Jam sessions

Join a public jam session

4 min read · Beginner
The gist in 10 seconds
  • Jam sessions, in the menu: public rooms run by Jamodio, by style (blues, jazz, rock), open to all, free.
  • Before entering, you see who is playing, how many seats are left (6 musicians max), and the latency measured from where you are.
  • One click on Join: same studio, same console, same bubble. No camera, no recording, no Library: you play.
  • The Audio Engine is required, as everywhere. On Free, a jam does not use up your 30 minutes of the day.

The rooms

Three rooms: JamBlues France, JamJazz France, JamRock France, each with its photo, its server, the number of musicians present out of six, their avatars, the measured latency and the Join button
The rooms — style, server, seats, latency from where you are
1
Open Jam sessions
In the app menu. Each card is a room: its style, its server (“Gravelines”, “Paris”), the musicians present with their avatars, and “N / 6 musicians”.
2
Look at the latency from where you are
Jamodio measures the trip to each room's server, live: “Measuring latency…” then “Latency ~28 ms”, for example. That is what you will find in your bubble once inside, plus the others' trip. Beyond a certain latency, a room does not open from your location: the card says so (“Closed from your location”).
3
Sort, choose
Sort by style, country, latency or attendance; grid or list view. A “full” room waits for a seat to free up.
4
Join
Join: the studio door checks that your Audio Engine is running, then you enter the console, with your MY SEND strip and one strip per musician. Set your send as usual → First settings of your strip.
5
Talk, listen, play
The ON AIR talkback to say hello and suggest a song; the chat for the chart. The others hear you as you hear them, with everyone's bubble to know where each millisecond comes from.
What a jam does not have, on purpose.
No camera (audio first), no recording, no Library, and nothing is saved at the end: a jam is the moment. To record a take or present a chart, that is a private studio. The rooms are run by Jamodio: you do not create your own public jam. Servers are in France for now; a server opens on request from a region's musicians, write to us.
If it does not work
  • The card says “Closed from your location”: this room does not open from where you are. An Ethernet cable rarely shortens the distance, but it stabilises; otherwise, try a room on another server, or ask us for a server near you.
  • “full”: six musicians is the maximum. Come back a little later, or pick another room.
  • The door asks for the Audio Engine: as in a private studio. Install it or launch it → Install the Audio Engine.
  • You want to keep a trace: not in a jam. Invite the musicians you met into your studio, through the Community → Find musicians.

Still stuck? Write to support@jamodio.com: we reply within 24 hours.