Great video John! I struggle a bit with the complexity of JJazzLab but like the fact that i can do a drum fill at the turnaround of a song which i don't think i can do inn Chord Pulse. Keep the videos coming mate... cheers Wayne
NICE VIDEO! i have jjazzlab , it took me a while to figure it out but very happy with it as it is very similar to bb by typing the chords. you are right about both programs. as i use arrangers (korg pa600 and roland bk3) for keyboards ,this is a fun way to make music .however with the power of my keyboards ,its a lot easier and quicker to just use my keyboards to play live or create a backing track .mid or wav/mp3 file. the advantage of jjazzlab for me is my large collection of yamaha .sty files i can use that my keyboards dont have. also might want to check out impro-visor if you want a challenging program it is similar .it will put on the music staff what melody you play in your chord progression and give you the option of printing it out (words included i think) . but its styles are rather limited and the program is more technical. again thanks for posting dave
Thanks Dave! As a guitar player I think my perspective is a little different. I only have a dumb midi keyboard, so no library of old styles files. However, it's interesting to me that anyone can take advantage of all those files out there that have built in canned arrangements. I did tinker around with impro-visor too. That's a unique program. I only discovered yesterday that JjazzLab imports impro-visor files. It will be interesting to see how they work together. Thanks for the comment. John
The styles are built in and cannot be added to. You can output midi files which I find really useful to bring into DAW software. The only other output is a text file for the chords.
Thank you. It seems that there isn't a way to import from Chordpulse to jJazzLab or vice versa. They don't have compatible import/export options. I even tried a number of .xml files from other software into jLab, but it doesn't work. BTW way, Laszlo from Chordpulse asked me about new feature suggestions. If you have any suggestions I can forward them. Actually the developers of both programs are good people and will probably be happy to respond to you.
I just tried it just now with Aaug. After entering the chord it shows A, but it does play augmented. Then I tried it with A+. That works and also plays augmented. I also tried A+7 and it displayed as A. However, it works with A7+. If you want to see what chord types jJazzLab uses, go to Tools, Options, Chord Symbols. In there I tried using the "Add alias" but didn't have any luck getting it to work. Perhaps that feature isn't fully implemented. Hope that helps!
I used Chord Pulse for a long time, and with Wine (Windows Emulation), it runs fine on Linux. But it has no Fills!!! I don’t know how often I begged for... The second issue I see in booth programs, ternary rhythms are threatened like orphans. In JJazzLab 6/8 rhythms I’ve found on the web wasn’t recognized as ternary but 4/4.
That's interesting. Can't say I've run into that because I haven't been searching for those kind of grooves. I've emailed the creators of both these programs and understand that the programs would get more updates if they had more support from people buying or donating. That's the reality.
You are correct. However, the ability to select different variations with each play-through of a section isn't currently possible with ChordPulse. I hope that both of these programs can continue to develop.
Great video John! I struggle a bit with the complexity of JJazzLab but like the fact that i can do a drum fill at the turnaround of a song which i don't think i can do inn Chord Pulse. Keep the videos coming mate... cheers Wayne
Thanks Wayne, I'll try! John
I can legally use styles and rhythms from other programs like band in a box in jazzlab for make music
NICE VIDEO! i have jjazzlab , it took me a while to figure it out but very happy with it as it is very similar to bb by typing the chords. you are right about both programs. as i use arrangers (korg pa600 and roland bk3) for keyboards ,this is a fun way to make music .however with the power of my keyboards ,its a lot easier and quicker to just use my keyboards to play live or create a backing track .mid or wav/mp3 file. the advantage of jjazzlab for me is my large collection of yamaha .sty files i can use that my keyboards dont have. also might want to check out impro-visor if you want a challenging program it is similar .it will put on the music staff what melody you play in your chord progression and give you the option of printing it out (words included i think) . but its styles are rather limited and the program is more technical. again thanks for posting
dave
Thanks Dave! As a guitar player I think my perspective is a little different. I only have a dumb midi keyboard, so no library of old styles files. However, it's interesting to me that anyone can take advantage of all those files out there that have built in canned arrangements. I did tinker around with impro-visor too. That's a unique program. I only discovered yesterday that JjazzLab imports impro-visor files. It will be interesting to see how they work together. Thanks for the comment. John
What files styles does Chordpules use, and will it allow other file input like Jjasslab ?
The styles are built in and cannot be added to. You can output midi files which I find really useful to bring into DAW software. The only other output is a text file for the chords.
Great video. How would you transfer files ChordPulse-->Jjazzlab ? I tried without success
Thank you. It seems that there isn't a way to import from Chordpulse to jJazzLab or vice versa. They don't have compatible import/export options. I even tried a number of .xml files from other software into jLab, but it doesn't work. BTW way, Laszlo from Chordpulse asked me about new feature suggestions. If you have any suggestions I can forward them. Actually the developers of both programs are good people and will probably be happy to respond to you.
Excelente tutorial ! thank you .
Thank you!
can you do aug chords in jjazzlab? Caug justs defaults to C, and +5 isn't accepted but -5 is
I just tried it just now with Aaug. After entering the chord it shows A, but it does play augmented. Then I tried it with A+. That works and also plays augmented. I also tried A+7 and it displayed as A. However, it works with A7+. If you want to see what chord types jJazzLab uses, go to Tools, Options, Chord Symbols. In there I tried using the "Add alias" but didn't have any luck getting it to work. Perhaps that feature isn't fully implemented. Hope that helps!
@@GuitarBasement yes that helps, thank you!
Hello, i make work chordpulse in linux using jack ,wine and qsynt , and work correctly. Sorry by my bad english i speak spanish
Understand perfectly. That's good information.
I used Chord Pulse for a long time, and with Wine (Windows Emulation), it runs fine on Linux. But it has no Fills!!! I don’t know how often I begged for... The second issue I see in booth programs, ternary rhythms are threatened like orphans. In JJazzLab 6/8 rhythms I’ve found on the web wasn’t recognized as ternary but 4/4.
That's interesting. Can't say I've run into that because I haven't been searching for those kind of grooves. I've emailed the creators of both these programs and understand that the programs would get more updates if they had more support from people buying or donating. That's the reality.
@@GuitarBasement I bought or donated both...
@@ceesseetherdet8663 This is good, but I guess they need constant new users to do the same:} I hope they both keep going with their projects.
You look a little bit confused... Too much coffee?
No, just right - or I fall asleep!
Awesome video John. Please do some more tutorials on Jjazlab
Thanks, I'll see what I can do.
You can also do arrangements in ChordPulse
You are correct. However, the ability to select different variations with each play-through of a section isn't currently possible with ChordPulse. I hope that both of these programs can continue to develop.
Thanks for this!!
You're welcome!