Rayzoon Technologies releases Jamstix v1.3

Rayzoon Technologies has released a version 1.3 update for its virtual drummer VSTi Jamstix. This is a massive update with lots of enhancements, including 40+ new fills and intros, as well as various bug fixes.

Enhancements:

• Added 40+ intros and fills.
• Added 'Character' control to jam control panel.
• Added 'Latinize' character, which reduces kick velocity, switches to snare sidestick and sets some default percussion.
• Added 'Aggressive' character, which uses semi-open hats instead of open hats.
• Added 'Random' button to free jam style panel to randomize those settings.
• Added 'Auto-Foot' setting to hihat panel to control behavior of hihat foot during ride and fills. Can be switched to off, quarters, eighths, or quarters+eighths.
• Added special snare and tom accents for shuffle mode.
• Expanded cymbal panel with boxes to add cymbals to quarters and eights with velocity and sound control.
• Added 'Mute' and 'Lock' controls to the FIE screen for convenience.
• Rocker switches can now also be changed by clicking on the labels.
• Added toggle switch for snare rimshots to internal engine controls.
• Added 'Mute Percussion' button.
• Added 'Double Bass' checkbox to free jam style panel.
• Added 'loop' option to FIE screen to control looping of previews.
• Changing 'No snare ghosting','Always Sidestick' and 'Always Ride' no longer resets the current patterns.
• 'Toggle Locks' now only locks that have play data.
• Reduced chimes volume in Jamstix mappings.
• Snare ghosts can now shuffle.
• Percussion now shuffles.
• Added parameter 'StereoOutputs' to jamstix.ini to switch all Jamstix outputs to mono if needed. Just add StereoOutputs=0 to [General] section.
• When changing the name of an existing rhythm and trying to save, Jamstix now allows replacing the existing rhythm.
• Controller and program changes are now passed through to subhosted VSTi.
• Right-clicking on input velocity map now shows load/save options.
• Added 'Jamstix YS Alt Kick' mapping with a shorter/closer kick then the default kit.
• Added control of the fill origin bar ('Start Bar') to the arranger to control the placement of fills.
• Added 18 MIDI automation parameters for percussion control.
• Jamstix now auto-selects the first used rhythm slot during key word jam if the current default slot is empty.
• Right-clicking on a rhythm in the arranger now opens the 'load rhythm' dialog box.
• Manually changing the start bar in the arranger now disables the automatic start bar detection for the session.
• Added arrow buttons to arranger rhythm name display to scroll names if needed for long rhythm names.
• Added red status bar message when trying to scroll the arrangement while playing.
• Replaced random X-sample selection with round-robin selection logic.
• Snare rimshots are now quieter.
• Sends MIDI controller 40 when a liveloop changes (data value is # of new liveloop with a range of 1-20).
• Sends MIDI controller 41 when the play mode changes (data values are 0-Normal 1-Fill 2-Intro 3-Ending).
• Fills are no longer protected in liveloop mode (use locking if a fill needs to be constant).
• Program changes now change the default rhythm that Jamstix will fall back on when input goes silent during free jam.
• Triggering a fill on the last bar of a liveloop now issues the fill in the first bar of the loop.
• When using a bar offset the fill origin is automatically adjusted.
• Fill,intro and ending markers are no longer displayed on previously locked bars.
• Choices (accents,fills etc.) are not memorized in liveloop mode so that loops can vary realistically.
• When exporting to MIDI file, Jamstix now warns if the host was never started and tempo and time signature information is not present.
• Arranger color now alternates with rhythms to aid positional awareness.
• Rhythms names in the arranger are now black for better readability.
• Load rhythm key word selections are now remembered even in hosts that fully destroy the GUI when closed (Cubase).
• Velocity and velocity lock status are now saved with the project data.
• Added jamstix.ini option 'NoFIERandomization' to suppress randomization of fills,intros and endings.
• Double-clicking on a bar in the arranger now also moves the position to that bar.
• When previewing, Jamstix now immediately jumps to the beat 1 to make it easier to distinguish between underlying rhythm and fill.
• Jamstix now alerts the user when trying to lock an unplayed bar.
• Sliders in the mapping panel now output their position to the status bar when changed.
• Fill/Intro/Ending editor in the arranger is no longer available on locked bars.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed problem loading Jamstix into Project 5.
• Fixed problem loading Jamstix into fx bin of an audio track in Sonar.
• Fixed problems with 'Back To Arrangement' in Ableton Live popping up when playing back Velocity automation.
• Fixed freezing when recording with Ableton Live and velocity dropping below 70%.
• Fixed sample list not loading in Live.
• Fixed Jamstix not loading in Ableton Live for some users.
• Fixed issue with auditing sounds when using DFHS inside of Jamstix.
• Fixed problem with DFHS bounce function inside of Jamstix.
• Fixed missing BFD GUI when loading BFD mapping when BFD is already subhosted.
• Fixed DFHS/BFD extra sounds logic.
• Implemented fix for 'no play without GUI' bug that some users experience in FL5 and energyXT.
• Fixed issue with some internal timers when running a very long Windows session.
• Fixed issue with MIDI input key releases triggering another note event with controllers that send MIDI Note off messages as 0x80h versus 0x90h/zero velocity.
• Fixed fill frequency 16 setting.
• Fixed first bar in arranger not highlighting when played.
• Fixed improper limb transition time logic, which decides how long it takes the drummer to get a specific limb from one drum to another. This fixes things like unrealistic ride during fills where most drummers would not be able to switch so fast.
• Fixed infrequent invalid pointer operation error.
• Fixed big time window displaying 6/8 rhythms in quarters.
• Fixed FIE marker disappearing when locking the bar.
• Fixed issue with incorrect pitch when auditing in MIDI-Out mode under certain circumstances.
• Fixed sample rates other than 44.1kHz not being reported properly to sub-hosted VSTi.
• Fixed demo version playing only with GUI open in certain hosts.
• Fixed problems with rhythm suppression in FIE preview under certain circumstances.
• Inserting/deleting measures now handles locked bars properly.
• Internal engine controls now longer show in MIDI-Out Only mode.
• Shuffler logic is now aligning 16th before quarters with 16th triplet grid instead of 8th.
• 'Toggle Locks' can now fix fully locked arrangements when loading an old arrangement with a newer Jamstix.