A virtual drummer VSTi - Jamstix will run sync'ed inside of your sequencer/host and jam with your MIDI play (or even audio-in signal) using its innovative free jam mode where rhythms are created on-the-fly. It also offers jamming based on an extensive rhyhtm library as well as creating professional drum tracks complete with intro, fills and ending with its easy-to-use built-in arranger.

Extended information

Incredibly realistic drumming with just a few mouse clicks thanks to features such as velocity variance, auto-cymbals, random accents, probable notes and automatic switch rules, such as ride over hihat on high velocity, sidestick over snare on low velocity, no-ghosting on low velocity etc.

Jamstix has its own drum sound engine but can also host any of your existing VSTi drum modules, such as BFD and DFH Superior.

Technical specifications

* A VST acoustic drum brain that can jam with you and your music like a human drummer would. Recognizes what and how you play and interacts with you to give you very realistic drum tracks. Steroids for your creativity!

* Built-in high-quality multi-velocity drum sample player with controllable ambience and bounce samples

* Integrated VST sub-host allows usage of any VSTi drum synthesizer, such as BFD™, NI Battery™ and DFH Superior™. Combine the sounds of your favorite drum plugin with the jam power and realism of the jamstix brain!

* Extensive, unparalleled jamming capability. Analyzes MIDI input as well as audio input (with limitations) in real-time and develops rhythms and adjusts parameters instantaneously, giving you the feel of playing with a human drummer

* Limb-Priority-Control mechanism ensures that the output is at all times playable by a human drummer. You can layer rhythms and fills and accents as you wish and never have to worry about whether the result sounds realistic.

* Built-in arranger allows easy control of rhythms,intros,fills and endings in sync with your sequencer

* Easy-to-use but powerful rhythm controls allow you to modify or create rhythms. Comes with a library of hundreds of rhythms ready to use

* Choose between free jam mode which creates new rhythms from scratch in real-time or key word jam, which is based on preset rhythms selected through key words

* Incredibly realistic drumming with just a few mouse clicks thanks to features such as velocity variance, auto-cymbals, random accents, probable notes and automatic switch rules, such as ride over hihat on high velocity, sidestick over snare on low velocity, no-ghosting on low velocity etc.

* Extensive pitch and velocity mapping allows the adaptation of any key layout

* Over 20 MIDI-automation parameters allow control of various aspects of Jamstix by the host sequencer

* Four separate outputs with compression. Jamstix supports an additional twelve outputs as pass-through outputs to sub-hosted VSTi that require it.

* MIDI output to host sequencer as well as export to MIDI file for maximum flexibility

Specifications:
* VSTi 2.0 compliant virtual instrument with 4 to 16 separate outputs and MIDI-to-host output

* Sub-Host for a single VSTi (compatibility to specific products is not guaranteed. Use the demo to test prior to purchase) with full recall capability

* Internal sample playback engine with 370MB of drum samples including bounce samples and controllable per-sample ambience

* "Alive" rhythm library with 200+ rhythms and 100+ accents, fills, intros and endings

* Full-featured rhythm editor

* 1000-bar arranger in sync with host sequencer to control rhythm changes, intros, fills and ending

* Flexible Input-Output MIDI mapping with velocity translation to match any VSTi key layout and character

* Metronome with voice count and stick sound

* Supported sample rates: 44.1 - 96 kHz

* Copy protection: License Key

Requirements:
* Windows XP or 2k (Windows ME and 98SE are not supported but should work)
* P3 or Athlon 500MHz CPU (2GHz+ recommended)
* 512MB RAM
* 500MB free hard drive space
* VSTi 2.0 compliant host