What comes with a Jamboxx Pro?
- A Jamboxx™ with self-centering modulation wheel and hands-free Bracket
- Jamboxx software application with the following:
- Improvisational jams for immediate getting-started fun – eight different scenes!
- Guitar-hero like Falling Notes game with over 25 different songs to play
- Performance mode to control key, scale and chord with over 25 instruments to select
- Full-use license to Ableton Live Lite software, a powerful Digital Audio Workstation
- USB cable
Does it play like a harmonica?
The Jamboxx is different in that it can be adapted to your own breath capability and preferences. You can use the slightest sips and puffs to play any instrument from violin to trumpet to electric guitar. The Jamboxx Pro’s mouthpiece includes a set screw to adjust how much air pressure flows through. With the mouthpiece closed you can use just breath pressure to play notes, which can make it easier to play sustained notes and enable very quick triggering of notes faster than traditional instruments.
The Jamboxx supports standard chromatic and diatonic harmonica scales with 8, 10, 12 or 16 note positions. The Jamboxx button can be set to act identically to a chromatic harmonica button to access half steps.
Finally, we provide tactile feel via note bumps on the Jamboxx Pro.
What’s the Jamboxx’s most powerful feature
The Jamboxx application offers tremendous versatility. You can change instruments, key, scales, chords, the number of note positions and many more functions with a single mouse click. Presets allow musicians to try many new ways to create powerful ways to perform music.
Our LEARN mode let’s you practice over 25 included songs divided into easy, medium and hard categories.
Can I record or perform with a Jamboxx using programs like Apple’s Garage Band?
Yes, Jamboxx interfaces seamlessly with any Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) including the included Ableton Live Lite DAW or Garage Band or any DAW that accepts MIDI. Please see our video tutorial on using Jamboxx with Garage Band in our Music Community page.
Do I need a computer to use the Jamboxx?
Yes, the Jamboxx can be used with a Mac, Windows 10 or an Apple iPad (Android and Chromebook coming soon!).
Do you play the same scale as a 10 position harmonica when you play a Jamboxx?
The Jamboxx supports standard chromatic and diatonic harmonica scales with 8, 10, 12 or 16 note positions. The Jamboxx button can be set to act identically to a chromatic harmonica button to access half steps.
Does the Jamboxx generate its own sound?
Every Jamboxx comes with our Jamboxx application, which is a free download on the Apple or Microsoft App Store. While our application includes its own sound engine, the Jamboxx hardware works with any other Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) like Ableton, Logic Pro, FL Studio and Garageband (or any other DAW that supports MIDI). When the Jamboxx instrument is used with a DAW then it is the DAW’s sound engine that is used.
Is the Jamboxx a MIDI device?
Yes, it is a native MIDI instrument and integrates seamlessly with any other Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) like Ableton, Logic Pro, FL Studio and Garageband (or any other DAW that supports MIDI).
What are the preferred System requirements for utilizing the Jamboxx?
Visit our Software details page for system requirements.
What kinds of instruments can you play with the Jamboxx?
As a MIDI wind controller the Jamboxx can play the voice of virtually any instrument, only limited by the sounds pre-loaded in the Jamboxx software or those you download or purchase.
There are dozens of instruments included with the Jamboxx application including:
- Flute
- Acoustic and Electric Guitar
- Alto Saxophone
- Violin
- Trumpet
- Grand Piano
- And more…
And with a DAW like Ableton Live Lite (included) there’s virtually no limit to the number of instruments you can play!
What’s tilt control for?
Tilt control / knob, depending on the setting you select, can activate an octave change, pitch bend, modulation/vibrato, note shifts and more.
Where can I download the ProSuite software
The Jamboxx application is available for free download from the Apple and Microsoft App Stores.
Or follow this link to the Jamboxx download section, which is located in the Jamboxx Software and Support section of our Music Community.