BIAB vs Jammer

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 17 Aug 2001 1:16 pm

Am wondering if any of you Forumites have ever tried a software program called "Jammer"? I have had good luck with BIAB and use it very successfully with a little rack mounted unit by Alesis called Data Disk. I don't see it on the market anymore but it is wonderful for copying MIDI information off the computer and storing it on a floppy for playback on the same unit via a tone generator. I got off the subject a little bit, but Jammer is a similiar program as BIAB but I have yet to try it. How about any of you?
The Left-Handed Norwegian from MN

Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 17 Aug 2001 4:37 pm

I had a program called "The Jammer", which was later upgraded & re-titled "JamWin". Its intended usage & strong points are similar to those of Cakewalk, and Jamwin provides virtual multi-track recording and edititing for audio & midi (and tons of other features that I neither use nor understand).
I always use BIAB to generate a .mid file, then open the file with JamWin & play around with it.
I've seen JamWin bundled as a freebee with other software & some OEM software packages. The setup files for version I have total only 1.3 MBytes and fit (obviously) will fit on one 1.44 MByte floppy disk.
The publisher is SoundTrek: http://www.soundtrek.com/home.htm

Dan Dowd · Post by **Dan Dowd** » 17 Aug 2001 7:09 pm

Jammer is very simular to BIAB except it has a much steeper learning curve. It has realistic sounding drums and instruments. Also you can edit all the instruments with this program more than can be done with BIAB. But be ready to spend a lot more time getting up and running. Once you learn the tricks you will like it.

Woody Woodell · Post by **Woody Woodell** » 18 Aug 2001 12:55 pm

I use both Jammer and BIAB. I wouldn't want to be without either one of them. I especially use Jammer for drums. I convert them to MIDI and edit them with Cakewalk. I copy tracks from each one, put 'em in Cakewalk and have the best of both worlds.
I have an mp3 file that I made of some stuff I do if any one would be interested. The steel guitar work that I do on it is a little rusty but the big band sounds pretty good.
If you would like to hear it, my email address is woodywdll@aol.com. As I said, it's a mp3 file and will take a few minutes to download.
This just happens to be my hobby.
Woody Woodell

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 19 Aug 2001 8:54 am

I far prefer Jammer for most rhythm trax. I recorded a CD several years ago using Jammer in conjunction with a sequencer. The hybrid of live guitars and steel with sequenced bass, drums, and keys was "pretty acceptable". If you're interested, all the RealAudio trax on This Page on my Website were recorded using rhythm trax created with Jammer. The midi file was exported and then synched to a Tascam 564 4-track minidisc recorder. For higher quality there's also an MP3 of one of the tunes. The RealAudio quality is pretty bad, but it transmits (streams) and plays back pretty quickly on the net. The MP3 is passable (MUCH larger file to transfer through the web) and the CD quality is excellent.

I would create the rhythm track, then edit, note for note, each part to get exactly what I was after -- similar to what Woody described. A bit laborious but I found it to be worth the investment.

SoundTrek's (who publish Jammer) website is pretty good Click Here.
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