Rayzoon Technologies is pleased to announce the release of update 1.4 for its virtual drummer VSTi Jamstix.
This update implements many enhancements and a few fixes:
ENHANCEMENTS:
- added ability to manually select snare and tom accents in the rhythm tab
- added 'Flip Stereo' switch to internal engine setup
- added 'Closed' event to hihat + column
- modified various fills and accents to use 32nd notes instead of triplets
for better compatibility
- fills and accents are now auto-shuffled in shuffle mode with much improved
results
- added probability slider for hihat/ride eighths
- added jamstix.ini option DefaultCompression (value range 0..99)
- added separate sound slot for snare rimshots
- created sample set for default kit snare rimshots
- internal sounds can now be routed to any output, not just 1-4. Sounds that
are played on outputs 5-17 are not routed through the console so they have
no gain control or compression within Jamstix. If a sound has an output
specified that is above the current maximum output number, it will be played
through output 1.
- outputs are now named 'JS Out x' with x being sequential in mono and
stereo modes
- key re-mapping now also affects MIDI input triggering internal sounds
- added numerical output in status bar for gain and compression sliders
- added eight basic fills (names start with 'BASIC...')
- added some 32nd double stroke snare accents
- if an internal mapping sound has no ride bell sound, the engine will now
automatically use the normal ride sound
- if an internal mapping sound has crash/splash or china sounds missing, the
engine will now automatically use existing cymbals instead of just silence
- added lock icon to rhythm tab to control whether the rhythm will change
based on the arrangement while the host is running and the rhythm tab is
shown.
- moved mute icon to bottom-right corner of rhythm tab.
- added idle trigger for DFHS cache logic
- added a warning LED in the status bar when the host is running but Jamstix
is stopped
- if an accent or fill specifies a kick at the same time as a tom, the kick
will no longer be suppressed.
- when playing MIDI data in 'dumb' mode, the internal engine no longer
applies velocity variance
- added 'DSP Offset' checkbox to mapping tab. This box should be checked
only if you are using DSP-based plugins with latency and experience a synch
offset. You also have to have audioM8 in the project in that case.
- loading an arrangement now refreshes the rhythm name display
- importing a MIDI file now causes the rhythm name to change to the file
name
- MIDI volume controller (#7) no longer moves console sliders but acts as a
volume trim after the sliders
- increased snare limb handling flexibility
- ride bell logic has been changed so that all ride events with full
velocity are played on the bell
- ride bell logic now occurs after calculating velocity variance so that
very varied ride/bell combos are possible by setting ride velocity slightly
less than full
- added 'Tempo Filter' automation parameter. If this value is over 50%, the
tempo filtering of accents,fills, intros and endings is suspended until the
parameter drops back under 50%. This is useful during gradual tempo changes
where the filtering would corrupt playing fills.
- added support for snare brushing with future BrushPak
- added support for close stereo/no ambience sounds with certain future
DrumPaks
- added automatic close-mono sample extraction from close-stereo source for
DrumPak #2 and other CS-supporting expansion paks
- LOAD display now shows true polyphony as monophonic voices playing versus
sounds playing
- added jamstix.ini option 'NoHostDataLoad=1', which will keep Jamstix from
loading its data from song project files. This is useful when loading a song
fails due to a data problem in Jamstix.
- for those brave ones that create their own RAF files: double-clicking on
the drumset picture at the top of the Jamstix GUI will now reload the data
caches without having to restart Jamstix.
BUG FIXES:
- fixed problem with data reset when adding second instance of Jamstix to a
project.
- fixed dropdown box highlighting under certain circumstances causing
locking up of n-Track
- cymbal panel eighths now play in shuffle mode
- fixed issue with closed hihats not playing on quarters for some users (FPU
rounding issue)
- fixed 'Back to arrangement' light in Live during a rhythm change in
Jamstix when using MIDI automation
http://www.rayzoon.com/jamstix_update.html
