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Classic_Man · Jam Meister Joined: 27 Mar 2022 Posts: 58

I have Jamstix Ultimate, which, I believe includes everything. However I'm unable to find how to use brushes.

I'm using a country ballad style and tried to change a snare to snare brushing. On playback the snare had a red cross through it.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

I don't know what Kit you are using but the Brushes kit in the Jazz category is the only kit that loads brush samples by default. If you are using a different kit, you'll have to load the brush articulations in the Kit Editor manually.

Classic_Man · Jam Meister Joined: 27 Mar 2022 Posts: 58

Thanks Azimuth.

How would I load brush articulations manually? I'd be grateful for a step-by-step for this.

Thanks.

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Hi CM,

1) Open the Kit window.
2) In the KIT PIECE menu (bottom left) choose "Snare".
3) In the ARTICULATION menu (next to Kit Piece) choose "Brushing".
4) Click the "<click here to load a sound>" prompt.
5) In the window that opens, check the "FILTER" box at the bottom.
6) Double click sample choice presented or click the sample choice and hit the
"Load" button.
7) Repeat steps 3-6 for the "Brush Muted" articulation.

Use the "DAMPEN" control to vary the length of the Snare brush sweeps.

Hope this helps.

Classic_Man · Jam Meister Joined: 27 Mar 2022 Posts: 58

Hello Azimuth,

Thank you for your step-by-step. That's very helpful.

Best wishes.

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

You're welcome.

Classic_Man · Jam Meister Joined: 27 Mar 2022 Posts: 58

Well ...

After following your (Azmuth) steps I had a perfect result for my ballad. The brushes sound great and, using the 'power' dial gave me all the control I needed to get the balance perfect.

Jamstix continues to amaze me, it's just outstanding.

The only thing left for me to sort with this is that having saved my project, I then reopened it but had lost my customised brushes. For some reason this wasn't saved with my project.

Thanks again for all your help

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

After you load the Brush samples to whatever kit you are using, use the "Save" button in the Kit window to save your customized kit with a new name. Then save your DAW project or the Jamstix song and the modified kit will load along with the project. (in Reaper anyway)

Br_ndo · Jammer Joined: 09 Jul 2017 Posts: 39

Azimuth, I just want to thank you for being such an outstanding and genuinely helpful asset to these forums. I've got everything Ralph has programmed and use Jamstix like religion but I still learn something from every one of your posts. Thank you.

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Thanks Br_ndo, a lot of what I pass along is just things others in the forum have pointed out in the past that somehow found a storage slot in my Brain or things I have run across using this amazing software myself. This forum was always one of the friendliest on the net and helped me out plenty of times, so i just try to return the favor when I can.

Br_ndo · Jammer Joined: 09 Jul 2017 Posts: 39

You're also way too modest. lol.

Knopf_ · Jamologist Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Posts: 158

I insist, I am tired of repeating it: I vote for Azimuth for mega galactic Emperor of the known, unknown and meta Universe and period. Any objections will be answered very unkindly.

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Knopf,
Thank you for your vote of confidence however, the universe is a fairly well balanced entity at this point in time, so let's not push our luck. LOL