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Hey I found this today its helping me with my music withdrawls and was wondering has anyone used this before?? is anything else like it?
http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

I recommend to anyone who dosnt have their instruments and such to use

Howdy Juice,Gus here. Is this like Band In A Box?

Yeah kinda it certainly helps to map out tracks

Hi Aaron, I have some time ago. May be I'm missing something but it was very limiting to what I could do. May be they changed it since.

Someone told me that this site is great, so I had a go with it. It´s not good. First I thought, that it might be cool for doin a quick demo but I have a Entertainer Keyboard as well, so the Keyboard is way better.

Some of the guys hanging around in the JamStudio Forum say, that they are selling their stuff they have creates with JS, but I cannot believe this..

Kim (a very active member here) uses it for all of of her rough work demos. Although the programme certainly has its limitation, it's been excellent for getting her up and running.

I'm about to start fiddling with it myself before I move on up to BIAB.

Donna

whats BIAB?

Aaron I couldn't get it to work last night to listen to your song tired all night...sorry glyn

Juice,BIAB, is Band In A Box, which is a program that, for $90
lets you compose music & have it performed, as you write it, on
10 or more instruments, or will help you compose it, once you tell it what style, chord structure, etc. that you're looking for, plus
a bunch of other stuff. mighty cool for only $90........Gus

@Steven: The 90 bucks are only for a basic version with a real bad sound . The instrument where they unse something they call "real instruments" (they sound a bit like real instruments) costs more than 500 Bucks.

Band in a box can be really handy for a rough demo or to print a note sheet for musicians. But I have never used it. Just heard, that some people are doin this.

I think for JamStudio you have do pay something, don´t ya?

Martin, I just bought the 2010 pro version, including all the real tracks, real drums, everything, all the patches, vocal pitch control/ correction, 4 part vocal harmonies, plus much more
all for $90 plus $9 shipping....... Gus

For examples of its capabilities/ limitations, check out Kevin
Emmrichs tunes, or Neil Cottons, they both utilize some version
of BIAB, TO WHAT ARE GOOD RESULTS TO MY UNTRAINED EAR...

@Gus: Oh, did not know that. Jeff Knight, who is a user in this board her, uses Band in a box with real track and so on, and he said, that his version costs about 500 Bucks... don´t know which version he has .

I just downloaded the 2007 Demo Version a couple of years ago, the sound might have improved

Howdy Martin, yeah things change so fast huh? For someone like me,
who can't play, to be able to compose something, & then have instruments of, whatever quality sound, produce it, and I don't
even have to write the notes on a staff, that is pretty cool.
I was astounded at how much I got for so little $$$
If anyone wants info on where where I ordered it from, PM me
& I'll shoot the info, incl. SKU# etc., back to ya.....Gus

BIAB Pro (list $129) comes with "12 RealTracks in 3 Bands (Jazz Swing 140, Pop/Rock 120,Country Ballad 85) and RealDrums Set 1. The full version (list of $469) comes with 370+ realtracks and 200+ realdrums.

BIAB "midi-only" doesn't create any sound on its own. It is all dependant on your soundcard and/or the soundfonts/samples you use to convert the midi to audio. Good soundfonts/samples = good sound, stock soundcard = cheesy midi sounds.

Here's some BIAB realtrack/midi samples:

Country: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6470939

Country/Rock: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8473778

Rock: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=5196787

5/4 Jazz: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7517363

Alternative: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8111400

Bluegrass: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6137590

Kevin

Hi kevin,
did not know that you are a singer as well.

If you want, have a listen to one of Jeff Knight´s tracks. I understand that he uses the full version of Band in a box for his productions.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7826427 (Country Rock)
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8060559 (Ballad)

This sound is pretty good. 470 Bucks, wasn´t it...

I made this for free I know its not much but for free and done in 15 mins cant be to bad. It would sound better I am sure with BIAB and such but for free and with nothing around me to pluck on its cool.

http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/FWSongShare.asp?SongNum=584709&SongId=584906

Martin: I'm not, let's keep it our little secret!

Aaron: I think you have to somehow login to hear your tune.

Kevin

does it not show a play button cuz when I use the link I dont have to login to play it

Aaron, I think that for others to hear your tune you need to provide an MP3 of the track. And to obtain the MP3, you need to purchase the Access code. I think it's around $24.95.

Once you have that code, every time you 'save' a tune, you can get an MP3 sent back to you.

Check out the JamStudio forums.

Donna

Jammer was a similar program that was good for creating rough demos to bash out the kinks with...

Cheers

I can hear it - don´t know why, am not registrated with JamStudio...might be handy for a real real rough demo

Hi - As Donna said, I used Jam Studios alot to start a song...since I am not a musician.several of them I later had made into real song with musicians.....using my melody...here is my lame attempt at hip hop...get ready to laugh.. But I have always been one to try all styles..and genres...much to many peoples's shagrin
Hip Hop
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8489265

You can use it free for a few weeks, but I pay 4.95 a month, and then you can make tracks and mail them to yourself. It is limited, as far as amount of instruments...pages, but if I don't have a collaborator and since I can not play music myself...I do the best I can with my limited talent in music and singing..and sometimes it can be a catayst for someone else to make a real song...such as below..
my Jam version
(very bad quality recording and my awful singing..
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8677773

Big Jim's Version with real instruments...and his vocals..
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8887195

Until I can afford the full BIAB...(which I hear is hard to use) I will use Jam...good luck with it...hope this helps...Kimberly