb 2007... A year can go by so fast. Actually, only 8 months until this estimated release date. I can't believe it's already June!

[El Taube]

\Street market Mode on

If you cut it down to 50%, I'm ready to pre-order NOW

Cheers

[ProfRhino]

Lol, Ralph,
please cut down El Taube's discount to 50% off !

sorry, couldn't resist !
Rhino

[randygo]

It's a 60% discount *off* regular price, so you would pay more if you only had a 50% discount!

60% *off* something is the same as 40% *of* something.

Unless the announcement is incorrect.

Cheers,

Randy

[Ralph [RZ]]

Randy is correct.
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Ralph Zeuner
Rayzoon Technologies LLC
http://www.rayzoon.com

[Phil Fee]

[J van E]

[El Taube]

right:) I read too fast

[Texasspecial]

[sammy24]

as a great man once said: baseball is 90% mental; the other half is physical

[Ralph [RZ]]

With GA3 and other virtual drummers on the horizon, I have updated the top post to show the basic cornerstones of our Jamstix 2 development.

Also, we have shifted all development efforts to Jamstix 2 at this time. If all goes well we may be able to pull the Feb 07 estimated release forward a bit.
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Ralph Zeuner
Rayzoon Technologies LLC
http://www.rayzoon.com

[dinoman]

[lucky]

Who wants GA?! It is nowhere near as sophisticated as your application, though it looks a bit more stylish. It wouldn't hurt to not only make the interface simpler in J2, but also a bit more sexy. Personally I am fine with the current look, but commercial-wise that might be very interesting. The software companies I worked for often underestimated the impact it has on the sales cycle. The same goes for the website. But maybe all this is a European thing.

Where can we pre-order to support and speed up development?! Just kidding, looking forward to J2, the new direction looks promising. Good luck with the development. Lucky