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Jamming Online – Latency Issues

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    • June 9, 2020 at 2:27 pm #177901
      charleydelta
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        While many of us continue to be “quarantined” (or under “house arrest” as some folks like to describe it), one of the most common frustrations for musicians is the absence of getting together with other musicians and playing music! Some of us had hoped to overcome this by going online and jamming virtually in real time (e.g., with ZOOM) but we have been defeated by the latency issue. Have any of you figured out how to overcome this?

      • June 9, 2020 at 2:44 pm #177904
        Billy
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          No solution as yet, tried Zoom too along with the new Facebook rooms and FaceTime.

          ..Billy..

        • June 9, 2020 at 3:56 pm #177905
          Andy Blackard
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            SofaSession and JamKazam software seem to be the best options but results can vary greatly depending on everyone’s internet setup. Every participant will need hardwired connections (not wifi) to relatively high-speed internet services. One bad apple spoils the whole session. You also need a microphone in your second audio interface channel to communicate. I also had to use a DI box going into my audio interface.
            -Andy

            AndyB1580

          • June 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm #177906
            Andy Blackard
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              PS. From the internet research that I did most people recommend the Behringer and Focusrite audio interfaces for low latency. I have Behringer and it worked very well other than requiring a DI box to avoid impedence mismatch with my guitar or FX box.

              AndyB1580

            • June 9, 2020 at 4:16 pm #177908
              sunjamr
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                Hi CharleyDelta.

                There are dozens of recent videos on Youtube about ways to do online jamming without latency. None of them are really great options, in my mind. But check out Jamkazam, Ninjam, Jamulus…..just go to Youtube and search “how to jam online”. But the way we – the AMJammers – have been doing it is maybe the most practical for ordinary mortals: (1) make or agree on a jamtrack. (2) Upload it to box.com (other jammers will need the username and password for the Box account). (3) Jammers will download the jamtrack, import it into their DAW, then play their solo over it. (4) Jammers mute the jamtrack in their DAW, then export their solo back to Box. The jam-meister has to download and sync the solo(s), then upload the final product. This can be done for either audio or video, but video files are quite large, so you will need to buy extra storage on Box.

                Or, you could move here to New Zealand, which is 100% coronavirus-free, and just jam with real people, in real time.

                Sunjamr Steve

                • June 9, 2020 at 4:50 pm #177913
                  JoLa
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                    sunjamr wrote:

                    Or, you could move here to New Zealand, which is 100% coronavirus-free, and just jam with real people, in real time.

                    Hahaha Steve, I really like your very last option! 😀

                    🎸JoLa

                • June 9, 2020 at 5:11 pm #177914
                  Canada Moose
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                    sunjamr wrote:

                    Or, you could move here to New Zealand ….

                    I’m definitely tempted …

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