#35

It’s much simpler to use the server’s recording. Nobody has to press anything at all. It just works. (starting and stopping is based on absence/presence of silence)

Also, each performer’s recording is going to have different time codes. There’s an argument to be made that the server version is the canonical one. But that’s arbitrary, eh?

Much comes down to personal preference, but there’s nothing difficult about using the server version (aside from the tiny gotcha I mentioned that is easily overcome).

I’ve actually been tempted to play into a NINJAM server all of the time, just to get an automatic archive of everything I play without ever having to worry about hitting record.

#36

That’s a great idea. I think you were talking about having a recording setup that just starts/stops with sound/silence in a separate thread. The NINJAM server would kind of do that then?

#37

That’s exactly what it does.

#38

https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce/hidden-harmonies-the-locked-groove-orchestra

That was fun! Thanks @ikjoyce for the inspiration and @mzero, @pirxthepilot, @MrsHardy, @iain for playing.

Fresh from their debut performance (Riley’s “In C”) The Locked Groove Orchestra were immediately looking at where to go next. A few suggestions were made for writing pieces specially suited to using Ninjam, as we are a global collective. This, our second outing, is a piece of music proposed by me, ikjoyce. The concept is simple - start with a cacophony of untuned oscillators / sound sources, and by listening to the other participants and slowly retuning to meet them, over time the group tries to bring everything to some kind of harmony and eventually finds a unified tone or timbre within, all by an unspoken consensus. If the opening cacophony represents the multitude of human voices, the final tone is that of the combined voice of humanity, and the whole represent the difficult but worthwhile effort of listening to and accommodating each other. - @ikjoyce

It has just struck me that what we were doing is a really extreme form of long distance additive synthesis. There are moments that we sound like a single synthesizer. - @ikjoyce

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#39

Only listened this time, but yep, great piece!

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#40

@pirxthepilot and I had some fun this morning.

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#41

We did it again! Thanks for jamming @ikjoyce and @pirxthepilot.

Oh, hey look, shiny new website.

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#42

This looks at sounds like really good fun, I’ll keep an eye on the thread and try to take part in the next one!

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#43

You might want to talk to @disquiet about joining disquietjunto.slack.com, which is where we tend to chat about it before and after. We seem to be falling into a pattern of jamming from about 10am-12pm Pacific Time on Saturdays at beepboop.fm port 2049.

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#44

Another jam from me and @pirxthepilot

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#45

Just listened to it while I was working - brilliant jam! You sould look to polish it up a little and release it. Seriously- I enjoyed it that much.

Really hope I get to join in on some of these over the summer, had so much fun last time.

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#46

Love Ninjam - been using it for live jams with my 2 brothers for a few years now. We have a monthly session on a Friday night. For some, it might take a little getting used to - but after a while you sort of just adjust to it. Good idea to disconnect and reconnect every so often - usually there’s a natural place to do that - it keeps the file sizes down if you later go on to ‘Reaper them’ and want to mix/remix. Great thread. :smile:

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#47

Thank you @pirxthepilot and @mzero for another fine NINJAM.

#48

I didn’t think this was still happening. Like, here or in general. I thought NinJam had died. Glad to be wrong!

Will read up on this thread, try to get my own system into shape and find some jams to join.

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#49

We seem to be making a habit of it Sunday morning Pacific time. Beepboop.fm:2049

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#50

@cfd90 and @abalone were asking about recordings. I dropped the last year’s worth here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MNqRgkNyxacseczV0cbejgxErVHxV0v0?usp=sharing

Each folder contains a nested set of folders of OGG files. At the top level there is a file called “clipsort.log”. If you open this file with Reaper, Reaper will consolidate all the tiny OGG files into a Reaper project with a WAV per track. Each track is labeled with the player’s username. Works very nicely!

We’re still getting together starting at 10am Pacific time each Sunday morning. point JamTaba or ReaNINJAM at beepboop.fm, port 2049

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#51

Apologies for some spotty network conditions on my part, but this morning @abalone and @pirxthepilot and I had another fun jam.

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#52

Thanks @abalone, that was great!

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#53

super fun :slightly_smiling_face:
we got laura on bass
and aristotle on ukelele there at the end
thank you @jasonw22

tech talk…
jamtaba app on old laptop
hearing jason playing miles away,
headphone out of the computer
aux in to the nad tuner (just got at urban americana in long beach)
speaker out (left chan only)
to abuelito’s grundig speaker
(got a new celestion speaker in it)

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built in computer mic picking up whatever’s going on in the room
…egg shaker, bottle cap rattle, koala ios app on my phone
laura and aristotle playing…

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#54

thank you jason for hosting this public yet “private server”
i am new to ninjam but not to streaming and making music in fact i am pissed i did not know about this platform earlier …you are offering a great service esp. in these times and i plan on using your room a lot these up coming weeks / months to play with friends…i go by fuzz if you join your and see me i would love to jam =)
again thank you!

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