Jamm Pro: Produce and Perform

Ninja Tune

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About this app

Jamm Pro is the anticipated evolution of Ninja Jamm, the original touch controlled beat app. Now on Android!

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Easy to use but deep, Jamm Pro includes Ninja Jamm users most requested feature: the ability to load your own samples. As well as immense performance power, it’s packed with pro features and new ideas e.g. its modular synth-like patching capabilities.

Jamm is a unique instrument. Loaded with free content and killer presets, you'll be amazing yourself with the music you create from the moment you press Play.

KEY FEATURES

- Load your own samples via Files apps and Cloud storage.

- Record in via internal Microphone or external USB Soundcard.

-Multitrack Stem recording: Transforms Jamm Pro into a production tool: recordings are saved with all channels individually recorded. You can then load these into an editor/DAW such as Ableton, Logic or Pro Tools to work on further.

-Multi-touch tip control: Use small finger movements to simultaneously and expressively control multiple FX at once.

Individual per channel FX: 5 Distortion/Crush units, 5 Filters, 5 Delays, 5 Reverbs, 5 Sidechains. All with full recallable control.

64 Total Recall Patches: instantly Store and Recall the total state of what you’re doing with 64 Patch memories.

-In-app help: Access help overlay screens from wherever you are to explain all the page’s functions… no need to stop to read and dig into the manual!

-Coldcutter module: Buffer shuffle and modulation matrix for sophisticated beat manipulation. Users can trigger automatic call and response between channels, algorithmic evolutions of samples and modular synth-like patchable modulation sequencers.

-Sub-bass module: Automatically generate super heavy bass kicks and basslines from drum samples — a feature dril fans will adore.

-Action Sequencer: Record and playback your touch gestures, build up complex sequences, very powerful.

-MIDI input: MIDI Learn allows easy connection of MIDI hardware to trigger and control Jamm Pro.

-Slice sequencer: Unique and highly interactive feature allowing users to simply draw on the screen to restructure any sample.

-Smart pitch bends: Change the pitch of any or all of the channels in real-time to inspire musically apt progressions.

*Please note Jamm Pro is a very power intensive app and will perform best on newer high end devices. Give it a go and decide whether it runs well enough for you. If your device struggles with Jamm Pro, please try Ninja Jamm.

THE STORY
For Ninja Tune co-founders Coldcut, known for their innovations in DJing, Remixing, Production and Live Performance, Jamm Pro has been 25 years in the making. Coldcut have been honing it in their live show and recently creating music with it.

Designed by Coldcut’s Matt Black with the aim of creating their ultimate electronic music instrument. As users experiment and develop ideas, they can save them as their own patches, which can be used to quickly build up stages of a song, structure a live performance, or used as a sketchpad.

The app features exceptional and extensive modulation and patching capabilities, the likes of which have never been seen in a sample app before. Equipped with four main channels, each with nine sequencers — six modulation sequencers, a slice sequencer, a pitch/reverse/drill sequencer and a gate sequencer — and up to 64 patches per set, Jamm Pro allows for a possible 2,304 sequencers per Sound Set in the app.

As well as production, Jamm Pro has been designed as an instrument for playing live sound, drawing on hiphop DJing and timing. With expressive touch control, the app facilitates direct engagement of hand-eye-ear coordination through ‘tip control’. This innovative feature tracks small finger movements that can be used to sensitively control various effects.

And yes Ableton Link is included!

Ratings and reviews

It has some great sound mangling ideas but the interface is too chaotic to have a smooth workflow or so anything other than experiment unless you have time to dig super deep. Now if it could be customized to strip out tabs, fx, etc to make room for a handful of the tools that I would use regularly with my loops, this could make a great battle weapon!

Load a pre-made set or create your own from scratch (add-on required). Play samples effortlessly and create a unique track. Jamm Pro gives you multiple sample options along 4 tracks of audio. Enthusiasts can manipulate an impressive amount of parameters to each loop, add effects to the four tracks individually, use a stab pad for sample triggering, record clips for re-sample, record actions, and import/export to your DAW and more! It really is as much an instrument as it is an audio workstation.

It's a great app amd very experimental I struggled with audio stuttering on most tracks though even with buffer set to max. Mybdevice is samsung s24 and all updated too. Will try on an older iPad as well tho. Shame as really enjoy it but stuttering seemed issue for me. Will persevere forward solution. Seems like stuttering is due to bluetooth headphones not the app. Restart with only watch connected to phone and audio via phone speakers, no issues

What's new

assorted bug fixes