Rayzoon Jamstix and JamBassist VST Plugins

GH Services is an authorized Rayzoon dealer. Rayzoon products are made in North Carolina by Rayzoon Technologies, which was founded by Ralph Zeuner in 2001 to create software to simulate human musicians in order to facilitate song composition and arrangement. The goal was to devise rule-based systems that would react to MIDI or audio input and allow you to customize the response.

GH Services is located in the Niagara Region of Canada, near Toronto and the Canada-U.S. border. Owner Greg Holmes is a long-time musician, ready and able to help you with any questions you have. More about GH Services here.

Jamstix 2 - Virtual Drummer VSTi     BUY NOW!

The flagship product is Jamstix 2, Rayzoon's ground-breaking virtual drummer VSTi that runs synchronized with your sequencer and features in-depth real-time modeling of various styles as well as human drummers with their own habits, accents, and fill characteristics. Together, they can create thousands of realistic drum performances, each one editable down to the last hit - thanks to the built-in limb-centric bar editor. ("Limb-centric" means that Jamstix models a real human drummer with arms and legs.)

This unrivaled drum simulation is complemented by a high-quality sample player with 1.5GB of samples (in the XL version) as well as a VSTi subhost that can 'drive' your favorite drum module with the brain power and arrangement functionality of Jamstix 2.

And it can jam interactively with your MIDI or audio input, giving you a realistic performance that varies with what you play.

Features and Specs of Jamstix 2

Advanced Virtual Drummer VSTi

• real-time groove composition using dedicated style and drummer modeling (not static patterns!)
• in-depth drummer limb simulation, including triangulation of hand movements, ensures that the grooves are always humanly playable (no ten-armed drummer here)
• advanced feel modeling includes sound-specific pocket delays, power and timing variations and can play ahead, on or behind the beat
• real-time fill generator produces unique fills (no static patterns used!) that match the style and drummer in use
• streamlined interface with visual drum kit for editing as well as just watching the drums play
• part-based arranger with transition and repetition fills, LiveLoop technology, as well as drag-n-drop MIDI export
• limb-centric bar editor allows fine-tuning of events without need for MIDI export/editing in host
• extensive MIDI controller mapping allows in-depth remote-control of the style, drummer and mixer.
• built-in mixer with compressor and 3-band EQ
• comes with 50 styles and 10 drummers, expandable via future Paks

High Quality Sounds

• built-in high-quality drum sample player with multiple velocity layers and controllable ambience
• alternate samples remove machine-gun effect by varying sounds at the same velocity
• sophisticated layering creates realistic sound accumulations based on drum types
• route sounds to 4-17 stereo outputs (adjustable)
• extensive sound library that can be expanded via expansion Paks

Integrates With Other Sound Modules

• integrated VSTi sub-hosting allows usage of any VSTi drum synthesizer, such as BFD™, DFHS™, EZDrummer™ and Addictive Drums™. Combine the sounds of your favorite drum plugin with the jam power and realism of Jamstix!
• allows creating kits that use a mix of external sounds and Jamstix 2 sounds! For example, you can built a kit that uses EZDrummer™ drums and Jamstix 2 percussion sounds and cymbals.
• flexible key and velocity mapping

Interactive Jamming

Jamstix can interact with your MIDI or audio input by adjusting velocity and using play rules, such as hihat/ride switching and snare head/sidestick switching as well as rhythm reduction giving you the feel of playing with a human drummer!

Supports Your Existing MIDI grooves

Jamstix can import your existing MIDI drum grooves as well as Jamstix 1 rhythms and use them as styles for playing by the drummer models. This means a static 1-bar MID file groove comes to life by being played with the feel, accents, and fills of the Jamstix 2 virtual drummers!

Requirements

• Windows XP or 2k (Windows ME and 98SE are not supported but should work)
• P3 or Athlon 500MHz CPU (2GHz+ recommended)
• 512MB RAM
• 500MB free hard drive space, 1.5GB for XL
• VSTi 2.0 compliant host

Compatibility

Jamstix has been successfully tested in these hosts. However, since hosts and Jamstix can be used in many ways, make sure to test drive the demo in your environment and your workflow.

Cubase SX, Sonar, Ableton Live, Tracktion, FL Studio, Orion, n-Track, Chainer, energyXT, Forte, Bidule, MiniHost, SAVIHost.

JamBassist - Windows VSTi (not available yet)

JamBassist will be a virtual bassist VSTi that revolutionizes the creation of bass tracks for rock, funk, pop and blues compositions.

JamBassist will be the perfect companion for Jamstix. Together they'll form an intelligent, interactive, and realistic rhythm section for your jam sessions and music productions.

Details of JamBassist will be presented as the project matures.