This article gives a general description of Jamroom and its applications.

Jamroom combines social tools, recording software, and audio networking technology to enable mucisians to hold live music sessions across the Internet. It is flexible enough to serve both professional songwriters and amateurs.

Jamroom has two parts: a website where each user manages musical workspaces (webpages) called jamrooms, and software called Jamroom Connector that runs on the user's computer. Jamroom Connector includes easy-to-use recording software.

To simplify the process of connecting an instrument/microphone to the computer, we also offer Jambox, a custom USB audio interface. Jambox is described here.

Upon registering, each Jamroom user gets the following web pages:

  • Personal page
  • My Jamrooms page
  • My Account page.

In addition, the user may create a number of

  • Jamroom pages.

Each Jamroom page is a project space where users meet to jam live, share audio files, and collaborate generally. Users may create new jamroom pages by using the "Start a Jamroom" tab at the top of each page. Basic users may start two (2) jamrooms; Songwriter users ten (10). Additional jamrooms may be purchased.

Jamrooms come in two flavors:  public  and private.  Public jamrooms are appropriate for projects which may be open to the public. Private jamrooms are intended for projects which must remain secure and confidential.  User may have some private and some public jamrooms where they keep their various projects.

The My Account page aggregates account information as well as information about the user's jamrooms and file storage.

The My Jamrooms page facilitates navigation to the user's various jamrooms.

The Personal page gives each user a public face and facilitates social connection among users.

We offer two subscription plans: Basic and Songwriter. Basic users can have two public jamrooms. Songwriter users can have up to ten jamrooms--public or private.

 

When a user creates a jamroom, he/she becomes the owner of that jamroom and has certain priviledges. First, the owner can set the following features of the jamroom:

  • Name
  • Photo or graphic icon
  • Descriptive text
  • Public or private
  • License type.

These features are set by the owner when the jamroom is created and may be modified by following the Modify this Jamroom button on the jamroom page.

Importantly, the owner controls who may become a member of the jamroom. 

Public jamrooms are visible to the entire Jamroom community. Membership may be unrestricted or restricted with the following difference:  Anyone may join an unrestricted jamroom with immediate effect; for a restricted  jamroom, anyone may apply for membership but membership required approval by the owner.

The owner of a public jamroom can always delete or block a member. Once deleted, the user is no longer a member of that jamroom. Additionally, if blocked, the user may never rejoin that jamroom.

Private jamrooms are invisible; only their members can see them. Membership in a private jamroom is by invitation only. On the jamroom page, the jamroom owner has a number of controls including "Invite Friends" and "Members Management". Using these, the jamroom owner maintains strict control over who can see and enter his workspace. Using the Members Management control, the owner can grant or deny access dynamically.

Once a user has become a member of a jamroom, he/she can hold a live session by pressing the Go Live button (together with a remote partner). After a few seconds, the users share an audio connection (they are "in the jamroom" together) and can begin to play together.

A member of the jamroom may also upload audio files to the jamroom for sharing and storage.

 

Let's follow the case of two songwriters, Tom and Jerry collaborating on a project called "Love Song 52".

Tom starts a private jamroom called LS52 and invites Jerry to join. Jerry accepts.

Tom and Jerry each work offline and record some concept riffs using Jamroom Connector's digital recording capability. They upload those files to LS52 . Then they arrange to meet inside the jamroom for a live session. Pointing their browsers at LS52  (which they and only they can see), they use the Go Live button to get in the mix together. They play music together and, when ready, begin to record.  Each musician makes a mono recording of himself. Subsequently, they upload the files to LS52  .

Tom invites Mary, a sound engineer, to join the jamroom. She does and downloads the demo files. After mixing them, Mary uploads the mix to the site. Tom, Jerry, and Mary meet in the jamroom to listen to the mix together and discuss it.

Tom invites Bert, a publisher, to join the jamroom. He does and meets them inside to hear and discuss the latest demo file. As Tom plays the file, Bert makes comments. Tom and Jerry play some concepts for Bert in real time and the three agree on changes.

 

Jamroom exposes a rich set of social and productivity tools with relative simplicity. Users can manage projects, relationships, and content with differing degrees of privacy and control. All this is handled through a very few, simple web pages.

The Jamroom Connector recording software resembles a simple media player. Consequently, even user unfamiliar with recording software should find it easy to make layered recordings.  In particular, the software automatically synchronizes overlays.

 

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