What is Jamoma

Jamoma provides a clear structure and common features for building max patches. Reducing the amount of time needed to create new performance systems, and enhancing the interchange of patches amongst max users.

Latest Downloads

Version 0.5.x requires Max 5.0.5. It does not work with Max 4.
Please notice this is a beta version of Jamoma for Max5. Please report bugs on the Jamoma users-list or the bug-tracker.

• Version 0.5.0b11 Mac OS X Beta Installer for Max 5 (December 16th 2008)
• Version 0.5.0b11 Windows Beta Installer for Max 5.0.5 (December 16th 2008)

Version 0.4.x requires Max 4.6.3. It does not work with Max 5.

• Version 0.4.6 Mac OS X Installer
  (25 April 2008)
• Version 0.4.6 Windows Installer
  (25 April 2008)

• Version 0.3.3 Files for MacOS X and Windows (installation instructions are in the ReadMe file)

Development versions, which may be newer, can be checked out via SVN from SourceForge. Information can be found in the Jamoma Wiki.

Support

The development of Jamoma is supported by

• BEK - Bergen Center for Electronic Arts
• Electrotap
• GMEA - Centre National de Creation Musicale d'Albi-Tarn

and has received support from

• Bergen National Academy of the Arts through the The Artistic Research Fellowships Programme
• Canada Council for the Arts (CCA)
• COST Action Gesture Controlled Audio Systems (ConGAS)
• COST Action Sonic Interaction Design (SID)
• didascalie.net
• The French National Agency for Research through the Virage research platform
• iMAL
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• Norwegian Academy of Music
• Norwegian Research Council
• The Municipailty of Bergen
• University of Oslo

Papers on research concerning or related to Jamoma

• Place, T, T. Lossius, A. R. Jensenius & Nils Peters (2008): Flexible control of composite parameters in Max/MSP. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 24-29 August 2008, Belfast.
• N. Peters, T. Matthews, J. Braasch & S. McAdams (2008): Spatial sound rendering in Max/MSP with ViMiC. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 24-29 August 2008, Belfast.
• Lossius, T. (2008): Controlling spatial sound within an installation art context. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 24-29 August 2008, Belfast.
• Jensenius, A. R., K. Nymoen and R. I. Godoy (2008): A Multilayered GDIF-Based Setup for Studying Coarticulation in the Movements of Musicians. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 24-29 August 2008, Belfast.
• Godoy, R. I., Jensenius, A. R. and K. Nymoen (2008): Production and perception of goal-points and coarticulations in music. Acoustics '08, 29 June- 4 July 2008, Paris.
• Place T., T. Lossius, A. R. Jensenius, N. Peters & P. Baltazar (2008): Addressing Classes by Differentiating Values and Properties in OSC. In Proceeding of the New Instruments for Musical Expression Conference NIME 2008. Genova, 2008.
• Nymoen, K. (2008): SID Short Term Scientific Mission from University of Oslo to McGill University Montreal (Canada); 2/3/2008 - 29/3/2008
• N. Peters, S. Ferguson, S. McAdams (2007): Towards a Spatial Sound Description Interchange Format (SpatDIF). Canadian Acoustic, Vol. 35:3, pp. 64-65.
• N. Peters, M. Evans & E. Britton (2007): Trakhue Intuitive gestural control of live electronics. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 27-31 August 2007, Copenhagen.
• Jensenius, A. R. (2007). Action - Sound: Developing Methods and Tools to Study Music-related Body Movement. PhD thesis. Department of Musicology. University of Oslo, Norway.
• Lossius, T. (2007). Sound - Space - Body. Reflections on Artistic Practice. Submitted in partial fulfillment for Research Fellowship in the Arts. Bergen National Academy of the Arts
• Place, T. & T. Lossius (2006): Jamoma: A modular standard for structuring patches in Max. In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2006. New Orleans, USA: International Computer Music Association.