JamDeck

Category Audio Production / Loopers
Version 1.1.4
Format App
Compatibility JamDeckMacOS X Intel
License Commercial Software
Price $31  /  29€
Rating
Updated On Feb 16, 2013
Total Downloads 451
Mac Downloads 325
Category Audio Production / Loopers
Version 1.1.6
Format App
Compatibility JamDeckWindows
License Commercial Software
Price $31  /  29€
Rating
Updated On Feb 16, 2013
Total Downloads 451
PC Downloads 126

Creative looping environment

JamDeck is a music brainstorming tool for quick composition and iteration using a live looping workflow. Designed to minimize setup time, JamDeck makes it easy to capture new ideas quickly or have spontaneous jams. Using the built-in instruments, musicians can quickly record melodies with the 32-beat live looper and layer them as musical ideas. To finish a jam, these melodies can be dragged and dropped directly into a DAW as MIDI files via the Instant Export feature, so musicians can continue arranging and producing with their existing workflows.

For quick setup, JamDeck includes 21 built-in instruments spanning a range of styles. The Jam Essentials collection features charming sampled instruments like the Dusty Piano. The built-in SodaSynth collection produces pristine, classic sounds...
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JamDeck is a music brainstorming tool for quick composition and iteration using a live looping workflow. Designed to minimize setup time, JamDeck makes it easy to capture new ideas quickly or have spontaneous jams. Using the built-in instruments, musicians can quickly record melodies with the 32-beat live looper and layer them as musical ideas. To finish a jam, these melodies can be dragged and dropped directly into a DAW as MIDI files via the Instant Export feature, so musicians can continue arranging and producing with their existing workflows.

For quick setup, JamDeck includes 21 built-in instruments spanning a range of styles. The Jam Essentials collection features charming sampled instruments like the Dusty Piano. The built-in SodaSynth collection produces pristine, classic sounds from the flagship Oscillicious synthesizer engine. Lastly, the Analog Extracts collection provides quirky synth sounds sampled from a legendary analog modular synthesizer.

Also included in JamDeck is the Freestyle Recorder, a hands-free MIDI recorder with an alternative workflow for kickstarting jams. The Freestyle Recorder allows musicians to easily create seamless loops without worrying about manual chopping, and can instantly drop a beat over a recorded loop.

Technical Specs:
- 32-beat live looper with overdubbing
- 14 built-in drum beats from producer Carlo Carosi spanning a range of styles
- 9 Jam Essentials Sampled Instruments
- 7 SodaSynth Presets
- 5 Analog Extracts Sampled Sounds
- Metronome
- Freestyle Recorder - Non-stop, automatic recording
- Instant Export: Drag and drop MIDI to any DAW that supports it.
- Share to SoundCloud: Upload directly to your SoundCloud account
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OS X 10.6+ (Intel) or greater required.
XP or greater required.
JamDeck JamDeck v 1.1.4 Feb 16, 2013 MacOS X Intel
No longer having to click on the piano keys once to activate your PC/Mac keyboard. (much requested)
New keyboard mappings for AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards, for our European friends. (Changeable in the preferences dialog.)
Improved PC/Mac keyboard responsiveness – things are going to feel a little bit snappier when you’re rocking out with your keyboard.
Revamped Intro Tutorial - now much harder to break ;-)
Added an instruments menu shortcut key (Ctrl-I on Windows, Apple-I on Mac OS X)
Fixed a rare crash while loading SodaSynth presets.
Fixed some loop recorder rendering bugs.
Introduced a new “jambundle” file format for Mac OS X, plus file associations.
A couple other minor packaging fixes for Mac OS X.
Oscillicious JamDeck JamDeck v 1.0.2 Oct 18, 2012 MacOS X Intel
This update brings general improvements to two key areas, and is a recommended update for all users:

1. A realtime mastering bus now automatically applies some dynamic range compression and excitation to enhance the overall sound quality of your jams. In other words, everything just sounds better.

2. There should be improved compatibility with soundcards using the default Windows Vista/7/8 WASAPI audio API. We’ve made adjustments to provide a better out-of-the-box experience on Windows so you hopefully won’t have to mess around in the preferences before your soundcard works. We tested this on a range of hardware, but if you run into any audio issues on Windows with SongStarter, we’d appreciate it if you got in touch so we can fix them for good.

Also included in this update are a handful of other bugfixes, including:

Fixed pops when switching drum beats
Updated help screen now points to our SongStarter help page.
External audio input latency has been slightly reduced.
Improved compatibility with certain Windows recording devices.
Turned it to 11 – the overall volume is louder, should be closer to other applications.
Fixed a bug in which loops of certain lengths would get rounded incorrectly in the Freestyle Recorder’s tap tempo screen.
Switching drum beats now sets the project tempo to the original tempo of the drum beats. No more chipmunk DNB drums when you’re trying them out.
Oscillicious JamDeck v 1.0 Sep 28, 2012 MacOS X Intel
Here’s some of the changes in SongStarter 1.0 that were made after the last beta:

Added System Default soundcard on Mac OS X (especially useful on Mac OS X Mountain Lion)
Fixed the Freestyle Recorder going bonkers sometimes with the built-in instruments
New jam graphics
Added a slightly better loading indicator for instruments
Added a close button to the instrument picker (if you couldn’t figure out how to close it the first time, you weren’t alone!)
Reworked the loop recorder widget again so it paints short notes now
Added scanning for DAWs on Windows
built-in JamDeck v 1.0b091712 Sep 18, 2012 MacOS X Intel
This update brings more bugfixes and new instruments:
Classic Piano
A revamped Studio Piano
Cello
Claves
Mute Guitar
Electric Piano
Organ
Tremolo Strings
Tubular Bells
Glockenspiel
sampled JamDeck v 1.0b090712 Sep 7, 2012 MacOS X Intel
Adds audio input (!), new looper gfx, better latency on Windows + lots of bugfixes
instruments JamDeck v 1.0b082312 Aug 23, 2012 MacOS X Intel
The biggest problem reported so far was that the beta version appeared expired for many Windows users. I’ve done a bit of tinkering and I think I’ve managed to fix this one, so if you couldn’t get SongStarter to run before, try hitting the SongStarter page again and download the new version for Windows (songstarter-1.0-beta-082312-win32.exe). The Mac version has been updated with these fixes too.

Other changes in this version (1.0-beta-082312) include:

Drag and drop MIDI export for REAPER added
I quietly fixed the OS X package having some broken artwork and instruments earlier in the week.
recorder JamDeck v 1.0beta Aug 21, 2012 MacOS X Intel
JamDeck JamDeck v 1.1.6 Feb 16, 2013 Windows
No longer having to click on the piano keys once to activate your PC/Mac keyboard. (much requested)
New keyboard mappings for AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards, for our European friends. (Changeable in the preferences dialog.)
Improved PC/Mac keyboard responsiveness – things are going to feel a little bit snappier when you’re rocking out with your keyboard.
Revamped Intro Tutorial - now much harder to break ;-)
Added an instruments menu shortcut key (Ctrl-I on Windows, Apple-I on Mac OS X)
Fixed a rare crash while loading SodaSynth presets.
Fixed some loop recorder rendering bugs.
Introduced a new “jambundle” file format for Mac OS X, plus file associations.
A couple other minor packaging fixes for Mac OS X.
Oscillicious JamDeck JamDeck v 1.0.2 Oct 18, 2012 Windows
This update brings general improvements to two key areas, and is a recommended update for all users:

1. A realtime mastering bus now automatically applies some dynamic range compression and excitation to enhance the overall sound quality of your jams. In other words, everything just sounds better.

2. There should be improved compatibility with soundcards using the default Windows Vista/7/8 WASAPI audio API. We’ve made adjustments to provide a better out-of-the-box experience on Windows so you hopefully won’t have to mess around in the preferences before your soundcard works. We tested this on a range of hardware, but if you run into any audio issues on Windows with SongStarter, we’d appreciate it if you got in touch so we can fix them for good.

Also included in this update are a handful of other bugfixes, including:

Fixed pops when switching drum beats
Updated help screen now points to our SongStarter help page.
External audio input latency has been slightly reduced.
Improved compatibility with certain Windows recording devices.
Turned it to 11 – the overall volume is louder, should be closer to other applications.
Fixed a bug in which loops of certain lengths would get rounded incorrectly in the Freestyle Recorder’s tap tempo screen.
Switching drum beats now sets the project tempo to the original tempo of the drum beats. No more chipmunk DNB drums when you’re trying them out.
Oscillicious JamDeck v 1.0 Sep 28, 2012 Windows
Here’s some of the changes in SongStarter 1.0 that were made after the last beta:

Added System Default soundcard on Mac OS X (especially useful on Mac OS X Mountain Lion)
Fixed the Freestyle Recorder going bonkers sometimes with the built-in instruments
New jam graphics
Added a slightly better loading indicator for instruments
Added a close button to the instrument picker (if you couldn’t figure out how to close it the first time, you weren’t alone!)
Reworked the loop recorder widget again so it paints short notes now
Added scanning for DAWs on Windows
built-in JamDeck v 1.0b091712 Sep 18, 2012 Windows
This update brings more bugfixes and new instruments:
Classic Piano
A revamped Studio Piano
Cello
Claves
Mute Guitar
Electric Piano
Organ
Tremolo Strings
Tubular Bells
Glockenspiel
sampled JamDeck v 1.0b090712 Sep 7, 2012 Windows
Adds audio input (!), new looper gfx, better latency on Windows + lots of bugfixes
instruments JamDeck v 1.0b082312 Aug 23, 2012 Windows
The biggest problem reported so far was that the beta version appeared expired for many Windows users. I’ve done a bit of tinkering and I think I’ve managed to fix this one, so if you couldn’t get SongStarter to run before, try hitting the SongStarter page again and download the new version for Windows (songstarter-1.0-beta-082312-win32.exe). The Mac version has been updated with these fixes too.

Other changes in this version (1.0-beta-082312) include:

Drag and drop MIDI export for REAPER added
I quietly fixed the OS X package having some broken artwork and instruments earlier in the week.
recorder JamDeck v 1.0beta Aug 21, 2012 Windows
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