But a bunch of classic prog like Yes and Rush and classic rock like Boston and the Allman Bros. Lots of Pantera and Dream Theater and Megadeath and Mastadon. The sounds are good and there are actually songs I want to play in the store. So when you fire up a track on an iOS device, you have an appropriate sound all dialed in. These tracks have sounds for the songs included. But if you do, about half of the songs in the store have a little Line 6 logo next to them. You don’t have to have one to use Jammit. I have and use a Line 6 Mobile iOS interface. When I fire up Highway Star, I am hearing Ritchie Blackmore’s original track.Ģ) The Line 6 connection. There are two things that make Jammit way cooler.ġ) You are playing along and learning from REAL tracks by the original artist. For those of us who have been around long enough to remember, there are kind of like the old Music Minus One tracks. THey are more like a really good roadmap. What these are NOT are actual lessons where you are being taught. THere is a tuner and you can record yourself playing and even use the onboard camera to make a video and then share it over your social networks. The Score view–at least for the guitar tracks–toggles between traditional notation and tab views. A Mixer that lets you adjust how much you hear of the band, you isolated track, yourself and a click. The video will give you an idea of how it works. But manhouse engineer Michihiro “Michi” Tanikawa of the songs in the store are avaialble for multiple instruments. The in-app purchases do NOT include everything. The demo version includes files for guitar, bass, drums, keys and vocals. When you download the app, you get one demo song with it. Sorry Google fanboys (that’s you Kevin Hill and Tim Hemingway…). And there is an iOS version that runs on iPads, iPhones and the iPod Touch. The desktop app runs on tha Mac platform and a Windows standalone (WIndows 7 only) is available as a public beta. And all of them are useful but I have a new favorite: It’s called Jammit. (At press time, the custom Line 6 patches are available for over 70 songs in the Jammit catalogue.I have a solid 100 tabs on my Mac I have the paid version of the Ultimate Guitar app on my phone I have books I have DVDs. Line 6 Mobile In is $79.95US (estimated street price) and can be purchased from a variety of retailers. Songs range in price from $1.99 to $5.99US. Jammit is available as a free download from the App Store (opens in new tab). As of this writing, over 300 songs are available for guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals. What used to be complex and costly is now easily accessible to all guitarists - so they can focus on playing instead of on how to get a certain sound."Īmong the 150-plus artists who have licensed tracks to Jammit are Mastodon, Yes, Boston, Steve Vai, Pantera and the Grateful Dead. Line 6 co-founder Marcus Ryle has nothing but raves: "The Jammit app gives guitarists a uniquely inspiring way to do what they've always wanted to do: play their favorite songs with their favorite bands. The minute they start playing around with Jammit, they go, 'This is amazing! How can we get on board?'" "We're signing up so many bands and artists, it's great. A little light bulb went on over my head…"Īnd what's been the response from artists? "They love it," says Humphrey. But the time I came back, the guitarist would have the part figured out. What I ended up doing was, I'd take a section, loop it, put it on a click track, maybe slow it down and walk out of the room. Sometimes they might not remember how they played certain parts. "I would be sitting with guitar players and we'd be going over demos that were two or three years old. And once they've got their smoking riffs and solos nailed, they can record them right along with the master.Īccording to record producer and Jammit CEO Scott Humphrey, the idea of the Jammit software came to him while working with artists in the studio. Players can navigate to whatever section of a song they like, loop and slow it down to as much as half-speed (without changing pitch). With Jammit, musicians are virtually able to become part of Rush, Dream Theater, the Foo Fighters, Nirvana and many, many more, as the software allows them to isolate guitar, bass, drums, keyboard or vocal tracks for intense examination. Released in 2011, Jammit is the revolutionary music software, available for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac OS X desktop (a Windows version is coming), that can isolate individual audio tracks within original multi-track master recordings.
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