JamMix is another free app that will let you use the jamstik+ to play different sound loops just by pressing frets on the fretboard. The lessons are helpful because you’ll get instant feedback if you’re strummed the wrong string or fretted the wrong fret. There are fun arcade style lessons that will remind you of Guitar Hero. jamTutor helps you learn to play guitar using the jamstik+. One of the other apps is called jamTutor. If you turn on tap mode in the js+ app, you can use the jamstik+ like a piano by tapping the notes on the strings without even needing to strum the string. How can it know these things? The jamstik+’s fretboard has infrared sensors that know when you fret a string and strum it. It also shows you which strings you’re strumming and frets that you’re fretting.

It shows the battery status, installs firmware updates and lets you try different sounds. This app serves as the connection between your jamstik+ and iOS mobile device.

There are several free apps that come with the jamstik+, but you’ll need an iOS device to install them. The jamstik+ should work with any MIDI software for the PC or the Mac. It’s a MIDI controller and relies on software in order to play music. The most important thing that you need to know is that the jamstik+ does not make any sounds on its own. The battery compartment is also located on the back of the instrument. The back side of the instrument has two notches for the included strap buttons. You can press this with the heal of your strumming hand to immediately mute sound on the connected device. The rectangular button at the end of the jamstik+ is a mute switch.

But be aware that the instrument only includes the first 5 frets of the guitar unless you use the D-pad on the side as a pseudo capo which changes the octave. The infrared sensing fret board also has real metal frets so that it feels like you’re playing an actual guitar. The jamstik+ has 6 real guitar strings, but the nice thing is that you never need to tune them. It’s almost the exact length of a soprano sized ukulele (my favorite instrument), minus the headstock. The jamstik+ is a perfectly sized instrument. The new version adds Bluetooth connectivity and other updates. The jamstik+ is an updated version of the original jamstik which was a successful Kickstarter project. 3 Downloadable iOS Apps – jamStik Connect, jamTutor & jamMix

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