JambaLaya MIDI Performance Software For Macintosh OS X

People wondering if JambaLaya is compatible with Snow Leopard need wonder no more. It "mostly works" but there are a few issues and they are being worked on. Expect to see an update soon available over the usual mechanisms.

Tiger support will continue for a bit longer as it is possible to build Tiger compatible programs on Snow Leopard.

Stay tuned.

I've received reports off and on of a problem with Jambalaya starting up but never showing a document. There's actually a bit of controversy around the Apple CoreAudio team about why this is, but the workaround is pretty easy. So now, this should be fixed.

Current users shouldn't notice anything - new users with certain audio hardware should find JambaLaya much more userful.

Download it here.

First, 1.1.9 has a fatal bug related to the omnisphere workaround that causes it to lose instrument assignments on saving. Sorry about that. As always, you should make backup files frequently - especially when trying a new version.

So that's fixed. New feature: change songs reliably with up and down arrow keys. Its a preference - turn it on and it does just what it says.

Check the release notes. The big change is dealing with change. Jambalaya is much more graceful in dealing with transient loss of a midi device. If a midi device is unplugged, the users of the device are unassigned, but remember their previous assignments. If the device comes back and they haven't been fiddled with, they will reconnect.

The big new feature here is Stereo o o o o o. Previous versions mixed left and right signals together so that both outputs were the same on the assumption that most live PA's are mono and sounds that incorporate panning effects would sound odd if you only heard one side. In particular, I liked dual mono outputs because I could send one to my amp as a monitor and the other to the main board.