Sumicide Xarae wrote:
> Yo kids, just subscribed 2 days ago.
>
> >It also strikes me that it is possible to form a group with musicians
> >anywhere in the world and work together on material using the same sequencer
> >(i.e passing round the same midi/mp3 file by e-mail to add the different
> >parts) then putting the result on mp3.com . If anyone fancies working out a
> >way to jam virtually like this and collaborate on a few tunes I'd be very
> >interested, maybe we could do it with Cakewalk or something like that or
> >even better to support some shareware/freeware product if possible.
>
> If you're talking about jamming in real time.. that's not too possible over the
>internet
> because of all the latency ( even over a good adsl/cable line ).
Yes, but certainly there are several collaborations
that can go out without real time. And there is a general midi-based
network thingamabob that lets you jam in real time, though
you are stuck to general midi which is limiting and not very fun
after a while
> Collaborating musically, over the internet, to my experiences, is akward and slow.
> Especially if, on the other end, the musician is using outside equipment. Then it
> has to be sampled or simulated.. a big hassle.
Cable and ISDN lines, as well as the mp3 format, make it easy enough to
trade bits and pieces for manipulation, in fact i am working on several projects
like this at the moment, though whatever may come of it is up in the air.
