Rayzoon Technologies releases Jamstix v1.4

Rayzoon Technologies has released version 1.4 of its virtual drummer VSTi Jamstix, featuring many enhancements and a few fixes.

Enhancements:

• Added ability to manually select snare and tom accents in the rhythm tab.
• Added 'Flip Stereo' switch to internal engine setup.
• Added 'Closed' event to hihat + column.
• Modified various fills and accents to use 32nd notes instead of triplets for better compatibility.
• Fills and accents are now auto-shuffled in shuffle mode with much improved results.
• Added probability slider for hihat/ride eighths.
• Added jamstix.ini option DefaultCompression (value range 0..99).
• Added separate sound slot for snare rimshots.
• Created sample set for default kit snare rimshots.
• Internal sounds can now be routed to any output, not just 1-4. Sounds that are played on outputs 5-17 are not routed through the console so they have no gain control or compression within Jamstix. If a sound has an output specified that is above the current maximum output number, it will be played through output 1.
• Outputs are now named 'JS Out x' with x being sequential in mono and stereo modes.
• Key re-mapping now also affects MIDI input triggering internal sounds.
• Added numerical output in status bar for gain and compression sliders.
• Added eight basic fills (names start with 'BASIC...').
• Added some 32nd double stroke snare accents.
• If an internal mapping sound has no ride bell sound, the engine will now automatically use the normal ride sound.
• If an internal mapping sound has crash/splash or china sounds missing, the engine will now automatically use existing cymbals instead of just silence.
• Added lock icon to rhythm tab to control whether the rhythm will change based on the arrangement while the host is running and the rhythm tab is shown.
• Moved mute icon to bottom-right corner of rhythm tab.
• Added idle trigger for DFHS cache logic.
• Added a warning LED in the status bar when the host is running but Jamstix is stopped.
• If an accent or fill specifies a kick at the same time as a tom, the kick will no longer be suppressed.
• When playing MIDI data in 'dumb' mode, the internal engine no longer applies velocity variance.
• Added 'DSP Offset' checkbox to mapping tab. This box should be checked only if you are using DSP-based plugins with latency and experience a synch offset. You also have to have audioM8 in the project in that case.
• Loading an arrangement now refreshes the rhythm name display.
• Importing a MIDI file now causes the rhythm name to change to the file name.
• MIDI volume controller (#7) no longer moves console sliders but acts as a volume trim after the sliders.
• Increased snare limb handling flexibility.
• Ride bell logic has been changed so that all ride events with full velocity are played on the bell.
• Ride bell logic now occurs after calculating velocity variance so that very varied ride/bell combos are possible by setting ride velocity slightly less than full.
• Added 'Tempo Filter' automation parameter. If this value is over 50%, the tempo filtering of accents,fills, intros and endings is suspended until the parameter drops back under 50%. This is useful during gradual tempo changes where the filtering would corrupt playing fills.
• Added support for snare brushing with future BrushPak.
• Added support for close stereo/no ambience sounds with certain future DrumPaks.
• Added automatic close-mono sample extraction from close-stereo source for DrumPak #2 and other CS-supporting expansion paks.
• LOAD display now shows true polyphony as monophonic voices playing versus sounds playing.
• Added jamstix.ini option 'NoHostDataLoad=1', which will keep Jamstix from loading its data from song project files. This is useful when loading a song fails due to a data problem in Jamstix.
• For those brave ones that create their own RAF files: double-clicking on the drumset picture at the top of the Jamstix GUI will now reload the data caches without having to restart Jamstix.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed problem with data reset when adding second instance of Jamstix to a project.
• Fixed dropdown box highlighting under certain circumstances causing locking up of n-Track.
• Cymbal panel eighths now play in shuffle mode.
• Fixed issue with closed hihats not playing on quarters for some users (FPU rounding issue).
• Fixed 'Back to arrangement' light in Live during a rhythm change in Jamstix when using MIDI automation.