While there are a lot of public Jamulus servers, there are reasons one might want to run their own server. For instance, we like to use an unregistered server when we practice. To do that, we spin up a Jamulus server at VULTR. It’s quick, easy and very cost effective if you only run it when needed.
With the instructions and startup script below, you can have a Jamulus server running on a virtual private server in about 5 minutes. Yes, it’s that quick.
Continue readingPosting better mix for our cover of Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! This was from a 2024 Jamulus session and remixed by my friend Todd Evans. Contrast this with my original mix here. Yes, I have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to mixing.
Running separate Jamulus clients on a Macintosh is relatively straightforward. In spite of that, I had a hard time getting it all to work, especially the audio routing. The howtos I found were great, but for Windows or included a Digital Audio Workstation in the signal chain. I just needed to send two channels from my audio interface to the Jamulus server separately. After a couple false starts, and one really complicated setup, I landed on a quick and easy setup that works well.
Why would you even want to do this? Great, question! Initially, I want to separate vocals from the instruments while recording. However, it’s great having them separated when just playing. When each instrument is in a separate stream, everyone can better adjust the volume and stereo placement of everything in their personal mix–something you can’t do if vocals and an instrument are combined in one stream.
A step by step guide, complete with screenshots appears below. I hope it saves at least one person some headaches. Enjoy!
Continue readingThe story behind this 1958 photograph.
PS – I meant to post this back in October. Not sure why I didn’t hit the publish button.
This morning, I was looking for an album to play. I came up with Duo, which brought back fond memories.
It was 1999, I was new in town, and Charlie Hunter & Leon Parker had string of shows at Joe’s Pub to support Duo. Hunter’s guitar work always blows me away and Parker is an excellent match for him on stage. He used every inch of his modest drum kit for his part of the rhythm section.
I caught at least three of those shows. At each one, they brought a friend or two up at some point. The only one I remember is David Sanchez who sat in for Recess one night. There’s nothing like seeing masters like this live, in an intimate setting like Joe’s Pub. It will be wonderful when we can all go out and see live music again.
Album image from Amazon.
Photo of Charlie and Leon from Dummer World, unfortunately not at Joe’s Pub. The shows predated 2007 or so. Since then, seemingly every moment of every event is photographed and available online–sometimes to the dismay of others in the audience.
