Latency Jam

shanemorris · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:10 pm Post subject: Latency Jam

Anyone want to host a Latency Jam on Friday Night 03.27 ?
A few non-regulars are interested in trying it out.

blue hell · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:36 pm Post subject:

I'd do it, but also, I'd like 'new' people to find their own way(s) for jamming with the 'primitive' means available for it .. for instance, there was an idea by Dr. Steve to not do the 'classical' latency jam but to do a 'ring jam' instead,, which would have another 'control structure' and would allow for 'rhytmic music' to be improvised.

So what do we have .. a large set of ports that people can connect to for streaming their 'sounds'. Also we should, I think, assume people to have a setup in which they can receive and transmit something else mixed with what was received, or an alteration of what was received. There is no apriori synching mechanism available.

What is possible within such constraints?

blue hell · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:44 pm Post subject:

or, basically, I would like to not impose my 'rules' on it Laughing

(which in the 'classical latency jam' would be inevitable)

shanemorris · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:37 pm Post subject:

I like the ideas!
I think NINJAM is what would be needed for the rhythmic element. I have not used it, but listened to people using it and it's quite fantastic. It does allow users to interlock rhythmically, harmonically, etc.
It is available as one of the stock plugins inside Reaper.

robsol · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:21 am Post subject:

I'm happy to host something, as long as it doesn't get too late for me (late meaning past midnight GMT).

I was also thinking at some point in the past that droning (in a key) would be easy to do. Or we could assign notes to people - everyone's only allowed to use two given notes for example. There are lots of ideas from Steve Reich and other avant guardists too.

Or we could have If -> Then rules based on what happens outside your window. Or, or... just jam. Laughing

kkissinger · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:52 pm Post subject:

I believe that I may be able to participate in a latency jam.

I configured my system so that I can monitor the stream while sending to the stream. I presume that I send ONLY my content and not mix it with the stream's content, correct?

I can see how the latency would not allow for rhythmic jamming. If there is a version of NINJAM that runs on an old Macbook Pro ( 10.6.8 ) then I should be able to set it up (I run Cubase which supports AISO).

Will my current setup support latency jamming? Thanks for your help!

robsol · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:52 pm Post subject:

Here's the recording of the first jam. There should be more. Smile

Performers: Kevin Kissinger, Shane Morris and me.

Quarantine Latency Jam number one.mp3

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Quarantine Latency Jam #1 - Kevin Kissinger, Shane Morris, Muied Lumens

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shanemorris · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:11 pm Post subject:

That was great guys! Thanks for mixing and recording, Rob!

PHOBoS · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:17 pm Post subject:

oh I missed it, thought it was on saturday Sad

glad there is a recording.

robsol · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:35 pm Post subject:

There's another one tonight. Last night was more of a proof of concept.

robsol · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:28 pm Post subject:

And here is the recording of Saturday's jam.

Artists: Blue Hell, Shane Morris, PHOBoS, me.

Quarantine Latency Jam number two.mp3

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Quarantine Latency Jam #2 - Blue Hell, Shane Morris, PHOBoS, Muied Lumens

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robsol · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:22 pm Post subject:

The third one saw contributions from Blue Hell, cry9c, PHOBoS - and a little bit from me. Smile

Quarantine Latency Jam number three.mp3

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Quarantine Latency Jam #3 - Blue Hell, cry9c, PHOBoS, Muied Lumens

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kkissinger · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:27 pm Post subject:

Are there going to be some more online jams?

robsol · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:30 am Post subject:

kkissinger · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:06 am Post subject:

robsol · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:08 pm Post subject:

In the past these jams happened more or less spontaneous - or at least that's how I remember it.

I'm happy to be in the chat as much as possible tomorrow (Saturday) in case there's an interest, but I won't announce it for now. I'm flexible though, so if anybody wants to have a set time let me know in the chat or in this thread.

Stay safe and sane. Smile

robsol · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:11 pm Post subject:

The fourth installment featured Blue Hell, Kevin Kissinger, Dr. Steve and me.

Quarantine Latency Jam number four.mp3

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Quarantine Latency Jam #4 - Blue Hell, Kevin Kissinger, Dr. Steve, Muied Lumens

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