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gezzer · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:16 pm Post subject:

got my vote

gezzer

paspallum · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: sounds good

Sounds like a good idea.

What about that function of drummers styles? Where you could get a signature Ringo or Bonzo feel?
Have you done any more with that idea yet?

Paspallum

smudge · Junior Jammer Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 18 Location: UK

Sounds great for sketching a part together quickly.

wellesleymusic · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:59 am Post subject:

Ralph, great idea, tools which get you moving quickly are always welcome. Very Happy

dinoman · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:01 am Post subject:

If anyone else is like me, I think pre-made patterns and variations are going to be even more important for ePak. Most of us probably have the basics of how a drum kit is played - but electronic music is a different animal.

ePak will "add "e-mode' to the Jamstix interface, which essentially switches off limb control to allow more sounds than are humanly playable and also modifies the free jam engine to allow for some e-groove specifics." Will it also give us an abundance of grooves/variations to work with, and/or help us create e-grooves, or just "allow" for it?

Geoff

loopdloop · Junior Jammer Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 8

oh my god yes. Shocked

this is about 90% of what i do with jamstix - pick a good groove, write around it, then mix it up for the changes. the automation of some of this would free up a lot of time for really trying new stuff. given the incredible realism of the sounds (which are alone worth every penny for the price of JS), i would love more work to be spent in this hands on composition direction as opposed to the jam brain - even a great human drummer can't jam with unpredictable music.

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

Jed · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:59 am Post subject:

Hi Ralph

Just wanted to weigh in and say that this is a feature that I too would use all the time.

I'm forever pasting copies of my main beat so that I can add subtle and not so subtle variations through my songs.

So this would be a great head start!

Cheers
Jed

mman · Junior Jammer Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 11

It would make my life even easier.
Cool

paspallum · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: Didn't 'GET it'

Ralph
I didn't get what you meant by 'rythym sets' the other day when I read this post.... so I wasn't too excited...

But re-reading the post now.... MAN! Yeah this seems like a totally awesome idea!

It's shaping up to be a really amazing year for Jamstix!

Paspallum

audiotrax2000 · Jammer Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 22

Sounds like a great idea. Count me in as well.

woodshedstudio · Junior Jammer Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 7

How could anyone vote no - cool idea and if you don't want to use it, you don't have to.

I like the idea of even more variations also.

Phil Fee · Jamologist Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 105

Great idea IMO.

Makes me think some of this knowledge about drum parts and song structure could be put together into a tutorial page here. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who could learn a few things.

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

A probably underused feature of Jamstix is 'Reduction', which is coupled to velocity be default.

I recommend unchecking it in the jam tab and then using an automation envelope on the 'Reduction' parameter in the host. This allows you to shape one rhythm 5 ways:

- normal
- half time
- no snare
- limited kick/no snare
- no kick/snare
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johnzed · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:31 am Post subject: Variations function

yes please. In fact, YES PLEASE!
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