JambaLaya Updates

JambaLaya_1.2.1.zip

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:01:36

JambaLaya 1.2.1

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.2.0. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

I wrote JambaLaya because, after many years 'retired' from playing, I joined a band of geezers and I needed a single app to take over managing a bunch of real and virtual instruments plus some basic audio processing in a live setting. JambaLaya has grown with my needs. At this point JambaLaya is my guitar rig (AmpliTube), keyboard rig (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 controller), mixer (MOTU Ultralight with faders mapped to sliders on the Keystation), and fake book (thanks to lyrics pages). So JambaLaya is the best tool for my needs (aging guitarist/keyboardist who can't remember the chords or the words half the time). I want to make it the best tool for you too. Please feel free to contact me or post to the forums with suggestions or feedback.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues in 1.2.1

Fixed the level meter on the master fader. Only the left one was showing any signal. Fixed.

Added MIDI event for patch changes on external hardware. Basically, synths that required complicated sequences of MIDI commands to switch banks and patches were freaking out because the data was arriving too fast and occasionally out of sequence. I've slowed it down and serialized the sending of it on a per device basis.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.3.0.zip

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:37:26

JambaLaya 1.3.0

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.2.3. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

New Features, Fixes, and Issues in 1.3.0

Numerous fixes for Snow Leopard include

1) Fixing window behavior for Cocoa based audio units (the Apple effects now sport new Cocoa interfaces that didn't resize correctly)

2) Fixing problem with saving documents under Snow Leopard that had no lyrics because FileWrapper behavior changed under Snow Leopard. Saving empty data in the wrapper resulted in a fatal error (bug also filed with Apple).

3) Fixed problem with crashing on exit with NI B4 II.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.1.8.zip

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:58:12

JambaLaya 1.1.8

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.1.4. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

Stereo Output! Prior releases folded all audio down to mono because most live PA's are mono systems and it was nice to be able to send the left output to an amp and the right one to a mixer input and have the same signal show up in both places. However, sometimes stereo is nice too. So I added a switch on the master channel to let you choose.

MIDI device substitution. Upon loading a file, if the original MIDI input device is not found, the user is presented with an option to choose a different MIDI device as a substitute. This choice need only be made once per missing device and all songs will make use of the substituted device. Most useful for people who don't use the same MIDI controller all the time. Previous behavior was to simply "forget" the MIDI controller and require the user to select it for every channel again. Eeek!

MIDI rechannelization has been fixed. Choosing an output MIDI channel (rather than just using "Thru") didn't actually result in MIDI messages being rerouted to that channel. This has been fixed.

Audio Output selector losing its settings when switching virtual instruments has been fixed.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

Sometimes it crashes in response to changes in the MIDI environment. For instance, removing a MIDI or audio interface while JambaLaya is running. The workaround is to get all your gadgets plugged in and powered up before launching JambaLaya and don't remove them until you save and quit. I continue to improve this with each release and it is much better than it has been, but I won't call it bullet proof yet. FWIW, every other app I've tried (Digital Performer, Logic 8) also freaks out when the audio environment changes and, while they don't generally crash, they do require you quit and restart the app or face running in MIDI only mode.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.1.2.zip

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:42:04

JambaLaya 1.1.2

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.1.0. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

I wrote JambaLaya because, after many years 'retired' from playing, I joined a band of geezers and I needed a single app to take over managing a bunch of real and virtual instruments plus some basic audio processing in a live setting. JambaLaya has grown with my needs. At this point JambaLaya is my guitar rig (AmpliTube), keyboard rig (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 controller), mixer (MOTU Ultralight with faders mapped to sliders on the Keystation), and fake book (thanks to lyrics pages). So JambaLaya is the best tool for my needs (aging guitarist/keyboardist who can't remember the chords or the words half the time). I want to make it the best tool for you too. Please feel free to contact me or post to the forums with suggestions or feedback.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

Improved Audio IO Device Handling and added an IO device picker.Â This improves the out of box experience.Â JambaLaya will now remember and use the last used device selected in the device picker unless the "Always use system default" checkbox is checked or the device is missing.Â Also made JambaLaya much more robust in the face of changing IO devices.Â Eliminated the Input and Output device do not match message and now always use the default output device for IO unless one has been selected in the device picker.

Fixed a crasher caused by failing to release midi input stream on animating keyboard.

Known Problems:

Solo and Mute buttons are largely decorative. I keep forgetting to dive into the problem because I never use them. If you want them fixed I suggest you nag me. If nobody ever nags me, they may disappear in the interest of using screen space for more interesting things (like effects bus sends).

Occasionally audio output selector loses its selection when switching virtual instruments - this is a display bug - output continues to work but it doesn't display properly. Workaround is to just select the output again.

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.2.3.zip

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:52:50

JambaLaya 1.2.3

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.2.1. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

New Features, Fixes, and Issues in 1.2.3

Fixed a problem with some hardware interfaces throwing errors when asked for the number of MIDI inputs. This would often result in being unable to open a new document window.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.1.0.zip

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:11:07

JambaLaya 1.1.0

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.0.9. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

I wrote JambaLaya because, after many years 'retired' from playing, I joined a band of geezers and I needed a single app to take over managing a bunch of real and virtual instruments plus some basic audio processing in a live setting. JambaLaya has grown with my needs. At this point JambaLaya is my guitar rig (AmpliTube), keyboard rig (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 controller), mixer (MOTU Ultralight with faders mapped to sliders on the Keystation), and fake book (thanks to lyrics pages). So JambaLaya is the best tool for my needs (aging guitarist/keyboardist who can't remember the chords or the words half the time). I want to make it the best tool for you too. Please feel free to contact me or post to the forums with suggestions or feedback.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

I recently attended Apple WWDC and made several improvements with the help of the CoreAudio and Cocoa team.

Note Highlighting in Key Range Mapper. There is now visual feedback in the key range mapping control. I got tired of trying to guess which key is the high one on my controller. It is meant to be subtle and not too distracting.

Slider Draw Bug fixed. When using midi control to move sliders, they didn't always draw properly. This is now fixed.

Wrong fonts bug. JambaLaya bundles custom fonts, but wasn't always using them - this is (hopefully) fixed.

Signal meters now display properly under Leopard. Before they looked like grey boxes under Leopard due to drawing code differences in Cocoa. This has been fixed.

Lyrics view transition effect. Now when switching to lyrics view a spiffy new graphical effect occurs.

About Box scroll bug fixed.

Automatic Check for Updates fixed. First installers will be given a chance to decide if JambaLaya should check the website for new versions upon launch.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

New Features in 1.0.9

A new Audio Output selector has been added to each mixer channel. Now you can send your piano to one output jack and your synthesizer to another output jack on your audio interface to keep the signals separate for your sound engineer to mix later.

Previously, all signal sources had to be Audio Unit Virtual Instruments. Now External Audio Inputs can be used as well - allowing you to take advantage of insert effects with external sound sources.

If you have defined any MIDI devices in Audio MIDI Setup - these will also appear in the source signal selector. External MIDI Devices have the same level of support as Audio Units. Upon choosing an external MIDI device as your source for a mixer channel, a configuration window pops up allowing you to select the audio input that the instrument is connected to. There are also selectors for patch bank and program selection. The values of the selectors are driven by midnam files. You can find midnam files for many hardware devices on the internet. Many patch librarians also generate them. You can also use the excellent Cherry Picker application to create your own midnam files. JambaLaya will remember patch information for each song and send the appropriate MIDI commands when switching songs. Thus, JambaLaya bridges the gap between hardware and software synthesizers!

Note Doubling. Clicking the button labelled 'Arpeggiator' opens a panel that allows you to enable note doubling. This allows you to play one finger power chords. You can set it up to play the fifths and octaves of each note. This is really useful for building up fat sounding patches by stacking octaves and fifths. Previously I would just instantiate a second synth and set a transpose - but I ran out of cycles on a few songs with lots of doubling.

A quick explanation of the controls follows.

Set/Song List

As one might expect, clicking on + adds sets and songs, - removes them. Drag songs to sets to add them. Drag them to All Songs to remove them from the set.

Keyboard Range Mapping/MIDI Routing

The colored bars on the upper right specify key board ranges - drag the ends to restrict which keys are active. Clicking on the colored labels to the left of the range bars focuses the MIDI detail view to the left of the keyboard. Use this to enter transposition values, and input/output MIDI channels.

Mixer

Each of the 8 input channels allows you to select, from top down, the MIDI input bus, the Audio Unit for the instrument, and up to 4 Audio Unit effects to insert. Clicking on the Audio Unit's name will open its user interface. Choosing MIDI input for the master fader allows you to specify the MIDI control bus for the mixer.

Lyrics View

JambaLaya will store a page of rich text with each song. Put lyrics, chords, and notes here and use JambaLaya as your fake book.

Feedback

There is a Send Feedback... menu item that will open a new mail message so you can send your bug reports, suggestions, etc. Or just email them to freakshow42@mac.com

Known Problems

Icon masks need to be fixed.

Sometimes it crashes in response to changes in the MIDI environment. For instance, adding a MIDI or audio interface while JambaLaya is running. The workaround is to get all your gadgets plugged in and powered up before launching JambaLaya. This one is proving to be a hard one to fix.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.0.3.tgz

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:58:10

JambaLaya 1.0.3 (Initial Beta Release)

This is the initial beta release of the JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind.Â It does not allow you to mix audio from outside sources.Â Â

JambaLaya allows you to take MIDI input and route it to the Virtual Instrument of your choice.Â This version is 100% functional and does not require registration. Â

I have been using JambaLaya with my band for a few weeks and as of a week ago it seems solid and runs without problems for an entire gig.Â JambaLaya fulfills most of my needs for performance software, although I have a list of features I'd like to add. I would, however, like to make it appealing to a larger audience and so I welcome suggestions for things that would make it more useful to you for live performance.

This copy will stop working on November 1st, 2007.Â Most definitely there will be new versions out before that.Â The application will check for updates automatically on startup and alert you to new versions.Â This cannot be disabled in this version.

A quick explanation of the controls follows.

Set/Song List

As one might expect, clicking on + adds sets and songs, - removes them.Â Drag songs to sets to add them.Â Drag them to All Songs to remove them from the set.Â

Keyboard Range Mapping/MIDI Routing

The colored bars on the upper right specify key board ranges - drag the ends to restrict which keys are active.Â Clicking on the colored labels to the left of the range bars focuses the MIDI detail view to the left of the keyboard.Â Use this to enter transposition values, and input/output MIDI channels. Â

Mixer

Each of the 8 input channels allows you to select, from top down, the MIDI input bus, the Audio Unit for the instrument, and up to 4 Audio Unit effects to insert.Â Clicking on the Audio Unit's name will open its user interface.Â Choosing MIDI input for the master fader allows you to specify the MIDI control bus for the mixer.Â

Audio Output

Currently JambaLaya sends its audio output to the default device chosen in System Preferences. To change where the audio goes, open System Preferences, choose Audio, and choose your audio interface as the output device.

I happen to have an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 which I use for my performance keyboard.Â It has nine sliders with buttons below each.Â I have mapped the messages sent by the sliders on the KS 88 to the sliders of the mixer (this is, coincidentally, why JambaLaya has 8 channels plus a master slider).Â In this release, the MIDI mapping is hard wired and works with M-Audio Keystation Pro's factory patch 2.Â I hope to implement a MIDI learn feature very soon that will allow much more flexible configuration.

Feedback

There is a Send Feedback... menu item that will open a new mail message so you can send your bug reports, suggestions, etc.Â Or just email them to freakshow42@mac.com

Known Problems

Registration does not work and is not required to use this version.Â The registration panel is about half implemented.Â This version is 100% enabled but will expire on November 1, 2007.Â There will be definitely a new version out by then.

The About Box is not up to date.

With a large file, JambaLaya can take a little time to start up.Â Progress indicators have not been implemented and this can be disturbing when opening a new file.

MIDI mapping for the Mixer is hard wired to Patch 2 of the M-Audio Keystation Pro 88.

CPU use indicator is not implemented - occasional audio glitches can occur when CPU is overloaded.

Main window sometimes draws before the custom background is installed.

Icon masks need to be fixed.

Preferences are not implemented.Â The preferences menu item does nothing.

No help implemented.

Thanks for offering to test JambaLaya and "Rock On!"

JambaLaya_1.2.0.zip

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:36:07

JambaLaya 1.2.0

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.1.9 which was two days ago and has a fatal flaw on saving - upgrade immediately. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

New Features, Fixes, and Issues in 1.2.0

Fixed saving issue introduced as part of OmniSphere compatibility workaround. See OminiSphere item below. Problem is that sometimes state loading is a bit too lazy and VI identity is not correctly saved to the file.Â This will result in a crash or inability to open older files.Â Also tested rigorously on Tiger.

Added preference for switching songs using up and down arrow keys. In the preferences panel is a check box "use up and down arrow keys to switch songs". It is possible to assign this action to MIDI controllers, but some have asked to be able to do it from the laptop keyboard. Now you can. Check the box and you're good to go.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues in 1.1.9

Improved resilience to changes in available MIDI devices. If a device is unplugged or turned off, Jambalaya will remember that device and if it comes back, anything that has not been reassigned to a different device will regain its connection to the device. If you've reset any controls, in between the disapperance and reappearance of the MIDI device, only those references that have not been changed will regain their connection.

Fixed a crasher with OmniSphere. Previously, instantiating OmniSphere resulted in immediate crash because Jambalaya demanded it provide some data before it was fully initialized. These calls have been deferred and now - YAY OmniSphere!

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.1.4.zip

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:15:01

JambaLaya 1.1.4

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.1.3. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

I wrote JambaLaya because, after many years 'retired' from playing, I joined a band of geezers and I needed a single app to take over managing a bunch of real and virtual instruments plus some basic audio processing in a live setting. JambaLaya has grown with my needs. At this point JambaLaya is my guitar rig (AmpliTube), keyboard rig (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 controller), mixer (MOTU Ultralight with faders mapped to sliders on the Keystation), and fake book (thanks to lyrics pages). So JambaLaya is the best tool for my needs (aging guitarist/keyboardist who can't remember the chords or the words half the time). I want to make it the best tool for you too. Please feel free to contact me or post to the forums with suggestions or feedback.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

This is a maintenance release that fixes some bugs that arise on Leopard. Specifically, on Leopard you are unable to run the app, even in demo mode, because a problem with initializing CoreAudio's access to hardware devices prevents the creation of a new untitled document. I've reshuffled the order of initialization of the various bits of CoreAudio in this version and the problem seems to have left us. There is no new functionality over 1.1.3 apart from this.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.1.3.zip

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:35:40

JambaLaya 1.1.3

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.1.2. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

I wrote JambaLaya because, after many years 'retired' from playing, I joined a band of geezers and I needed a single app to take over managing a bunch of real and virtual instruments plus some basic audio processing in a live setting. JambaLaya has grown with my needs. At this point JambaLaya is my guitar rig (AmpliTube), keyboard rig (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 controller), mixer (MOTU Ultralight with faders mapped to sliders on the Keystation), and fake book (thanks to lyrics pages). So JambaLaya is the best tool for my needs (aging guitarist/keyboardist who can't remember the chords or the words half the time). I want to make it the best tool for you too. Please feel free to contact me or post to the forums with suggestions or feedback.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

Fixed the Mute and Solo buttons (hooray!). Also added additional MIDI control mappings. These allow selection of songs/sets from external MIDI devices like footswitches. Implemented messages are Next Song, Previous Song, Next Set, Previous Set, and Select Song. The first four ignore the value of the control parameter. The last one uses the value of the control parameter and selects the corresponding song in the current set list.

Song list now displays its patch number. The number to the left of the song in the list is the controller value you need to send to select that song when sending the song select control message.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.0.9.tgz

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:54:17

JambaLaya 1.0.9

This is the first commercial release of the JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a beta version 1.0.7. There was no public release of 1.0.5 or 1.0.6. 1.0.7 was erroneously labelled 1.0.8. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working.

My Personal Goal

I wrote JambaLaya because, after many years 'retired' from playing, I joined a band of geezers and I needed a single app to take over managing a bunch of real and virtual instruments plus some basic audio processing in a live setting. JambaLaya has grown with my needs. At this point JambaLaya is my guitar rig (AmpliTube), keyboard rig (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 controller), mixer (MOTU Ultralight with faders mapped to sliders on the Keystation), and fake book (thanks to lyrics pages). So JambaLaya is the best tool for my needs (aging guitarist/keyboardist who can't remember the chords or the words half the time). I want to make it the best tool for you too. Please feel free to contact me or post to the forums with suggestions or feedback.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

Primary changes are conversion to commercial application, a number of bug fixes and improved compatibility with some other audio interfaces and legacy MIDI devices.

A quick explanation of the controls follows.

Set/Song List

As one might expect, clicking on + adds sets and songs, - removes them. Drag songs to sets to add them. Drag them to All Songs to remove them from the set.

Keyboard Range Mapping/MIDI Routing

Mixer

Lyrics View

JambaLaya will store a page of rich text with each song. Put lyrics, chords, and notes here and use JambaLaya as your fake book.

Feedback

There is a Send Feedback... menu item that will open a new mail message so you can send your bug reports, suggestions, etc. Or just email them to freakshow42@mac.com

Known Problems

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.0.7.tgz

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:41:47

JambaLaya 1.0.7 (Updated Beta Release)

This is the updated beta release of the JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was 1.0.4.There was no public release of 1.0.5 or 1.0.6. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy will expire on May 1, 2008.

New Features, Fixes, and Issues

A lot has changed since 1.0.4. JambaLaya is now fully HAL capable - which means it can address all of the inputs and outputs on your audio interface and route signals just like a full blown mixer.

If you have defined any MIDI devices in Audio MIDI Setup - these will also appear in the source signal selector.External MIDI Devices have the same level of support as Audio Units.Upon choosing an external MIDI device as your source for a mixer channel, a configuration window pops up allowing you to select the audio input that the instrument is connected to.There are also selectors for patch bank and program selection.The values of the selectors are driven by midnam files.You can find midnam files for many hardware devices on the internet.Many patch librarians also generate them.You can also use the excellent Cherry Picker application to create your own midnam files.JambaLaya will remember patch information for each song and send the appropriate MIDI commands when switching songs.Thus, JambaLaya bridges the gap between hardware and software synthesizers!

Note Doubling. Clicking the button labelled 'Arpeggiator' opens a panel that allows you to enable note doubling.This allows you to play one finger power chords.You can set it up to play the fifths and octaves of each note.This is really useful for building up fat sounding patches by stacking octaves and fifths.Previously I would just instantiate a second synth and set a transpose - but I ran out of cycles on a few songs with lots of doubling.

The MIDI event filter is not yet fully implemented although the user interface is in place./p>

There is a problem with the lyrics window when the amount of text causes the scroll bars to appear - in general this feature is totally broken.Do not use it.

This version is much leaner on resources - using synth pooling to reduce memory requirements.Patches can sometimes take a little longer to switch.I hope to add a preference to allow people to select the level of resource usage and trade some space for speed.

The About Box is still not up to date.

This version is 100% functional and does not require registration. /p>

New Features and Fixes in 1.0.4

Window is now resized downwards to fit onto smaller (12") monitors.JambaLaya is designed to fit onto my 14" MacBook.Users with smaller monitors found it unusable. Some items have been moved into scroll panes.Not perfect, but useable.

Progress indicator implemented.When opening a file, a progress indicator is displayed showing the state of initialization. Opening a large file of 30+ songs with 1-4 virtual instruments takes about a minute on my MacBook and it would be hard to know if it died or what.

Midi Learn for Mixer Controls.It is possible to map midi control information to the volume, mute, and solo controls in the mixer.To use this, select "Midi Learn..." from the Edit menu, select a row, and move a MIDI control.To clear a mapping, hit backspace or delete.

MIDI input for the mixer control is now a global rather than per song value.I got tired of selecting it over and over again.

Expired application can still be used to download a new version.This was not true in the previous version.

This copy will stop working on January 1st, 2008.I expect there will be new versions out before that.The application will check for updates automatically on startup and alert you to new versions.This cannot be disabled in this version.

A quick explanation of the controls follows.

Set/Song List

As one might expect, clicking on + adds sets and songs, - removes them.Drag songs to sets to add them.Drag them to All Songs to remove them from the set./p>

Keyboard Range Mapping/MIDI Routing

The colored bars on the upper right specify key board ranges - drag the ends to restrict which keys are active.Clicking on the colored labels to the left of the range bars focuses the MIDI detail view to the left of the keyboard.Use this to enter transposition values, and input/output MIDI channels. /p>

Mixer

Each of the 8 input channels allows you to select, from top down, the MIDI input bus, the Audio Unit for the instrument, and up to 4 Audio Unit effects to insert.Clicking on the Audio Unit's name will open its user interface.Choosing MIDI input for the master fader allows you to specify the MIDI control bus for the mixer./p>

Audio Output

Feedback

There is a Send Feedback... menu item that will open a new mail message so you can send your bug reports, suggestions, etc.Or just email them to freakshow42@mac.com

Known Problems

Registration does not work and is not required to use this version.The registration panel is about half implemented.This version is 100% enabled but will expire on November 1, 2007.There will be definitely a new version out by then.

The About Box is not up to date.

CPU use indicator is not implemented - occasional audio glitches can occur when CPU is overloaded.

Icon masks need to be fixed.

Preferences are not implemented.The preferences menu item does nothing.

Sometimes it crashes in response to changes in the MIDI environment.For instance, adding a MIDI or audio interface while the app is running.Workaround is to get all your gadgets plugged in and powered up before launching JambaLaya.This one is proving to be a hard one to fix.

No help implemented.

Thanks for offering to test JambaLaya and "Rock On!"

JambaLaya_1.3.1.zip

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:20:01

JambaLaya 1.3.1

This is a commercial release of JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. The last public release was a commercial release 1.3.0. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual or MIDI capable instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind. This copy is fully functional except that save and open are disabled. The intention is to allow you to try it out and see if JambaLaya fits your needs. If you would like to purchase a commercial license, please email me at freakshow42@mac.com as the automatic auth key portion of the web site is not yet working. I will also provide time limited licenses upon request for evaulation purposes.

My Personal Goal

New Features, Fixes, and Issues in 1.3.1

Automute Feature there is a new preference "Automatically Mute on Zero Volume" found under JambaLaya->Preferences. Checking this box will mute any channel when the fader is set to zero (the mute button will light up to indicate this). You will also notice that the CPU load from that instrument drops to zero as it ceases rendering audio. This saves on CPU resources. The instrument and all effects on the channel are also sent a "reset" command to silence any tailing audio. Not all instruments or effects implement this message correctly. The ones that don't will resume their audio decays immediately upon being 'unmuted'. A possible workaround is to move the volume up a little to take the track out of mute and let it "settle" before bringing the volume up full on. Also, write to the manufacturer of the audio unit in question and complain about their implementation of AudioUnitReset. :-)

Smarter Muting - JambaLaya used to restore the saved state of audio units upon unmuting. This made some sample based interments think they were getting a patch change and would make them reload their samples. JambaLaya now only restores instrument state upon changing songs.

Numerous small fixes for working around problems with Native Instruments Akoustik and Elektrik Pianos.

Fixed display of About JambaLaya box.

Additional optimization of drawing routines.

Known Problems:

Icon masks need to be fixed.

No help implemented.

Thanks for trying JambaLaya. Now Go Play!

JambaLaya_1.0.4.tgz

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:41:33

JambaLaya 1.0.4 (Updated Beta Release)

This is the updated beta release of the JambaLaya Live Performance oriented software. To get any use out of it you will need, at the very least, an external MIDI interface and a controller keyboard of some sort. It also helps to have some virtual instruments to play. It has no sequencing or recording capabilities of any kind.Â It does not allow you to mix audio from outside sources.Â Â

JambaLaya allows you to take MIDI input and route it to the virtual Instrument of your choice.Â This version is 100% functional and does not require registration. Â

New Features and Fixes

Window is now resized downwards to fit onto smaller (12") monitors.Â JambaLaya is designed to fit onto my 14" MacBook.Â Users with smaller monitors found it unusable. Some items have been moved into scroll panes.Â Not perfect, but useable.

Progress indicator implemented.Â When opening a file, a progress indicator is displayed showing the state of initialization. Â Opening a large file of 30+ songs with 1-4 virtual instruments takes about a minute on my MacBook and it would be hard to know if it died or what.

Midi Learn for Mixer Controls.Â It is possible to map midi control information to the volume, mute, and solo controls in the mixer.Â To use this, select "Midi Learn..." from the Edit menu, select a row, and move a MIDI control.Â To clear a mapping, hit backspace or delete.

MIDI input for the mixer control is now a global rather than per song value.Â I got tired of selecting it over and over again.

Expired application can still be used to download a new version.Â This was not true in the previous version.

This copy will stop working on January 1st, 2008.Â I expect there will be new versions out before that.Â The application will check for updates automatically on startup and alert you to new versions.Â This cannot be disabled in this version.

A quick explanation of the controls follows.

Set/Song List

As one might expect, clicking on + adds sets and songs, - removes them.Â Drag songs to sets to add them.Â Drag them to All Songs to remove them from the set.Â

Keyboard Range Mapping/MIDI Routing

Mixer

Audio Output

Feedback

There is a Send Feedback... menu item that will open a new mail message so you can send your bug reports, suggestions, etc.Â Or just email them to freakshow42@mac.com

Known Problems

The About Box is not up to date.

CPU use indicator is not implemented - occasional audio glitches can occur when CPU is overloaded.

Icon masks need to be fixed.

Preferences are not implemented.Â The preferences menu item does nothing.

Sometimes it crashes in response to changes in the MIDI environment.Â For instance, adding a MIDI or audio interface while the app is running.Â Workaround is to get all your gadgets plugged in and powered up before launching JambaLaya.Â This one is proving to be a hard one to fix.

No help implemented.

Thanks for offering to test JambaLaya and "Rock On!"