All user reviews for the M-Audio Jamlab

I wanted a small simple interface to record my guitar on PC

UTILIZATION

For installation no problem connecting a USB an installation cd for drivers and then I use ASIO drivers

Then I can not find the software that comes with top suite, but I use this case to bed is my classic with micro shadow SH712 and zoom pedal A2 or my electro acoustic passing as the pedal Zoom A2

In fact all that is effect is done directly by the pedal and then I record thanks to audacity or directly on fruity loop.

Simple can not do.

GETTING STARTED

No problem.
I tried with guitar Rng and the supplied software but I qlqs sizzling and I do not know what it is and I had to use my external pedals and record sound directly.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months and so far I have not essafé with my electric guitar
Quality issue for the use that I have and the equipment used micro Shadow and zoom pedal A2 is top
And the budget can not get any better ...

The Jamlab from M Audio was created for someone who is on a budget and doesn’t have a lot of room in their home studio. Its very small but packs a very powerful punch. There are no bells and whistle with this interface, its very simple, maybe one of the most simple ones that I have seen this far.


UTILIZATION

I have used this several times to plug the guitar into. When you first receive the M Audio Jamlab device you will need to install some drivers. Installing these drivers was important for me, because I didn’t have them installed on one of my laptops and the device was not recognized. On my other pc it was installed and it was working fine. So when I was out of the house and wanted to use this on my old laptop I couldn’t because I forgot to install the drivers. I was really upset and though that something was wrong and I couldn’t figure out what was going on . But I simply forgot to install the drivers on my old laptop so I couldn’t use it until I installed them.


GETTING STARTED

Getting started was as easy as it could ever be. There was no issues, just install the drivers and plug in it and start using it right away. There are some small latency issues though, I could over look them but some of my friends just couldn’t and they wouldn’t use the interface anymore. Also the software that comes with it wasn’t not very good too me, it did have some pretty cool effects though but that’s about it.


OVERALL OPINION

Good little interface, but the only reason I bought it and most people would buy it is because of the price that it cost. Its very cheap, but the lag could be a deal breaker for you.

- The price and the mark (M-Audio)
- Sound guitar live without too much ruin me and play without annoying the neighbor
- Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512 MB Ram
- Everything is integrated more than just plug!

UTILIZATION

- THE FIRST installation was good place but when you disconnect the USB cable and that the hands of the next session, he is desperately seeking drivers ... He had to reinstall the ... Now it's nickel!
- When connecting the "JamLab," you have virtually the CASC's usual via your sound card! Apart from Cubase and the little program "GiveMeTac" (I have not tried other ...) that they have no problem, it's pretty frustrating to always have the headphone on the head ... (Even in WMP!. And I've never managed to have two sound sources at the same time ... it gets stuck forcing (He goes from one to the other ...)
- Juggling between permanent "I remove" and "I commit" the JamLab
- Manuel clear!

GETTING STARTED

- Drivers stable now (too much, I tried once to remove them ... trs tough, they are still l!)
- UPDATED
- The program GTExpress is pretty much done with the form of pedal effects ... I would much prefer Guitar Rig ...
- 2ms!! Stronger than my sound card (I'll also change the frustrating discovery APRS lol ... a SB Live, you surprise me with 50 ms prs)
- I am "forcing" the track-a-runway!

OVERALL OPINION

- I have now for 2 months
- Latency opened my eyes! lol ... But the fact of not being able to open multiple sound sources is trs handicapping! In addition, we are condemned to have a headphone on your head if you do not like it connects to a mixer ... Damage
- No, I have not tried other models
- The report is very satisfactory qualitprix! I like the M-Audio ... Really a good brand
- With experience, I would do maybe not this election ... This is my first steps in computer music and say I learn a little about how it all works. I prefer to focus more on acquiring a sound card for more of Versatile ... But to not take the lead when we just want to train, it's a real pleasure!

- I bought a base for its low latency (2-5 ms) and for the price of course
- I bought it for recording and live with the effects of the type of software and AmpliTube guitar rig
- My config: Athlon 64 2800 + (socket 754) Asus K8N motherboard + + 1 GB Ram + 40 GB IDE HDD 80 GB Sata HDD + + + FX 5200 Graphics Card Sound Blaster Live! 24 bits
- I use a Cort G254 guitar and nothing else

UTILIZATION

The installation is done without too much trouble, the only thing is to remember to select the asio JamLab the menus of the software use, and think back to the sound card as the main audio playback device (in control panel -> sound -> Audio tab), otherwise the sound is read with winamp for example out of the headphone jack of JamLab. Otherwise everything is clear and easy to use

GETTING STARTED

- No driver problem
- The updates seem regular
- I use Guitar Rig 1.1 and 2 and Amplitube with Cubase SX 3
- I get a latency between 2 and 5 ms, depending on the software
- I get to read a large number of tracks (about 24) but I can not save a

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it only for some weeks
- I often read that we had a hard time putting the effects directly, but in fact just plug the headphone output of JamLab to the line input of your sound card and password alone
- I just tried the Edirol UA 20 X Audio capture but it has more latency
- The value for money is in my opinion the best possible for € 70 a complete recording interface / FX for guitar, you do not do no better
- This choice I do not regret it at all

Low latency, transportable
Portable PC = Pentium-M 1.7 G, Win Xp - monitoring speakers M-Audio (the top top!)
I use it both for my electric (Vantage avenger - 3 x single coils) with (and it's a good surprise) my Ovation electro-acoustics.

UTILIZATION

No pb to install. I plugged my M-audio speakers into the headphone jack of Jam-Labs, and that's it.

GETTING STARTED

I took the update of the GT Player full version, and it's night and day: finally a soft credible in computer music Guitar!
Without using effects, or taking just a little chorus and a little reverb, my Ovation (and it's a good surprise) gives me great results! Clear, crystal-clear at will, ....
For soft, two regrets:
- The software and manual are in English, German or Tcheck (?)
- On the PC, not play an MP3 (playback from Guitar-hand example) at the same time I play: you have to convert them to WAV (quick with Winamp), but hey it's frustrating!

OVERALL OPINION

For that price, nothing to say (even if we do the update that I recommend.

A consultant to both an electric guitar for a guitar Electro-acoustic recordings of superb .....

This is my guitar teacher that I was ready-WHORE ... and it's really the bomb!
I have yet to install the software because currently I use with Guitar Rig 2.0 (which is much better I think) all plugged into a cabinet and I can have all the sounds I want to thanks damplis this little trick! Magic ^ ^

UTILIZATION

The installation was done in 5 minutes for me and no problem.
The manual does not serve a much ... just click next!

GETTING STARTED

What is gnial is that there is no latency! This is perfect for a card as little CHRE!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since this morning and is super convenient! There's just plug, open guitar rig (or whatever) and go!
The report qualitprix I find is really great!
I must make my teacher in the one week unfortunately ... but I will buy it obliglol

I was looking for a small interface to record bass and scratches on my PC without cover my debt, primarily to small pout demos unpretentious (show what my components) that interface was in the promo and I profit.

So I plug in to record it on my desktop PC (intel dualcore 6600 on asus P5B deluxe mount, 2GB Corsair XMS2 800MHz, 2 raptor in raid0 mountains and a Seagate disk storage), we easily understand that the correction Latency is useless on this, so I was surprised that it is not necessary on my laptop (Centrino 1.3GHz, 512MB of RAM ... how old and wheezy

UTILIZATION

The facility is comfortable (fortunately for the plug and play), it is a little tweak in the config of the pc to record Manir optimal (with cooledit for my part). config basic and very easy, you set the gain between the output level (the level of'entre the microphone jack, not the standard earphones) the quality of its (16 / 24-bit) and correct latency, the manual ... uh I do not know if there was one, if so I have not even opened.

Note 7 as it may take tweaking the config of PC and acquisition programs, it's not their fault but it's a bit boring.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers I have all the air stale, ca not block the PC for the rest I said above, and the number of tracks simultaneously ... Indeed it is the PC that manages and I have not seen the end

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 months broadly at the beginning only in the acquisition, and then I decided to try the bundle (amp simulator and effects, and that of the ball, I am often on the move and I was just plugging the thing on the pc to play with a lot of good quality effects, all without pissing my world since, headphone.

With experience, I regret not having made that choice earlier!

Finally a sound card asio affordable and portable (no external power supply)
easy to place in the cabinet of his guitar

No notebook is a p4 2.4ghz 512mb ram 30gb hd usb1

Either I plug the guitar directly into the JamLab and
I go out with the amp on a minijack stereo,

or so I connected the output of the loop effects of my tube amp
the entrance of JamLab and I'll be back in the amp with an adapter and RCA-jack
I turn off the simulation of loudspeaker and microphone in guitar rig (it rocks!)

I have a tube amp 100w rms X100A Carvin 2x12 "with 3 and 4 ax7a el3

UTILIZATION

No problem: install driver, plug in USB, change hardware settings
in the program, who needs to rtfm?

(Lol the postman has just delivered the JamLab of a friend)

GETTING STARTED

No problem of driver

I am using Guitar Rig 2

8ms latency on my old notebook with 2.4GHz usb1 but it's as if the
sound source was less than three meters so it's completely inaudible

If I have too many tracks with effects in real time and that the process saturates,
ASIO stuck and it was not nice to hear or see ... but a low track
and two guitar tracks happens if I ca not put too heavy effects everywhere.

The max number of tracks it depends mainly using the proc and disk,
and plug into an amp ca not come into account.

OVERALL OPINION

3 months I have received the beast.

No external power supply is the foot, and small is beautiful, practical and lightweight.

I tried other models but not in connection with this purchase.

The best value you can find today.

With the experience I would recommend and also I recommend it to all my friends

- What characteristics have motivated your choice: simplicity, price, no need for something more advanced

- For what purpose: home studio (small!)

- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...) for now, 2.6GHtz a P4, 1.5 MB RAM, and the 500GB HDD, I plan to migrate to a portable, but for now j'aa concerns (see ci_après)

- Which instruments and systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections: ben an electric guitar, Guitar Rig2, Cubase behind.

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems: yes
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities: yes, no driver for Vista
- The general configuration is it easy: easy
- The manual is clear and sufficient: need manual

GETTING STARTED

- Drivers are they stable: under XP, it looks to be stable
- Are they often updated: No!
- What software do you use most often: Guitar Rig2
- What you get latency: no figures in mind, but very low
- How many tracks you get to record / play simultaneously with JamLab, a!

OVERALL OPINION

Overall I would say I am very satisfied, and the price / quality ratio is unbeatable.

For cons: NO UPDATE DRIVER FOR VISTA M-Audio ...
I find it a bit heavy from a manufacturer that level.

- What characteristics have motivated your choice? Award size
- For what purpose? Small studio Hom
- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)? Packard Bell Easy Note Bu-45
- Which instruments and systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ... Cubase Guitar Rig

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems? Yes
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities? Not since the Vista drivers come out
- The general configuration is easy? Yes
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ... Useless

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
- Are they often updated? Hum way
- What software do you use most often? Cubase
- What you get lag? Low Very Low
- How many tracks you get to record / play time? ... 1 ...

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it? 6 months
- What is so special that you like most and least? Size and not what I c I do not like
- Have you tried many other models before buying it? Not
- How would you rate the quality / price? 10sur 10
- With experience, you do again this choice? Hum j'obterai for a fast track to OCCAZ

- What characteristics have motivated your choice? Price, size
- For what purpose? Com registration / model
- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / P4 3.0 GHZ ,...)? Drive - 1G RAM
- Which instruments and systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ... My guitar (passive) + High Quality normal over ...

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems? No ... I have reinstall the GT Player three times to overcome to have any ... drivers and two times before I get a normal sound ...
- Have you experienced any incompatibilities? Not
- The general configuration is easy? Yes
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ... Useless

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable? I guess so ...
- Are they often updated? I do not know ...
- What software do you use most often? Guitar Rig2, Amplitube 2, Cubase SX3
- What you get lag? 8 Ms in Guitar Rig 2
- How many tracks you get to record / play time? ... 1

OVERALL OPINION

Well then, to get a true idea of ​​my opinion, read this carefully ...

After multiple install / uninstall, I managed to run the programes JamLab under my favorites. Virtually no latency, it is paradise!
But that's where the problems occur ... First of all, I have a''grinch''which occurs every 10 seconds or less ... I did everything but there is nothing to do, there is the! Therefore impossible to record something acceptable with the noise!

As for sound, I get a little more heat with my makeshift arrengements (adapter jack 1 / 8 minijack for headphones to plug into my sound card integrated), but not to warrant the asser prices JamLab ( $ 70, AC 2 $...). Well that's for guitar rig 2 ... For AmpliTube is the same thing but without the heat more ... So it gives me only 10 ms of latency and less ... for $ 70 ...

After many tests and changes (change guitar, change PC, change drivers, change son, .... etc), I still have the same problems ... then for $ 70, Do not bother ..

Parcontre, for those who do not have respectable sound card on their PC, is a choice and not very expensive that can be content or help you out ... but in my case, is dead ... dsl JamLab ... I'll put a 4 for those who may need to troubleshoot and etc ... As mentioned above.

Matos USB, headphone jack with 3, between 2 mm and 6.2 mm jack. On the cd there is software (guitar player) to play and register and also samples of drums very nice.

My laptop is an acer centrino 1.66 ghz with 1.3 GB ram (laptop "normal").

I use an Ibanez SZ320 with JamLab team of SH4 on the easel.

UTILIZATION

It took me 2 minutes to install the JamLab and 20 minutes for the software provided, but I made a few handling errors. But the installation is super easy, not rocket science.

It happens to play directly without hassle. I have the manual in pdf on my pc but there is no need. A force play, you get to use the BTE without problem, using simple and effective.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable? Yes, but I have not done the update.

I JamLab that since last night, but I test with guitar rig 2 and it works great, no teaser (must be the input and ouput rgler what ....). So I use rig2 guitar, guitar player (which is very good, but it lacks a tuner I think ...) and cubase for recording (known recording with guitar player that comes - good quality - but cubase is multitrack).

Question latency, extremely minimal, I did glimpse of nothing!!

OVERALL OPINION

I, therefore, that since last night and so far I am very satisfied. For 29, it's great.
I needed something to play on my computer (a 50W all-tube drang sometimes) and how to make small DMOS very nice (who is fast enough).

The sound is friendly, efficient and good enough I found. If possde some good software with a JamLab was an amateur home studio effectively.

In rsum I do not regret to have command. For those who like me, you want to play guitar on their PC and to make small DMOS made quickly (but well done too!) Is what you need. Frankly, for 29, I can not believe it!

Read other opinions, they convinced me!

ps: I put 9 / 10 because everywhere in this world, nothing is perfect!

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
Size.

- For what purpose?
Nomadic use ProTools on a laptop without lugging a big interface.
To make small guitar recordings.

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
Yes, everything.

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
No, no.

- The configuration gnrale is easy?
Yes, everything.

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
It is clear enough.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
Until proven otherwise, looks, no crash dplorer.

- Are they often put day?
We'll see in time.

- What software do you use most often?
Cubase SX2, Ableton Live

- What you get lag?
5 ms

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
1, everything is normal, there is only one entry.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
A month.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
Most: The size.
The least: No CONTRL volume output in ProTools.

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
No.

- How do you report qualitprix?
Excellent (30 is nothing at all given the quality of the machine).

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Assurment.

- What technical specifications motivated your choice? small, cheap
- For what purpose? playing guitar at home without my next-door neighbors Dranger
- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)? Asus P5B-E, Core2Duo 1.86 Ghz, 2GB RAM, 320GB of HDD.
- Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) do you use the connection and how? electric guitar, jack and forward!

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem? nickel Windows XP Pro SP2
- Have you experienced any incompatibility? not
- The configuration gnrale is easy? yes
- The manual is clear and sufficient? useless

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable? yes
- Are they often put day? why it works, when days to nickel?
- What software do you use most often? Guitar Rig 2
- What you get lag? 5 to 8 ms
- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? 1 between the JamLab = 1 track

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it? 1 ½
- What is the particular feature you like best and least? simplicity / no on / off button
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir? pod xt pro, but too onreux.
- How do you report qualitprix? excellent
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? yes

What characteristics have motivated your choice? I was young and Christmas was coming. It is the least expensive that I knew

For what purpose? Recorded my guitar
What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)? Today, I am running Windows 7 with 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD with a processor T4200

With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) and you use the connection with what? Connected directly via USB, I plug my guitar with the jack

UTILIZATION

* The drivers are stable? Hmm .. say that if I leave my working page and I come back, the driver crashes, it should just disconnect and reconnect the card. Otherwise, it is stable.
* Are they often updated? Yes, finally, to each new version of Windows
* What latency you get? you can go down to 128, but it reduces the number of tracks recordable / readable simultaneously.
* How many tracks do you manage to record / playback simultaneously? The max (but it depends on plugings, if they are really heavy or not) is 5 / 6. After she sizzles early.



GETTING STARTED

* The installation is done it without problems?
No problem, branch, one installs the drivers and go!
* Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
Yes, you just update your drivers when switching from Windows ...
* The general configuration is easy?
We can no longer simple: latency, volume sampling. that's all.
* The manual is clear and sufficient? yes. But can be useful if used in the computer.


OVERALL OPINION

* For how long have you been using it?
5 long years ^ ^
* What thing do you like most/least about it?
Practice, it is small, simple and fun can quickly make a virtual amp. After she is not allowed for registration of an instrument reading 10 other tracks.
* Did you try many other models before getting this one? No, no.
* What is your opinion about the value for the price? Honest, even today
* Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? No, but that's because my needs and my skills are much changed ...

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