I sing with a couple of friends and they're constantly telling me to be louder.  We've adjusted all kinds of settings but the problem remains.  I have a SHURE SM58, (currently on a desktop stand) and find I have to almost eat the mic to get a satisfactory volume.  This gets in the way of my guitar, which already bangs on my computer desk. 
Can anyone recommend a mic that I can use at a greater distance? I'm willing the spend the money within reason. 

I am having difficulty figuring out the best way for me to setup my gear for playing in jamkazam sessions.

I have an acoustic piano, an old Sony Vaio PC and a newly-purchased Behringer XENYX Q802USB. I have been using Jamkazam predominantly to rehearse with an acoustic bass player who lives not far from me. My observations in this posting are based on Jamkazam sessions with the bass player, though I aspire to play with others at greater distances as well. The bass player has been exclusively using Realtek WMD so far, though he too has recently acquired a Behringer audio interface and may be confronted with similar issues.

I have been considering the following options, which I will discuss below.

• Realtek WMD
  
• WMD USB Audio
  
• ASIO4ALL 
  
• Reaper  ASIO
  
• Native driver
  

Tried connecting a Marantz MPM 2000U USB mic to Jamkazam last night. The mic did not appear as an available option on the audio gear list (all other available devices eg onboard Soundblaster ASIO did appear). Anyone had a similar issue and/or have any idea what's going on?

looks like jamkazam can’t be used on ipad? is this right?

Because of the routing behavior of the internet latency can be highly propredictable between the same locations.  In fact it is possible for a connection between Europe and the US to have fewer hops than a connection between two locations 100 miles apart.  Sessions on JamKazam likely connect to a jamKazam hub and that point on the network is where each user is connecting.

Perhaps Jamkazam as a company would consider licensing the JamKazam server as a product, a product that could be installed at locations closer to the users in session.  This distributed server licensed to a collection of users (for a fee) could improve performance because it would be dedicated to that user group with lower latency connections.

Has anyone proposed this concept... a concept that is typical in large global corporation networks.

Wondering

(06-21-2020, 01:43 AM)kaminskied@comcast.net Wrote: Because of the routing behavior of the internet latency can be highly unpropredictable between the same locations.  latecy is influced by routing In fact it is possible for a connection between Europe and the US to have fewer hops than a connection between two locations 100 miles apart.  Sessions on JamKazam likely connect to a jamKazam hub and that point on the network is where each user is connecting.

Perhaps Jamkazam as a company would consider licensing the JamKazam server as a product, a product that could be installed at locations closer to the users in session.  This distributed server licensed to a collection of users (for a fee) could improve performance because it would be dedicated to that user group with lower latency connections.

Has anyone proposed this concept... a concept that is typical in large global corporation networks.

Wondering

I just started with Jamkazam.  My buddy has a very old Alesis eight channel audio interface.  We were able to play together, but on his stats, latency was red.  We went to Manage - Audio - Audio Booster and tried to lower the latency, but it resulted in static in his headset.  Do you think the audio interface is the issue?  Is that the place to start?  Typically is the internet speed the problem?  He has a standard cable internet connection and is wired in to his router.

Thanks for the help.

I just started using Jamkazam.  I have to say that what is happening here is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen.  How on earth is it free.  I will be donating, because this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!

I'm trying to bring my group of musicians over to JK.  Needless to say they are old school.  Audio interfaces are not their thing.  Singing and playing they rock at.  I'm going to try to handle the technical side for them and buy them an Audio Interface. In most cases it will be a single instrument (guitar, bass) or a single singer.  Since I'll be flipping the bill for the hardware, what's the cheapest one or two input interface that works well with Jamkazam.  I see a lot of forum posts about problems with specific focusrite hardware.  What would you buy if you wanted it to work and save money?

Thanks!!

I have the list of about 3,700 jam tracks.  Can more be added?   Who has to do that?

I have two requests:
1.Please can you provide a Solo option (this will make it easier to focus on the chords someone is playing, and make it easier to identify the source of strange noises).
2. Please make it harder to mute people (often when I attempt to change the volume of a particular player I end up muting them).
Thanks
Squid

I am working with a small group of classical musician friends who all have somewhat different setups.  All but one are in Mac IOS (3 have iMacs, one has MacBook Pro).  Our clarinetist is on a Windows 10 machine.  As the "leader" of this $ndig, I have all of these systems and have been working on the playbook for my folks to get set up.  

I have had good success in getting the Mac IOS machines up and running using both Digital Audio Interface (Focusrite Scarlet Solo and 2i2) and the Blue Yeti USB mic.  Latency is acceptable and I have had sessions with a couple of these people that worked OK (some issues, but that will be for later).

I am running into a problem using he Blue Yeti with Windows 10.  Latency is stubbornly at 20mbs.  Can't seem to get any of the normal adjustments to make any differences.  Has anybody run into this and solved it?

Thanks!

Mike