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I wanted a version of Incongruous Winter that I could take to my band Jamtastic that I play with using #Jamulus, so I got #Suno to make this rather funky Smooth Jazz version of it with guitars.
I showed it to Martin our guitarist for the first time last night and he liked it, so hopefully we can begin fleshing it out for the band at a later date. 2/2

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Last night's rehearsal went well. This is another track recorded on #Jamulus called 'Earth to Alf.' Alf is the bass player.
Listen out for Martin's amazingly funky wah-wah sound in the middle. Just beautiful!
I'll try and keep these posts threaded up to the gig if we get a night with good copies of tracks for those interested to hear Jamulus raw and uncut as it were.
When the sound breaks up I just assume Jake is downloading something. 😂

With just 11 days to go until quite an important gig in #Belgium we're just making sure we've got the stuff down properly. Here's a track called 'We Don't Know' (and yes, the irony is not lost on me) recorded with my band Jamtastic on #Jamulus last night.
It's a long one, over 10 minutes but fun I think. A lot of chords and a lot of changes. This version is not perfect.

Here's a track called 'She's Coming Home' recorded on #Jamulus recently. It's rocky and quite fun.
Two guitarists, Martin in The Netherlands and Phil in the UK, Drummer Jona in Belgium, Bassist Alf in the UK, and myself on keys in the UK.
Recording date: 13 Jan 2025.

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@ottaross

I use both of these services regularly. You can get reasonably low latency if the other musicians aren't too far away and provided you plug into your router with an ethernet cable rather than WiFi.

Jamkazam has more features, but is a paid service. It's not expensive and it's easy to pause or change your subscription depending on your use.

Jamulus is free,. It's server based, so low latency depends on having a server in a nearby city, but it's more stable.

I remember hearing about a service that provided a low-latency connection for bands to play together remotely. Hadn't heard about it in a while, so duck-searched a bit, and came across #Jamulus which sounds like it's an open-source way to do the same.

Would be interested to hear if anyone on here has tried it! Impressions? Can users really get down into the single or low-double digits ms latency necessary for music collab?

Thanks again to the developers of Jamulus and Jamkazam - It's been great for practising and jamming with my folk and bluegrass friends, as well as meeting and playing with acoustic musicians from all over North America. I'm thinking of starting an old time fiddling jam in the Toronto area.

jamulus.io/

jamkazam.com/

jamulus.ioJamulus ‒ Play music online. With friends. For free.Jamulus is free and open source software that lets musicians perform music, rehearse or jam together, in real time over the Internet.

#Jamulus last night, track's called 'We Don't Know.' It just grooves nicely. Not all tracks go that well with few outside interruptions from random people that join the server and start screaming or playing guitar in the wrong key over the top, so when you do get a nice recording it's worth saving.
People that don't know the material try to walk in and join the music sometimes, but it's not straightforward 4/4 a lot of the time, so it kinda doesn't work.

When you can rehears online at random hours of the day without having to trek across town and spend countless hours in traffic or on public transport at great cost, why wouldn't you?
I love #Jamulus for that reason. I've been rehearsing for a wedding gig on the 15th with a singer that lives quite far from me, and we just finished up an hour-long run through of the tracks a few times, plus room either side to chat about inconsequential stuff, no packing gear up or breaking it down at the end of the session, I mean it's a no-brainer really.