Hello Jammers,

I'm a noob JK'er who has no other friends on JK. Being a techno-nerd I was immediately interested in using JK as a way to connect with my former bandmates since we now live far apart. My problem is that no one else I know has the tech chops to get JK up and running so here I am by my lonesome and I'm not the type who would normally stroll into a jam session with other players I don't know.

I'm a rhythm guitar player and vocalist...mostly dead tunes & covers. My wife plays keyboards/percussion/vocals and is more shy about jamming with strangers then I am.

I've skimmed the forums and see tons of good help for the technical side of JK setup but I haven't yet found any guidance on finding and joining jam sessions with people I don't know. Have I missed some online instructions somewhere?  Can anyone walk me through it? What is the best way to search for and join live sessions with people I don't know...and what is the etiquette for these type of sessions?  


Thanks,

Mark 
in Eugene

"What do you want me to do,
To do for you to see you through?
                     - Box of Rain

Hi, just wondering if anybody knows if there is an easy way to find which session a friend is in currently without sending him/her a message.  This is assuming that you know they are logged into JK and not wanting to go scrolling through all the current sessions.  Thanks.

Hi,

I'm new to Jamkazam and experience latency problems due to internet connection when jamming with my band (6 players). The iinternet latency is high, with values above 50ms, ranging up to around 200 ms. My personal audio interface's latency is around 5 ms and input/output jitter is floating around 0 ms. My internet connection is rather slow, with around 3 MBps download and 1.5 MBps upload. I am using a LAN connection to my router.

However, if I am jamming with one friend of mine who has a high-speed fibre connection, my own slow connection does not seem to produce latencies. The audio stream is fine and we can play in sync.

Is it just the fibre connection which causes the different behaviour or am I missing something?

Best regards
Christian

I have a 2017 MacBook, and purchased the Steinberg UR22C because of it working with the USB-C port on my MacBook, and it's low latency rating.

In My Account > Audio Profiles, jamkazam isn't connecting with my Steinberg UR22C. It doesn't show the device as 'active'. When I click to activate it, it says it isn't connected to it. 

I have screen shots below.

Is there some way to check the UR22C on my macbook to troubleshoot whether the problem is between the ur22c and my macbook, or the macbook and jamkazam?

I did have it connected at one point, but haven't been able to connect it again. 

I've also had audio issues (my mic isn't working - my speech is a horrible static buzz), so maybe there's something wrong with my audio output settings? More screen shots below.

Greatly appreciate any help on this. Been trying a week and wondering if there's something fundamentally wrong with my setup.

doug

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Hi,

I'm getting really crazy trying to setup Jamkazam with my Scarlett Solo 2ng gen.

I have setup the audio gear with ASIO USB, input1-2 and output 1-2.
In that ASIO I have sample rate 96khz and buffer at 16. (I have a pc i9, 32Gb ram, really high mix/mastering with cubase and lots of vst; never had issues).
I finish the setup, play the test audio very well and launch a test session.

And TADA ! no sound at all. The sound levels on the the soft doesnt go up, like there was no sound from the audio gear...

Direct monitor is never on.
I plug my headset or speakers always in the front jack output.
Sound with system is working as I always use the Scarlett like this.

If I open guitar rig for exemple, I hear my guitar, Cubase is working fine.
But when I try Jamkazam, no sound. My colleague dont hear me also...

I tryed uninstall/reinstall driver, jamkazam, etc...

It's not working at all....

If someone could help me...

I'm trying to understand the diagnostics JamKazam provides so that I can equate them to the bandwidth available for our sessions.  The typical case is two players with wind instruments.  One player has 25 Mbps download and 14 Mbps upload, while the other has 90 Mbps download and 18 Mbps upload speeds.  This is far more than the 1 Mbps minimum that JamKazam published: https://forum.jamkazam.com/showthread.php?tid=114.  (Really?)  We have not analyzed the traffic from other users on these connections, but since our results have been consistent during different sessions, this doesn't appear to be the determining factor.  We are both using current Windows 10 systems and Focusrite Scarlett USB adapters.

My question is about bandwidth, not latency, but I should note that we are having challenges with delay.  We are about 100 miles apart, and one of the players is on an island.  The challenges of providing service at that remote location seems to push the total latency above 50 ms.

Our results with this configuration are generally stable, although there are some artifacts (especially on high notes) that are of concern.  When we examine the "Audio Bw Rx" status it usually says <other player> "has enough bandwidth to send you a degraded, but sufficient, audio stream."  While I haven't found documentation about this specific message, the documentation (https://jamkazam.freshdesk.com/support/s...iagnostics) says this shows the size of the audio stream and that these will be automatically adjusted.

What exact parameters is JK looking for, and what does it means by "enough bandwidth" in this situation?

I thought I would share my PC setup as I had to dig here and there to make it happen.  My goal was to be able to mix a full band in a live setting (without me playing).  I have issues using the Jamkazam audio mixer for various reasons :

• The app is a bit slow on my PC (don't know why)
  
• The sliders are not very smooth
  
• VST usage is limited and not super easy to setup
  
• Native controls like compressors are not easy to use
  

There is a hacker/spammer posting on the forum right now, trying to sell his con game - his username is Vozikol

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Moderator(s) - I recommend you strengthen the sign-up verification process.

My Presonus 1810c 's loopback Was operational until recently...  I was using it to practice with myself and others on JK. It now blocks the function of Youtube to be played through JK.  Youtube sits with a rotating ring until JK app is closed.  And when Youtube is open with JK open, Youtube causes disturbance in JK.  JK is set for Outputs on 3+4 , loopback on the 1810c is set to 1+2 (to prevent a horrible loopback to happen) !! Again this setup was operational (with a lot of help from my Friends on JK! Thank You John and Terry!)   Any Thoughts would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

Hello,

@moderators: I'm not sure where to post, so if this is not the right place, please move this thread there.

@all: I encountered differences in the pricing descriptions. The different premium options are shown in lists, which are shown under these two links:

https://jamkazam.com/remote-music-rehearsals
[/url][url=https://jamkazam.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/66000122535-what-are-jamkazam-s-free-vs-premium-features-]https://jamkazam.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/66000122535-what-are-jamkazam-s-free-vs-premium-features

However, for the "Free" option, the "fast internet connectivity" is shown both as "yes" and "no". What is correct?

Best regards
Christian