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saw a story about this new invention on a Nashville Tv Show-looks pretty interesting........

supposed to allow one or more folks to practice in silence right in the middle of a library or other place you have to be quiet......

here is the link to the product website with more about it......

check it out

http://jamhub.com/


Tom
Thanks for the info....It seems a neat piece of kit...BUT is really just a glorified mini mixing deck with multi headphone outputs. A bit pricey for what it does. There are headphone amplifiers with multi outputs that will do the same job when used alongside a conventional mixing desk which I assume most bands will already own and use. Here is what I mean.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&cp=14&gs_id=f&xhr=t&q=headphone+amplifier&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBGB441GB441&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&ion=1&biw=1366&bih=612&wrapid=tljp1342198413282028&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=11885224627828465142&sa=X&ei=mVIAUOKTOYOnhAeUvN2ACA&sqi=2&ved=0CJEBEPMCMAQ
thanks for your opinion of it Big Jim

in your opinion would it replace a conventional mixing desk-or would you still need both?

Tom
Hi Tom you would still need a mixing desk. The headphone output on the desk would be connected to the mini headphone mixer and then you have multi headphone options....with a volume control for each set of phones. I use such a system for my home studio. The cost of buying both a mixer and a headphone mixer would be much less than buying the jam gizmo. There would probably be more routing options and better fx plus a graphic EQ superior on this system than what the jam gizmo offers. IMO these gizmos are good for home use but lack the sophistication and routing options of a pro mixer......like this one
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&cp=15&gs_id=e&xhr=t&q=mackie+mixing+desk&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBGB441GB441&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&ion=1&biw=1366&bih=641&wrapid=tljp1342259100247024&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14852464228977072788&sa=X&ei=nz8BUNncNaaa1AXH8oSBBw&sqi=2&ved=0CGwQ8wIwAg
This Mackie mixing desk prices at around $300..... add about $50 for a decent headphone mixer and it comes to less than half the cost of the jam gizmo. I would also bet that this would have a better spec and quality of components. Even this option would be cheaper and has far more input/output options....plus usb capabilities.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/ca...OEEBUORNgr_RBdm0wMIH&ved=0CHoQ8wIwAw
thanks again Jim

you really know your stuff when it comes to recording.....

Tom
Thanks...one other point worth noting is that although the Jam has a usb recording facility it is limited to recording just one main output channel. That means that you can only record the main mix as one track with all the instruments on it. There is no multi track record function. So there is no capability of editing each instrument or input channel post record. With a mixing desk and adding an interface you can record digitally each instrument on a separate channel and then edit and mix each track whilst retaining the original track and even revisit by adding extra tracks. An interface costs around $200 or even less. Purchasing a desk plus an interface and a headphone mixer is still comparable or cheaper than the Jam thingy.
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