What Happens in an eJamming Session?
Answer:
Using the Software: the Sync Delay System
When you enter a session, there will be an inherent delay between when you play your instrument or sing and when you actually hear it. This delay is what keeps everything together and everyone in sync. When you join a session or create one, the Automatic Optimizing Sync System should set your Delay and take care of the basic sync settings itself.
Since this is just a Getting Started guide, the sync settings will be explained further in this FAQ in the “Support” part of the ejamming.com website. We recommend using headphones so you hear the delayed synchronized audio signals and less of your original source. They help to isolate you from the world and cause fewer distractions while you adjust to the latency.
Switching from "AUTO" to "MANUAL" Sync Delay
That being said, if you hear drop outs in your audio or other people in the session complain that you drop out, you may need to click on the little arrow near the “auto” sync setting button, set your sync to manual, and add a few milliseconds to the number to get a clean connection. Also the farther away geographically the person you are trying to connect with, the longer the delay must be. This is a limitation of the internet as a whole and we really can’t get around it……yet (or at least until some new Einstein licks that “Quantum Mechanics/speed of light limitation in physics” problem, we’re not there yet, but our Chairman’s muse, Elvin the dog, is ruminating on it).
Bandwidth Hungry Housemates
Another thing that can hurt the latency and stability in a session is when other computers on your home network are also on the internet or actively downloading or uploading things. Face it, eJamming is bandwidth hungry, meaning it uses most of a high-speed internet connection to provide real time jamming. So log off the iTunes® music store, and make sure other people on your network aren’t eating up your bandwidth doing the hardcore or movie download thing.
If there is an open seat in a session, hop in, let everyone know you’re new, and start jamming.
Getting used to the Sync Delay System: Practice
If you want to try to get used to the sync delay, go ahead and start your own session and play around a bit, you can load backing 48khz/16 bit audio tracks or
That’s pretty much it, not much to it and once you get it all set up you shouldn’t have to change any settings except the sync setting unless you get a new sound card or computer.
Help when you need it
Tech Support is always willing to answer any questions you may have about setup but your most valuable assets in solving problems are probably the FAQ page or the eJamming community itself. Most of the people there have done exactly what you’re doing now when they first started. So ask ‘em. They’re good people.