Rayzoon Technologies LLC

drk1 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:39 pm Post subject: Has the forum gone silent?

Or is there something wrong with my connection?
Haven't seen a new posting for days

jazzmandan · Jamologist Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 132

Perhaps what we need is a big Sale, or a release of Jambassist or JS for the Mac OS.

Or maybe we need to chat about the new release of EZDrummer 2, which is beginning to look more and more like JS.

Ralph [RZ] · Site Admin Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 13332

EZD2 looks great. They've picked a few ideas from Jamstix, such as 'Power Hand' and the redirection concept. It stops short of true A.I. groove creation and still operates off MIDI grooves but it's a great concept.

We have a ton of ideas for Jamstix (and even a separate new product) that aim to simplify usage complexity. Wish I could go into details right now but just remember the 'find groove' feature in EZD2, which allows you to enter a full or partial kick/snare pattern to search through its pre-defined MIDI library for matches. We're working on a similar concept where the complete groove is developed on such a basic pattern from you with nothing but what we call 'hints' (like a producer talking to the drummer in the EZD2 video).

Stay tuned!
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Rayzoon Technologies LLC
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Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Sounds great Ralph, looking forward to what lies ahead!

drk1 · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject: Agree

agree, this all sounds great. AND I cant imagine EVER moving away from Jamstix. Its got so much potential that many of us have only touched on. Very Happy

sonicviz · Grand Master Jam Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 287

Been playing with the new Drummer in Garageband V10.
It's different from Jamstix in terms of dynamic jamming ability (which is key imo) but it is very impressive for generating variable static drum tracks

http://www.macworld.com/article/2060742/garageband-10-review-logic-light-is-a-great-tool-for-musicians-sorry-podcasters-.html?page=2

You can even mute each part of the drum kit.