Ninjam

Real-time music collaboration software.

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Overview

NINJAM (Novel Intervallic Network Jamming Architecture for Music) is a program that allows people to make music together over the internet. It solves the problem of network latency in a unique way: instead of trying to eliminate it, it embraces it by delaying all incoming audio until the next musical measure. This means you are not playing with your collaborators in true real-time, but rather playing along with their previous measure's performance. This creates a surprisingly tight and usable jamming experience, especially for improvisational music.

✨ Key Features

  • Unique measure-based synchronization system
  • Supports public and private jam servers ('jams')
  • Built-in metronome and chat
  • Can be used as a plugin within the REAPER DAW
  • Free and open-source

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Unique approach to latency by synchronizing by the measure
  • Fosters an improvisational style of play
  • Tight integration with the REAPER DAW

Unique Value: Provides a functional and musically coherent online jamming experience even over high-latency internet connections by cleverly manipulating musical time, enabling musicians to improvise together from anywhere.

🎯 Use Cases (3)

Improvisational jam sessions Collaborative songwriting and idea generation Practicing with other musicians online

✅ Best For

  • A long-standing and popular platform for online improvisational music jams.

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Playing tightly arranged songs that require true real-time interaction
  • High-fidelity remote recording

🏆 Alternatives

JamKazam SonoBus Jamulus

Unlike real-time platforms like JamKazam or SonoBus, Ninjam doesn't fight latency but designs a musical system around it. This makes it more forgiving of poor network conditions but less suitable for playing pre-written, tightly-cued music.

💻 Platforms

Desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux)

🔌 Integrations

REAPER

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: The software is completely free.

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