Virtual Jams/Music Creation

[Emily Tarquin]

Hello Wahjam Team, 

I came across jammr and was very excited to see that this technology exists. I am the producer of a theatre company that has had to shift to making work virtually in these times and we have not been able to figure out a way to sing and play music in sync remotely. Our hope is to be able to present musicals and concerts where people can sing and play instruments together. Either by recording collectively or by doing it live. 

Would you be open to having a conversation about how this might be possible? Hoping you may have found the solution!

Thanks so much for time and hope to hear from you.

Sincerely, 

Emily

Emily Tarquin(they/them)

Artistic Producer & Employee Advocate

Actors Theatre of Louisville

Casting Director, CSA

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 4:28 PM Emily Tarquin
<ETar...@actorstheatre.org> wrote:
> I came across jammr and was very excited to see that this technology exists. I am the producer of a theatre company that has had to shift to making work virtually in these times and we have not been able to figure out a way to sing and play music in sync remotely. Our hope is to be able to present musicals and concerts where people can sing and play instruments together. Either by recording collectively or by doing it live.
>
> Would you be open to having a conversation about how this might be possible? Hoping you may have found the solution!

Hi Emily,
Wahjam is designed for improvising to a chord progression rather than
performing a piece from start to finish. It is live but not real-time.
It sounds like you require a real-time solution.

There are real-time jamming solutions available but they have specific
technical requirements in order to work acceptably (unfortunately
latency is a challenge!). If these requirements work for your
situation then you could try one of them. I suggest doing a web search
for "real-time online jamming".

Otherwise you can stream pre-recorded content. This is how most of the
lockdown collaboration videos that are popular on YouTube were
produced. This involves using traditional recording and video editing
software to create content ahead of time and then publishing it
afterwards. Some recording software has built-in online collaboration
features that might be useful if you want to work together live.

All the best,
Stefan