pauldil Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 In the Jams post, Emptiness Of Youth mentioned using IM for sharing guitar tips, lessons, etc. Has anyone tried NINJAM ? I've installed the client and went on a while ago. It's not too bad and is an interesting approach to online jamming. Anyone else try this yet? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 That looks VERY interesting! I'm reading in right now... oh... I see where it says that it's easier to jam with the client running because mistakes are propgated differently.....WELL!!! I cannot participate because I NEVER make mistakes!! Pauldil and I DO NOT make mistakes and we only PUT UP with other players that do!! Right Paul!!!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldil Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 I play jazz, so I can make a mistake and claim I was just playing "outside". Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 if you make a mistake do it again so it looks like you meant it. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 hmmmmmmmmm...... Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmm deedle weedel rawrrrrrrrrrr your turn http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durockrolly Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Originally posted by pauldil: I play jazz, so I can make a mistake and claim I was just playing "outside". Paul After 16 years of listening to me, "outside" is the only place my wife will let me play!!! Fernando If you can't say it in 12 bars... then it can't be said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 K, this is a way better idea and it looks pretty cool. I downloaded it if anyone wants to try, pm me and well set something up tomorrow. I have no clue on how to set it up but i can figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamplicker Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Grabbed the software, and installed it.. tested to see if it connects and it does. No I idea how it works..but at least I made it that far. might give it a go later if I got time MagicStomp Soundbites Soundclick Rambles Haunted Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldil Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 I had tried it several months ago. Actually jammed with some keyboard player that happened to be on the same server and it was kind of fun. Unfortunaltely he only seemed to know 2 chords . But still, the potential is there for getting some good stuff going. There's a text area where you can communicate with the other participants. You'd just need to coordinate a time and select a server. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 so when we jammin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I can try it on Sunday afternoon! Usually I sleep in a bit late because I'm playing Saturday night, but I would be glad to give it a go!! anybody else? The software is installed now and it would be fun to try it out, the learning curve on it might cause some problems, we will see! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok I can put keyboards on too if we need it and bass too. http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 sounds good ell, like i said im not very good though so dont expect much, im hopin i can get some tips from you guys anyways, heres a jam i got in on today on there... http://ryanvollmer.com/ninjamjam.wma thats only like 2mins, we played for like 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldil Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 OK, I'm in for Sunday afternoon! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I doubt this will run on dialup. Grrrrrr! The title looks like Nine Inch Nails jam. Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok Emptyness and Paul.. I hope this works ..I can play guitar but I suck at computer stuff so... can't hurt to try, I'll have to take the laptop back to the rehearsal room and use the USB mike on this I guess? OH and I think you are right Red, I think it would take a high speed connection to make it work. http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 well ive been on alot lately so if you check it out and im on my name is Dross see ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamplicker Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 hmm so do you just kick on and wait? bring your own drums? mix in later? can you join in someone elses jam and just listen in? is it ongoing jam.. so you hear what they play and vice a versa, (almost at same time, give or take latency)? sorry trying to figure it out still, you seem to have it down EOY. track turned out good. *Cool, jumped in for a bit, and some bass palyer was just laying down some funkified grooves! Jammed for a bit, and then was trying to figure out how to talk to this guy if there was away, and then relised you can type in the box in the right side. interaction was almost on the mark. Sooo next question or thing to figure out, recording? just use a sound capture program? or does it have an incorperated one with the ninjam program? and haven't found it? Hmmmm.... MagicStomp Soundbites Soundclick Rambles Haunted Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Heres basically everything i know so far for anyone having trouble: 1.There are five different servers you can join, which you can find on their site under the jam farm tab 2.When you go to connect in the actual ninjam program you put the address of that server 3.Basically its an open jam and anyone can join, but you can also mute whoever you want, or pan them or turn them down or whatever. 4. Though not very good, there are effects you can add to your instrument provided in the program if you happen to just be plugin your guitar straight in to the pc. 5. There are some options for mixing the audio down. I havent explored too far into this, but the default setting mixes it all down as you play into a folder wherever you installed your ninjam. In order to open these you have to get a seperate program called Reaper and go to that directory and open the "clip log" file. This kinda puts togethers a bunch of files that ninjam saved the audio as and puts them together in the Reaper program where you can do your final editing to the tracks and then mix them down to a wma or wav or whatever. There are other options that i think let you mix everything down as your playing into a wav or whatever but i havent messed with it too much. feel free to ask anything else ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamplicker Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Thanks EOY... Just got out from being in there with EOY, just as paul showed up =(. but was a hoot!!! Now that I got the sound part working, I just have to find some fingers to play guitars with =) MagicStomp Soundbites Soundclick Rambles Haunted Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 are you guys getting a constant stream of audio? Coz im not Soundclick Myspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamplicker Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 mine was pretty constant. Had an issue where I wasn't, but that was a wrong setting I did in the audio setup, while trying to set it up. Managed to load one of the jams from last night into reaper. 'Holds hand up.. I suck bad! kk will have to practise my timing, and chord progression and.. oh damn must practise everything! In ninjam now listening, this hennry guys has some clear progressions happening. MagicStomp Soundbites Soundclick Rambles Haunted Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 does Reaper take forever to load for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamplicker Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Took about 45 seconds to load the clipsort.log I choose. but that was also a 24min. 11 channel session jam. Took 11 sec. to import the 8min. jam I was listening to earlier. mind you there was only one channel constatnt and 4 other channels that had nothing. But as for reaper starting. it's instant. click and it's open. MagicStomp Soundbites Soundclick Rambles Haunted Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 OMG!! maybe I better rethink Sunday's planned activities!! I'm never going to get past this computer stuff!! GEZZZ http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Will it accept multichannel input? I'm thinking it'd be righteous if we all had mics along with our instruments, so we could actually talk instead of just typing back and forth... A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptinesOf Youth Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 yea it does. You can set up as many as you want, though id keep it down to two for bandwith reasons. It works just like mixing software, in that, when you select the inputs it lists them just like reason or cubase or whatever would. Ell, its really easy, the reaper mixdown sofware is a little complicated, but you dont have to touch that. All you have to do is: 1.Mic up an amp with one of your USB mics 2.Open ninjam. 3. Go to Options tab at the top and select audio configuration. Mine uses Asio, you should know this from running your mics already. 4. You could go to Preferences, also under options, and change how it mixes the tracks down. On mine it has: "Save mixdown as .OGG 128kps" "Save multitrack recording for mixing later" those are both checked. This will do two things, make it an .ogg file, which is like an mp3 but smaller and better quality and it will save it as a clip log file which Reaper uses for multi track editing BUT YOU DONT NEED TO MESS WITH THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO. 5. Connect and choose what server you want (you have to look up on there website whos in what server, under the Jam Farm link) 6. Set you levels and your ready to go, make sure the Transmit box is checked when you want people to hear you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Omg..I didn't know about the Transmit box!! wow well ok I guess nobody could hear me I was jammin away and no go!!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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