On Line Jam Session

RicksPick
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Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:33 pm

For info to those following this thread
I was testing my equiptment and system last night
And the only issue was latency, not the latency of my system
The latency of distance between jamming participants
I was online with a gent in California USA

Now when he plays steady Quarter notes at say 100bpm
I can play along fine, because I play to what I hear/recieve

But that signal has crossed across the pond
When I strum the other player hears the beat slightly off/behind
This is only a fraction of a second, and not quite as bad as say
somebody playing 4/4 time straight and the other playing swing time
But for one player it is noticable

The gent from the USA is used to this and he hardly notices now
Some body playing lead has less of an issue as its more freeform anyway
Somebody is designated as time keeper usually drums/metronome

I guess trial and error for 3 or more peeps in different locations wordwide
As to who is in the middle (piggie lol)

Quality was fantastic, no drop outs or noise problems, fully duplex.

If in the same country or close by this latency thing is not a problem
So should be intresting if we have several nations around the globe

RicksPick


sws626
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Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:54 pm

Hi Rick,

I had a similar discussion with a bass player in Sacramento I was playing around with when you couldn't join a few weeks ago -- he's 8 time zones behind us. He also told me that he and his friends usually deisngate one person as the time master and that person plays a metronome or drum machine. The problem otherwise is that one person plays, another one hears this late, compensates, the first person then here's this compensating partner even later, also slows down, until no one is playing anymore. I expect this can work, even at that distance, but would be more satisfying at shorter range. I agree that the sound quality is really very good.

Since we're only a short distance apart, i have high hopes that it will work well.

Stuart


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