Touch and keep holding down on a Set to bring up an option to delete it. (That action is called a ‘long hold’ by Apple, we will just say ‘hold down’ in Jamm parlance)

When you press the Download button to download a Set, the message ‘Downloading…’ is displayed and a download progress indicator is shown. Then a message ‘Installing’ is displayed. After installation, the Set should be visible in the Store. Select Sort by: Recent and it should be the first one at the top.

For already downloaded Sets the Download arrow and the Trolley icons are naturally not shown.

Tap a Set to show the Set Detail screen where you play, view, purchase, download, and edit the info of a Set

To edit a Sets info, tap on a field: Artist, Title, BPM, Key, Notes, Channel names, Tags, Artwork

Store Sets are able to be edited, but be aware that some descriptions exceed the built in character limit, editing those will truncate them. If you want to create custom versions of these sets for personal usage, it is recommended that you save a copy and leave the original intact. If you overwrite the original, you’ll have to redownload it from the Store Server.

Creator info fields, notes are limited to 128 characters.

SoundSet (Use to make your own songs) or TuneSet (copyright protected, based on existing works by guest artists, the details and artwork are fixed, please read the Terms and Conditions for usage of Tune Sets.

BPM and Key  

Key is the root note C,  C#…. Flats are not used.

The names of the 4 main Channels in a Set.  Maximum length is 6 characters.

Lets you define tags for a Set you create. Tap the Tags button to select up to 4 from the list. NB no genre list can ever be perfect :)

double tap to choose an Artwork for the Set from your Photos library on the device. Max recommended size is 2000x2000 pixels (GPU limitations cause variance, newer devices can do higher res).

Link to a video demonstrating the Set. (not editable for User sets, will default to Jamm generic demo).

For available (ie downloaded and created Sets) tap the circular Play icon in the centre to load the Set and get ready to Jamm! On Play Set, a progress indicator shows the loading status, giving you a look at the artwork, and then the Main Jamm Interface appears.

Sets are tagged to indicate their genres. Each Set can have 4 Tags drawn from a pool of 30, like Techno, Ambient, Dub, etc. To find Sets in genres you want, tap the Tag menu to select the relevant genres. On closing the Tag menu, the selected Tags are listed in the Tag field, and the Store will filter the available Sets  to show only those which contain the selected Tags.

On pressing Play , Jamm Pro will start playback immediately. If Ableton Link is on, this will be linked to the current bar position of the Link clock so a delay of up to a bar can occur before playback starts.

Shift + Play

Record has 2 modes: Recording Out and Sampling In.  Swapping between the 2 modes and Settings for both are selected in the Mode screen. More info in the Record Mode Screen part of the manual.

Recording Out mode shows  a circular Red button icon -for mixdown, stems and also resampling.

Sampling Mode shows a Red Microphone icon- for direct recording into the app sample slots from any audio input: mic, IAA*, soundcard.

* IAA (Inter-App-Audio) is exclusive to the iOS platform.

Sampling Mode requires the “Jamm Creator” Pack to be purchased.

Hold Shift + Mode to switch between the two without having to jump to the recording page.

Tap a Patch to recall it. Recall happens at the start of the next bar.

NB Patch recall is resource heavy. It's best done in the main Jamm screen to avoid glitches.

Recall Patch FX settings only

Long hold on a Patch to bring up a menu of Patch Operations.

Here’s a 1min video showing this.

Patches store the current state of the app. Nearly all params are stored.

Save As lets you change the name of a Patch.

Duplicate places a new copy of the Patch you are on after it. Other functions work as named!

NOT Stored in Patches:

BPM. Else patch recall would always reset the BPM of everyone on LINK  to what the  BPM was when Patch was stored. This might not be popular with others in the session. :)

Master FX. We considered that these are Global, i.e. set once as they affect all Patches. Subass IS Stored.

Changes to the state of clip parameters e.g. Volume, Pan, Timestretch are stored ‘globally’ for each clip in a Set, and are recalled whenever a clip is manually tapped.

However, clip parameter states are also saved on a per patch basis, which allows you to override the “global” clip state when a patch is saved and recalled.

(Note, only the clip parameter states for the active clip in each channel is saved with a patch.)

Patch name length

Toggle Patch follow on and off using the first button to the right of the top left artwork.  Patch follow is off by default. When switched on, each Patch plays for the length of the longest clip it's using, then automatically triggers the next patch. You can use this to build a whole song as a patch sequence.

BPM and Key module

Tap on the BPM /Key (top right, eg 120 C_m) module to popup this module. Hold and drag your finger left or right on this BPM value to nudge BPM up/down 5% till you release your finger (simulates a turntable nudge).

Sets the playback speed for the whole set. You can Slide with the slider or nudge with the  < > arrows to set BPM.

Tip: Hold Shift+tap a BPM < or > arrow to FineAdjust the BPM up or down.

Reset BPM

Global Time Stretch and BPM

Sets the global key of the Set.

Nudge with ↑ ↓ , reset by double tapping the Key icon (Treble stave).

The Global TimeStretch mode in Settings affects how all clips respond to Key changes. If set to Per Clip, then the best mode for key changes of each clip is often FFT.

Applies a Swing ('Shuffle') effect to each channel. In most music software Swing is applied using Midi, whereas uniquely in Jamm this is done using Timestretching. Your mileage may vary but some cool effects are possible.

Swing Link

Takes you to the Set Detail page when you can e.g. edit Channel names, change the Key. Tap ‘Back’ top left to return to the Main interface.

Close The Set and return to the Store.

Saves the Set without closing it. This does not stop playback so you can save as you Jamm!

Lets you make a copy of the current Set and give it a different name. The option to ‘clean up’ the Set by deleting unused samples is given.

Save a Copy moves all samples out of the User subdirectory and into the main Soundfiles folder for that Set, and updates the relevant Soundfiles xml list. Stops playback to do the Save.

Copies the entire Set including all samples and patches to a zip file that can be shared/copied where you like.

NB It is highly recommended to make a copy of any Sets you create and back it up eg to your computer or a cloud service using this function or the iOS Files app.

On Android, this uses your device’s default file manager, which may vary between manufacturers. Make sure to use “Full Set” if you’re on iOS and are intending to send the file to an Android device, backups of patch level information by itself aren’t supported on that platform. If you need help moving your sets and samples around, check our File Management guide.

Restores the Set from the last Saved version. 

Undo the last Audio record or load clip.

The Loop matrix is the heart of Jamm. It consists of 4 channels each of 8 clips slots, holding one clip per slot; each channel only plays 1 clip at a time. You can slide from one clip in a channel to another and Jamm will swap instantly and smoothly between them. Indeed you can slide all over the loop matrix with one or many fingers and Jamm will follow the multiple triggers as you freak out with no idea needed of which clip is which as it all sounds grooovy.

Loop Matrix Channel Options

Play the Stab Slots to trigger clips which by default do not loop and play only while held down. Typically Stab clips are shorter than the clips in the Loop Matrix. We usually put a Kick, a Snare and a Hat in slots 7, 9, and 5 to facilitate finger drumming. Also there is usually a Riser on 8 and a melodic Clip on 4 and a stab on 3 but Sets vary.

Stab Pitch Slider

Stab Scratch

Stabs FX toggle

4 rows of FX buttons correspond horizontally  to individual Distortion, Filter, Delay, Reverb and Pump for each channel. Each button is a toggle for Effect on/off. The returns are combined back into the channels.

NB Please note: the returns are both post Mute and post Effect on/off so that e.g. a delay’s tail remains when the channel is muted, or the Effect turned off, for more dubtastic possibilities. Please see note below about the dangers of extreme feedback.

DJ FX Mini XY

More FX control

The XY Multi FX Pad is a controller and multi effect module. It uses the same per channel effects as the DJ FX but gives one a different way of controlling them.  

XY Cursors Multi FX assignment

XY Send

XY Hold

The CCut Slot Rack is a performance oriented submodule of the full ColdCutter CCut module. The full CCut module (available from the 'CCut' screen)  is where one selects, edits and programs the Coldcutter's operations so that a set of favourite operations are instantly available in the CCut Slot Rack via its 16 slots.

Hence these 16 slots can be freely programmed, but by default they contain preprogrammed Coldcutter operations:

An important concept to grasp is that only Slot Zero is ever saved and recalled when a Patch is saved:

Polymorphic Slot Zero vs Monomorphic Slots 1-15

Default states for Slots 1-15

At the middle left of the screen, the channel button selects which channel’s Tone FX settings are currently shown. Hold this button to popup a channel selector to select between the 5 channels.

Various controls and settings for each channel's Distortion effect. Double tap a control to return to its default settings.

Distortion Type

Crush

Various controls and settings for each channel’s Filter effect. Double tap a control to return to its default settings.

Filter Type

Freq

Res

LFO Rate

LFO Depth

At the middle left of the screen a button selects which channel’s Time FX settings are currently shown. Hold this button to popup a channel selector to select between the 5 channels.

Contains various controls and settings for each channel’s Delay. double tap a control to return to its default settings.

NB Please note each of the 5 channels has its own separate Delay module.

The Delay returns are both post Mute and post Effect on/off so that a delay’s tail is not cut off when the channel is Muted, or the Effect turned off, for more dubtastic possibilities.

Please see note below about the dangers of extreme feedback.

Delay on/off

Delay type

Sync

Danger : Extreme Feedback!

Time

Feedback

Depth

Warbl

Width

Reverb effect control panel

NB Please note each of the 5 channels has its own separate Reverb module.

Reverb on/off

Reverb type

Depth

Feedback

On the right of the Pump module is the Analysis section. This allows you to Isolate the Key input to better pick out the desired frequency and behaviour of the Key input, and have more control over how the Key affects the Target channels.

NB Please note that the Analysis section parameters are an exception to the rule in that they are NOT stored in Patches - they are Global i.e. there is only one setting for them per Set.

Key Trigger LED

Release

Isolate

Makeup

Pump on/off

Key

Invert

Stabs Key Input

Generally, the CCut submodules are per Channel Sequencers and the Channel Selector on the left selects which Channels Sequencers are being viewed/edited. As with the Time/Tone screens, the Channel names are given.

CCut uses the Slice Shuffle technique developed by Coldcut and Hex in the 90s and also known as ‘Buffer Shuffle’ to treat clips as a sequence of equal sized small slices of audio. This sequence  can then be operated on, to change or shuffle the order of the slices, each of which is a fraction ( a 16th) of a bar. As all slices are of equal size they can be freely combined and still always create a rhythmic pattern, like shuffling a deck of cards , a shuffle clip remains the same total size. Using a combination of randomness and control, we have found that Slice Shuffle yields intriguing mutations of rhythms and is an idea generator. CCut gives you the ability to freak out generating new rhythmic patterns and save the ones you like.

In the top right quadrant of the CCut screen you will find the Slice Shuffle controls and some CCut Options.

Concept to understand: the CCut has a separate Slice Sequence for each channel (i.e. a separate sequence of slices to play per channel), but all 4 channels CCut Slice Sequence are subject to the same set of Slice Shuffle Controls. So for example each Channel might be set to randomise the same amount but that does not mean the results of the randomisation would be the same for all Channels. (But, see Chain from Channel 1)

Loop 1 Bar

Chain from Channel 1

Freeze

Reset

To recap, Slice Shuffle and the related Slice Sequencer treats a loop as a sequence of same size ‘Slices’ (each a 16th of a bar) which can be shuffled - i.e. repeated, reordered, and reversed - to create variations on the original source loop.

The Shuffling operations are not completely random, they offer controllable randomness, a favourite Coldcut technique which has a relationship to the Indeterminacy techniques of e.g. John Cage, Nam June Paik, William Burroughs and also Steve Reich’s Systems music. In fact Shuffling does not just operate on the Slice level - internally it works  by cutting a bar into sections, and then repeating steps within those sections. This gives a more controlled musical randomisation than just shuffling all steps independently.

Before any shuffle takes place, the Slice Sequence is 1,2,3,4...16.

This sequence can be seen and manually edited in the Slice Sequencer. The Slice Shuffle controls provide means for automatically shuffling the sequence of Slices. These are the Slice Shuffle controls:

Slice

Trig

Retrig

Evolve

Mute

Reverse

CCut contains a number of 16 step sequencers some of which have dedicated functions to act on the slices and some of which can be freely patched to control other operations in Jamm.

Slice Sequencer

Gate Sequencer

PRD (Pitch Reverse Drill) Sequencer

Call+Response

Modulation Sequencers 1+2 , 3+4, 5+6

The CCut has 16 slots which are like presets for its operations, called the CCut Slot Rack. Usually one Slot is on. Then the Slice Shuffle controls and the CCut Options above the Slot Rack will show the settings for that Slot. However if the active Slot is tapped again, it will go off. Then no Slot is active, and so the Slice Shuffle and CCut Options disappear as they have no active Slot data to show.

Refer back to the default settings for Slots 1-15.

Hold Shift and double tap a Slot to reshuffle its Slice Sequencer.

However an important concept to grasp is that only Slot Zero is ever saved and recalled when a Patch is saved.

Polymorphic Slot Zero vs Monomorphic Slots 1-15

CCut Slot Edit

This module is to compress and boost the overall output of Jamm. Turn on/off Master FX by tapping where it says Master FX. Boost and Compress can usually be left as they are. Air creates 'air' or 'presence' to enhance top-end frequencies and make output sound more sparkly. Also there is a Distortion control to add crunch with a Warm on/off toggle, Warm being a tape saturation type of sound.

NB Master FX is an exception to the other modules in that its settings are not stored in Patches. It was felt better to have one Master FX setting that is Global for the Set.

This is a Synth which generates sub bass tones using the same principle as the Pump (Side chain) module: using the Kick from whatever clip is playing in channel 1 to derive a Key trigger impulse. In this case the Key triggers a sub pulse.

Steps/Bars XY

Pitch Ramp

Sine/Dyn subbass type

Follow Current Key

Autocool Dril BLine generation

Master Vol control for Jamm; goes up to 11 but….

Gives an indication of Output level. Advise - don’t pump everything up till it's always in the red as digital clipping distortion rarely sounds great.

Famous DJ 'what's this shit you're playing, it sounds terrible.’ Soundman ‘Thats your Set from last night, mate. I kept saying stay out of the red and I’d turn it up on the PA but you didn’t listen…’ True tour bus story. Who was it?

Controls how quickly the sound stops when the deckstop effect is triggered. The higher the Brake, the more quickly it stops.

Tap any clip in the Clip matrix or Stab matrix to make it the selected clip i.e. the clip which appears in the Clip screen ready to be edited/replaced. The waveform of this clip is displayed.

Requires ‘Jamm Creator’ pack.

Tap on a clip’s name.wav to go to the Files App where you can browse various locations to find clips to load. iCloud* Drive, Dropbox, Gdrive and the Audioshare* apps are supported. For best compatibility please use WAV 16 bit, 44.1khz,or 48khz , stereo samples. Mono Is supported. 24/32 bit , or Higher sampling rates eg 96k, may work but are not officially supported at this time. Lower sampling rates are not recommended.

There’s no “file size” limitations as such, but there is a time limit per sample of 1m30s, if your sample isn’t loading please check the duration of the file.

*iCloud and Audioshare are iOS exclusive

IMPORTANT

Batch Import of samples is only supported on Channel 1-4, add samples to stabs 1 by 1.

The following instructions are divided up by platform.

iOS

Android

Adjust the pitch of a clip. Changes in Clip pitch often work best with Clip set to FFT Timestretch mode. When the Timestretch mode in Settings is on Repitch All, this means that all clips are in FFT mode by default.

Is what they are. Turn Stereo down to reduce stereo width to mono at minimum.

The Red cursor in the clip waveform sets the Start point of the clip by dragging it. Holding Shift and dragging gives finer control. A clip having its Start point edited is muted until the Start button is released. It's best to set the Start approximately with dragging, THEN Shift drag. This is on the dev list to sort.

As is the ability to set an End point as well as a Start point so clips can be edited in Jamm. For now we have taken the attitude that clips need to be correct loops before being loaded into Jamm.

You can also Jumpstart on the clip waveform, tap in the upper region where the red cursor is narrowest and the Start Point will jump to your finger’s location. Jumpstart can be quantized to either 16th or dynamically based on clip length (See Settings Page)

A quick way to arrange clips in the Clip matrix. In the clip panel, tap Swap - you are prompted to tap another clip and then this and the first clip will have their positions swapped.

Change the name of the Clip. 10 Chars max, best if less.

NB *Using ‘Rename’ directly changes the Set you have loaded. If you want to rename clips, it is recommended to first save a copy of the Set using the Save and Close option from the File menu*

Change the number of bars that the app thinks  the clip is. Jamm will always try to guess the number of bars of a clip but sometimes may get it wrong. Our fave lengths are 1,2,4,8,16 bars, but you can set other values with this.

Removes clip.

Sets the time stretch mode: different modes suit different material;  also what Timestretch /Repitch operations you are doing will affect which TS mode is best.

NB see Global Settings Menu to set the global time stretch mode. If this is set to the Repitch all, Individual clips cannot have an Individual Time stretch mode set mode set. Repitch all applies FFT Timestretching to every clip.

Time stretch modes are:

Repitch

Beats

Stretch

FFT

Jungle

Speed

Declick reduces zero crossing points which can make some clips click. But if it’s on, sometimes the initial attack can be lost, especially on the first kick of a clip. Try turning Declick off if that happens.

Either > forward or < reverse.

Applies a vibrato effect to the clip.

Changes the speed of that vibrato.

Depending on the TS mode that's on for that clip, the effect of vibrato will vary. Beats mode with a high speed and high Amt can add an interesting extra overtone.

Only displayed for FFT mode, an extra experimental effect.

A PER CHANNEL setting which allows one to stop a channel being affected by Global Pitch changes (e.g. from a Mod Seq doing key changes). Typically used for the Beats channel as you don't want the beats to be affected by key changes.

Trigger mode controls how clips respond to touches. For Stab Matrix clips, these 2 options are always shown:

Loop option (on/off) - whether a clip loops after it finishes or just plays once.

Launch option (Gated/Trigger) -whether a clip continues playing after the button triggering it has been released.

For Loop Matrix clips, if its channel is set to Stab mode then the clip will show these 2 further options; in normal Loop Matrix mode, then these options are not shown because the mode forces all clips to behave as per defaults i.e Trigger+Loop.  

See the section Learning about channel modes for more info on this.

Append Length is a special function shown for Stabs only.

When Append Length is ON, the length of the sample is extended to the  nearest bar length by adding silence, or in the case of a sample where it is already cut to an even bar length, nothing is added and there is no need.

The purpose of the function is to deal with JP’s playback engine where all samples are always stretched to keep in time with the current BPM, either by one of the timestretching algorithms or sped up/slowed down with Repitch.

TRIM

When trimming a clip, you won’t be able to select another clip in your set, please SAVE/Revert if you wish to switch clipslot.

This button accesses a clip Trimming set of functions. The waveform background changes to Red.

The idea is you Trim a sample till it loops correctly, then hit SAVE to create a new version of the sample which is loaded in.

In- In+ change the In point of the sample. You can also drag the bottom In point cursor directly, and you can hold Shift to make fine changes of the In point as you drag.

Out - Out + change the Out point of the sample. You can also drag the bottom Out point cursor directly, and you can hold Shift to make fine changes of the Out point as you drag.

Region - Region + nudge which bit of the sample is being used, this will only be relevant if the In and Out Points do not include the whole sample.

Jump - Jump + move the looped region in jumps of a bar

You can also move the Start point within the In and Out Points if you wish to force the Start point to somewhere else than the In point.

When doing In and Out operations, Jamm attempts to refit the region you are editing to be in sync with global playback of other clips by retriggering the clip. It may take a couple of loop cycles for it to sound as it should. You can force a Retrigger with the Trigger button or the Bar Trig button. The latter waits till the next bar to retrigger which is often the most useful.

Select All selects the whole waveform.

SAVE creates a new version of the sample and assigns it a default name which you can change. This is loaded into the Slot replacing the original pre-trimmed version.

REVERT exits the TRIM editor without changing anything.

The TRIM editor was included in response to user requests. It works quite well but you may find it easier to use an external editor.

Recording Out is the mode for making Stereo Mixdowns, Stem Recording and Resampling.

Here is a video explaining all 3 Recording Out processes.

When Mode is set to Recording Out, the Record button near the bottom left of the app is a red circle. If the app is playing, on pressing the Recording button it goes red; after blinking red for a time set in the PreRoll it will go solid red, and Recording will start. If the app is not playing, pressing Record will not do anything till play commences, triggering any PreRoll, and the Record.

Tapping the Record button again will stop Recording and the next step i.e. what to do with what has just been recorded will depend on which of the 2 sub modes, Export Recording and Resampling is set.

Export Recording and Resampling  are switched between using the MaxBars setting of the Recording Out page. Fundamentally MaxBars specifies how long a Recording is wanted: Manual (can be any length because user manually decides when to end ) OR 1,2,4,8 bars.  Hold the MaxBars button to set it from the popup.

Export Recording

Share As Wav

Share As AAC (Also attaches Album art, tap to change the album art if you want)

Share as Video

Delete deletes the last recording

Resampling

PreRoll

Pre-Post FX toggle

Output

Include Channels

Circular Sampling

Sampling Input Source

Audiobus

AUM

Input Gain

Monitor

**FEEDBACK READ ME**

Rearm

Sum

MaxBars

PreRoll

Circular Sampling

Phase/Normal

Tap underneath MIDI Input to see what MIDI inputs are connected. Select the one you want, and if that has a specified channel select that from Channel. Default is Omni which means Jamm will receive MIDI on any channel.

In the top right of the screen where the ? Help button is, a red LED will flash to indicate MIDI input to help you see what activity there is.

Underneath ‘Channel’ on the MIDI page, the most recent MIDI messages are shown.

Tapping this puts the app into Midi Mapping mode (= MIDI Learn). All params in Jamm are represented by white boxes and tapping on one highlights it blue. Moving any control on the connected MIDI controller then prompts you to accept the mapping i.e. the assignment of that control to that Jamm parameter.  

Saving MIDI Map

Keyboard Mapping Support

Clears the last param of its mapping.

Clears all the current mappings.

All Jamm Pro Sets live in a sub folder on your iPhone or iPad. “On My iPhone”/ “On My iPad” > Jamm Pro > Packs, a quick and easy way to send these to MacOS is to long press the folder and Share via Airdrop to the external Apple device over your wifi network.

It’ll usually deposit these files and folders in your Downloads.

This also goes for the other way round, Airdrop is a stable and reliable solution for file transfer. A prompt will appear allowing you to open files in an app, usually Files would be best, so you can choose a storage destination for samples and such.

If you lack an internet connection, you can set one up from a host device such as an iPhone (Personal Hotspot) or Mac (Internet Sharing).

Make sure that any files you’re sending for use in Jamm Pro stick to alphanumeric characters, underscores are okay, but anything else tends to cause weirdness.

If you would rather send your files to a Mac over USB, connect up your iPhone or iPad and  unlock access with your pin code. It’ll appear in your Locations in the Finder, under whatever name you have assigned your device.

Once you select the device, you’ll be presented with a wide variety of file management options, mostly related to backing up and syncing media. Go to the Files Tab.

Here you can copy and paste or drag and drop content, such as samples or Pack folders from your apple devices.

If you don’t see every folder on your iPhone or iPad, this is normal, only public App specific folders are made visible. As long as you stay organised it shouldn’t cause much of an issue.

Sending files from an iOS device to Windows requires iTunes.

Connect your iOS device to windows and allow access.

Open Itunes

Select the device icon.

Go to ‘File Sharing’

Select Jamm Pro, from here you can select and  ‘Save’ the packs folder as a backup, it’ll ask you to choose a save location on your computer’s drive. Give it a sec to complete the operation.

If you want to add Jamm packs, you can’t deposit them directly into the Packs or ImportedPacks location, so add file or drag and drop into that top level location and then go across to your iOS device and either move the file using the Files App or import a zip from within Jamm Pro Store ‘Import a Set’.

If you are signed into the same apple ID on both devices you can sync content over iCloud. This appears as a destination in both the MacOS finder and iOS files manager. The Free tier of iCloud provides 5GB of storage. Copy and Paste to the folder on your Mac or iOS device and wait for it to sync. iCloud tends to provide the most seamless cloud storage solution on iOS devices.

If you want to sync files from a windows computer to iCloud, grab the iCloud client for Windows from the Windows Store.

Dropbox provides 2GB of storage for free. Dropbox file integration with iOS works best relying on the 1st party client rather than the Files app. Find your Zip and choose ‘Save to Device’ to open the ‘share’ menu. The default file manager can sometimes get stuck copying and pasting dropbox files, so this is a foolproof method of downloading your files.

Save to Files and choose ‘Jamm Pro/Imported Packs to have Jamm Pro Extract the set when you next boot.

If Jamm Pro is already open, choose another location and then from the store menu manually import the set.

If sharing a set with a friend, they can download zips from dropbox directly in their browser (e.g Safari.) This’ll save the zip file in your Downloads folder.

Don’t extract the set, you can do this from within Jamm Pro.

Open Jamm Pro and hit the hamburger menu. Import a Set, then go to your downloads folder and choose the Zip, wait for Jamm pro to finish extracting and loading the set, it’ll refresh the store when it has completed this.

When it’s time to upload a set to dropbox, from within the set,

‘Export and Close’.

Choose ‘Full Set’ as this packages everything important up. You will be returned to the store and the iOS share menu will open, pick dropbox and choose the folder to save the set to, be patient, a progress bar will appear on the bottom half of the screen, you’ll then be able to dropbox app and view the upload, or copy a link to share with others.

Google Drive provides 15GB of storage for free. On iOS google drive’s integration with the files app has a cap of 500 files visible, the best way to manage your files here is to use folders, which are organised in alphabetical order. Make one called Jamm Pro Sets where your exported zips can live, and another called Jamm Pro Samples. If you want these to appear at the top of your drive list, name it 1-Jamm Pro Sets.

If you’re importing a set from Google Drive use the ‘import a set’ function in the Jamm Pro Store, then go to the location in Google Drive and find the zip you stored there. Unfortunately the ‘Star’ system doesn’t integrate with the iOS files app.

As with all cloud storage solutions, there’s a latency, so please be patient and let your device download the pack or sample. It may take a sec.

OneDrive provides 5GB of storage for free. When the OneDrive app is installed on your iOS device, it will show up on the left side of your file manager as a destination. Usually the top level folder will contain ‘Files’ ‘Libraries’ and ‘Shared’. You’ll probably want to use Files. If you’re importing a set from OneDrive use the ‘import a set’ function in the Jamm Pro Store, then go to the location in OneDrive and find the zip you stored there.

To connect your android device to your Mac you will need the USB cable and the Android File Transfer program.

Once that is installed, connect up your android device. Grant Access by tapping Allow. If you miss the prompt, or deny it, you have the chance to change this later from the Notification tray.

Once Access has been granted, your device will be visible in the File Transfer application. From here you can transfer samples, or zipped Jamm Pro Sets (They have to be Zipped to use the Set import function in the JP Store, if you’re sharing sets between devices/friends make sure to read up on Export and Close.

Make sure that any files you’re sending for use in Jamm Pro stick to alphanumeric characters, underscores are okay, but anything else tends to cause weirdness.

Connect your android device to your Windows PC via USB and grant access. USB functions are accessible from the notification shade when connected.

 

Once connected, your android device will show up as a mass storage device in the Windows Explorer application. If your device has an SD card installed, this will show up as a separate partition.

You can copy and paste files back and forth as required. Samples can be sent across as they are, in folders you’ve organised. Sets must be in their packaged ZIP format to be loaded into Jamm Pro on Android, this is a limitation of storage permissions on Android. See Export and Close for packaging up a Jamm Pro Set for sharing with others.

You can share files between your Microsoft Windows and Google Android devices wirelessly with ‘Nearby Share’ this feature is in beta on Windows and requires the installation of an app ‘Nearby Share Beta from Google’. System requirements here are Windows 10 or later, bluetooth and wifi support. On the Android device, google says it’s integrated into every android version from 6 onwards (Marshmallow). On stock android, it’s usually at the top of the share menu.

Once you’ve installed the app and signed into your google account, you will be able to name your windows device, and select sharing conditions, right now ‘receive from your devices’ seems to work best.

Once you’ve set your devices up to share this way, every file you send will ask for confirmation/approval to receive the file. This makes it safer for sharing with “everyone” in an area, and a viable option to trade samples and videos and such with your friends.

When the dropbox app is installed on your android device, it may show up in the files manager as a destination. Dropbox provides 2GB of storage space for free. If you can’t see it in the file manager, use the app to save zips to your local storage then find the file and hit the 3 dots > share > send copy of file >Save to Device. By default this’ll choose your downloads folder.

If you’re using a dropbox link, hit the download button, your zip will now be in your local storage > Downloads folder.

From the Jamm Pro Store, tap the hamburger menu, then ‘Import a Set’.

If you’re importing a set downloaded to local storage from Dropbox, if your options in the ‘Downloads’ tab are greyed out, use the ‘device name’ location, then go to the downloads folder. Some android devices are weird.                                                            

In your file manager select a location where your Zip is located, if that’s a dropbox location, use the entry on the bottom section of the “open from” dialogue.

Wait for Jamm Pro to finish extracting your file, the store will refresh and your set will be ready to use.

Google Drive is usually installed on android devices by default. Google will provide 15GB of storage to users for free, but this is shared with your email inbox and photos backup, so it's easy to run out of space.

The best way to manage your sets is to use the integration with the default file manager. When using ‘Import a Set’ (from the Jamm Pro Store Menu) Zip files will be selectable for download and extraction within Jamm Pro.  Wait a moment during this process, it’s heavily dependent on your internet speed.

When Exporting a set to Google Drive, an upload progress bar appears in your notification shade, the default behaviour with this is to wait till you are on a WIFI connection.

When the Onedrive app is installed on your android device, it usually shows up in the files manager as a destination. Microsoft provides 5GB of storage space for free.

This means you can import sets directly from a OneDrive account, Like with other methods, an eligible Zip folder will appear selectable in your file manager. Right now direct export to OneDrive is not supported on Android (honestly not sure why it doesn’t integrate like other apps) In that scenario, export the set to local storage and then using your files app, share, choosing OneDrive as a destination.

Connect your bluetooth device, and if needed use the android media output manager (in the notification shade) to select your output, though usually it’ll autoconnect and assign the output. “Sampling In” won’t use an inbuilt bluetooth headset mic, defaulting to the device’s own microphones. Monitoring Latency is poor, due to inherent limitations with Bluetooth, This also applies to stab triggering and other fx activations to some extent.

Audio is handled by Mac’s audio system, so use that to assign your audio outputs, latency will take a hit, and microphone support will not be enabled over bluetooth.

There are two ways to achieve a bluetooth connection in Jamm Pro.

Option 1: Directly.
Step 1: Load up Jamm Pro, and choose a set.
Step 2: Turn your Bluetooth on.

Step 3: Once your bluetooth output is connected, you need to go to the apple audio menu in the control centre, you may have to flick back and forth between the default “ipad/iphone” speakers and your bluetooth device. You may find that your set playback sounds funny, like it’s been pitched up, this is an error caused by sample rate issues on the bluetooth stack, please restart Jamm Pro and follow Steps 1-3 again.

Latency is negatively impacted in a similar way to how it is on android, this is a limitation of bluetooth technology. Also the microphone input is disabled during bluetooth audio playback, this is a limitation with iOS that we haven’t found a good workaround for.  This is a good discussion of the issue.

Option 2: Via Audiobus

Follow the instructions for routing audio via audiobus, and change the output destination to your bluetooth audio output.

Again, latency will be negatively impacted.

Lobby the Bluetooth group for better audio performance!

A quick search on the Bluetooth SIG was not encouraging :(

we know we want:

Better quality Timestretching /Pitch Shifting

Multiple XY multi effects and programmable XY params assignment

Ability to properly evolve a Slice Shuffle so evolve ‘inherits’ from the previous state

Mini XY /tip control for CCut Slot buttons

You are welcome to discuss and suggest features on the official Jamm forum at Discord here and the Audiobus Jamm forum here