All user reviews for the Vox JamVox Monitor

I use a 2 inch Imac Intel CoreII Duo with 4GB RAM version 10.6.8
I downloaded the update JamVox does it work anymore on version 10.6.6
Three Guitars: Fender Mexican Classic 50, 1989 Epiphone Les Paul Japan, Hondo H77.
The result is more consistent with single coils, more rough with humbuckers
My Fender Classic 50 is mounted with simple Lindy Fralin Real 54, the record is superb with
these pickups or those of Hondo, very flat with humbucker Epiphone
quality microphones seems to be very important to render simulations.

UTILIZATION

The interface of the new version is less intuitive.
Wide range of sounds saturated clean sounds but disappeared.
Crunches and more background noise present on the old version
GTX very average efficiency

GETTING STARTED

Easy installation but very poor service online and paying for "The Black Box of the Musician"

OVERALL OPINION

I use since January 2012, the value for money is ok but I do not redeem this model if I could try it before.

Very good for the home, not to wake all the way with the big cabinet marshall!

UTILIZATION

I preferred the original version more intuitive for my taste.
Now I got to the last update.

GETTING STARTED

Installation could not be simpler, you just connect the USB plug and the guitar!

OVERALL OPINION

Very good complement for fun at home.
I personally would not go up the plug on my amp but apparently they are people who have tried and it makes not too bad.
Info for this interface also works with pod farm line 6 of which is much more complete.

This is the test that I had JamVOX posted on a forum for guitar 2 years ago.

Amp simulator / effects software:
19 amps
54 effects
12 baffles
100 presets
2 CDs containing 28 pieces of legends backtracks
Metronome
Tuner
Noise-gate
Simulator guitar pickup (single / humbucker)
Function GXT (Guitar Extractor) to isolate the guitar track

Sound card / speaker USB2:
2 hp 3 "
Power 2 x 0.75 w
ASIO / CoreAudio
Guitar Input
Mic
Stereo line input
A footswitch jack for VOX VFS-2 (Optional € 30)
An expression pedal jack KORG EXP-2 (Optional € 70)
Stereo headphone
Stereo line outputs

UTILIZATION

The interface is clear in the upper part with the string sound processing (effects, amps, speaker). The modules of the chain can be moved by simple drag / drop (Drag n 'Drop).
A click on an object in the chain allows it to select and to see appear in the middle of the interface. This part can edit the effects and amp settings with ease, in fact, simply pass the mouse pointer over a button (without clicking) and turn the mouse wheel button to see the change position and immediately hear the new sound.
I'm not well versed on the material to tell whether the models are compelling compared to the original amps and effects, but using the presets already set by other sounds associated with my Pacifica suit me well.
I just have a problems with my guitar electro-acoustic APPLAUSE why I can not find the sound that suits me. I still have a very loud and banging, regardless of the amp and effects used.

The lower part of the interface is dedicated to the library. It is in this part that we import audio files (original, backtracks, records) and that it manages the guitars and GXT files. Note that you can import one click an entire iTunes library.
Audio files can be played normally or by changing the tempo and / or pitch.
To register simply adjust the levels with the sliders on the right and click the Record button.
The output file type is WAV, AIFF, WMA or AAC according to what has been defined in the preferences program. So, not MP3 because of licensing. It will go through another program to re-encode the file if you really want to have the MP3.

Also in the software preferences can adjust the speed of audio signal processing. More treatment is faster and less lag there will be but the signal will be subject to cracking and noise generated by other software. In this case, simply change the setting to find a compromise between latency and signal fidelity. This parameter is largely dependent on the machine where the software is installed. For me it is a desktop PC with a processor at 1.86 Ghz Core2Duo and 1GB of RAM and I think with a processor a little more swift I would not have a problem with clicks.

Finally, the function that allows GXT to isolate a guitar track from an audio file is more or less effective depending on the original mix. Indeed, it filters the audio file based on the parameters of panoramic stereo audio input frequency. The result will be more convincing if the guitar comes off well in the original. However, in a file where the guitar is "drowned" in the mix will require a compromise between the removal of the guitar and the distortion of the audio frequency of the song, the bass. However, even if the guitar is slightly present in listen-only, once the guitar replayed over the result is often unsatisfactory. Do not forget that this is a working tool and not a function to a professional recording studio.

Material side speaker design VOX is massive and contains 2 hp 3-inch spitting 0.75 watts each.
It may sound small on paper but it's more than enough apartment to see some neighboring land.
It is well aware that HP give better sound in the second half of the race of the knob and, given the size of HP, you have to position themselves in front of the speaker for faithful sound reproduction.
The speaker is self-powered USB2 port which avoids carry around an extra power while traveling.
The bottom of the forum is dedicated to the sound card module and thus to the inputs and outputs.
In front was the guitar input jack format, an XLR input for a microphone with potentiometers at the input / output, a stereo headphone and master volume.
At the back there is the USB2 connection, of course, an entry for the footswitch, an entry for the expression pedal, 2 line inputs (L / R) and 2 line outputs (L / R). The line outputs for connecting the speaker to a power amp to earn a few tens of watts if you have understanding neighbors or to use live.
I personally invested in the footswitch (30 €), which allows you to change the preset, enable / disable an effect and can serve as tap-tempo to settle the modulation effects for example.

GETTING STARTED

The software installation takes place without any problems. Everything is automatic and the entire software is (good) French. There is no license number to grasp because the software can be used with the associated sound card.
At the end of the installation a user name and password are required in order to register with the site JamVOX-Online which allows then to download new presets automatically from the GUI and to upload their own presets to make them dispositon other users.

OVERALL OPINION

This is not boiboite revolutionary in itself, since through a good sound card ASIO any other audio editing software (audacity?) Can change the pitch and tempo of a backtrack and generate a metronome and other manufacturers already on the market for software modeling amps and effects good but this product has the advantage of gathering all the necessary components in a single interface. So there is no need to be a sound engineer to register over the backtracks with a good sound.

I personally use most functions JamVOX to work a passage in particular thanks to the metronome and functions to slow down, loop A / B and registration and I confess to have found a simple and effective tool.

Most:
- Ease of installation and use
- Self-powered speaker
- Quality of the effects and amps simulated
- Drag n 'Drop
- The "tools" to work (Metronome, Picth shifter, beat ....)
- Connect to JamVOX-Online to download presets
- Importing iTunes library


The -:
- Need a workhorse
- Some unpleasant plays when another program starts (antivirus, Windows update ...)
- Function GXT very rough
- No recording in MP3 (license)
- Library Management

The jam Vox is visually very beautiful. on the front grille is painted logo Vox. It has the mouth. In addition, space is well thought out. I hold with one hand!
Connection very simple. by USB.
Quick Installation even if for a brand new product, there is already an update to do. Anyway, trouble free installation.
The display software is very nice and very instinctive, so I want to go further
Must connect ... the guitar!
What is he going out of this item??

UTILIZATION

Guitar connected. Ok we choose a type of amp effects are editable and choose combinations and it works ...

GETTING STARTED

The sound that comes out is correct but the inner wall quickly shows its limits as the beginning fit every 10 seconds a damn noise. kind of firecracker that with delay m'insupporte very quickly! setting on the jam, jack shift, guitar, nothing works ...
Is this a problem due to the unit (nine arch)?? parasite to a source?? (I changed my corner, idem) poor adjustment (no y'en 5000 miles either)
I wanted to buy the Jam Vox GTX with the program that removes the guitar solo from any disc to remplcer by your frenzied riffs. All this was confirmed by a large monthly news magazine of music and there THE COUP DE GRACE
sound of the spray. Actually you remove the instrument but not only that, the rest suffer too. This is the effect can with someone who calls for the entrance of a tunnel. Hello disappointment. I put 8 for modeling, 4 to 0 for the GTX pregnant. on the other hand, they have the good sense to provide two karaoke cds to play on

OVERALL OPINION

In the end,
Fun at home on a portable speaker, ok
difficult to judge for myself after the recurring problem of noise!
quality modeling correct ok
GTX I consider this a scam dubbed by the press. Hello integrity

I got refund the product of course. Deception requires
My rating is indicative because it depends on the use we want to do. For me it was the GTX so ... for the rest, otherwise I will on June 1

Sound card and speaker "all in one", while the USB connected to a computer.
Walk in USB 1.1 and USB2, no external power supply.
Simulation software very well-known amps and effects. Driver-free problems, plus 2 CDs to import old classics to play on.
The speakers are stereo, about 5cm in diameter. The case must be in the 10-20cm. However, it still requires an extra bag if you want to play with from his laptop.
More than enough connections for my liking: XLR mic and guitar + to the rear, behind the stereo output as well, while the 6.5 jack.
3 knobs on the front for the microphone input level and output line and speakers / headphones.

UTILIZATION

The installation is all done without any problems, updating and connecting to the site JamVOX Online impeccable. On a positive note: downloads from the site is super fast.
Given the small number of settings on the case, it is very easy to handle. The same software is frankly very easy to learn compared to other similar soft.
A lot of cool features on paper, but far from all effective for use:
- The +
* Simulator microphones is very very good. I spent my G & L Start with a humbucker and I got a pretty close to my Squier Custom 2 Humbuckers and P-90. Same in the other direction by passing the Squier in single coil. The sound is very close and very well done.
* The effects and the amp simulation is more than adequate, but it is still quite far from the quality of Amplitube in my humble opinion.
* The simplicity of the settings in any order and the establishment
* Practical, comprehensive and rather cheap to make scratches on a computer.
* Tuner and metronome are nickels.

- Les -
* The sound output of the box is changed almost every time we touch we change a setting or sound, making it necessary to change the volume on the case regularly and frankly it's super boring. They might have a master volume output level of the software or the sound to match its setting knob.
* The GTX is not good: it frequently happens that it "eats" not the guitar or that it "eats" other instruments. Anyway, it's a tool that I am not interested a priori.
* Changes in pitch and tempo work only amend them, later, it quickly becomes anything. And it's annoying because the loops are almost all batteries at the same tempo for a given style of music and it is hard to slow it down or speed it up without a consequent loss of quality.
* Even in v1.10, there are still very annoying bugs. If the software is stopped and restarts it, for some reason, the playback tempo of songs is so ultra fast cartoon. Only solution, reboot the PC. The stability of soft also leaves a bit to be desired.

In short mixed feelings about using.

GETTING STARTED

Sound, well ...
Already, as many people: regular crunches and untimely. I set the latency to peak and it is true that in the soft JamVOX, the higher latency was imperceptible to me playing and the crackling disappeared as if by magic. Great!
Except that listening to MP3 or making video games, they come back and it's super super bad.
So it works well to play the guitar but I can not use JamVOX in sound card for other things and yet it's also why I bought it.
In terms of soft and simulations, as mentioned above, is still far away from Amplitube, also set out in the Asio JamVOX.
The HP are tiny and powered by USB, so do not ask for miracles. The power is just enough, and again, and the sound quality is very average.
Note that I played with a G & L S500, an Epiphone Sheraton and a Squier Tele Custom II.

In short, level sound quality, for me it's passable. Yet I have a racing machine (quad core, 4GB RAM, XP SP3, powerful quality PSU) but I'll more than likely go back to my Edirol FA-66 connected in output to my Vox DA5 and Amplitube as simulation, since the level overall quality of sound is the day and night with JamVOX.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for one week but this weekend I return to my Edirol FA-66 and Amplitube. I will sell for perhaps buy the speakers worthy of the name to plug it or put my DA5, more cumbersome it is true
I had sound cards M-Audio Fast Track USB, Edirol UA-25 Edirol FA-66 and JamVOX (it is between the M-Audio and Edirol).
I have tried many simus: Guitar Rig 1 & 2, Revalver, almost all AmpliTube. Again, the JamVOX is pretty good and I will be between Revalver and Amplitube.
It's still a good value to me because for 200 euros, we have a solution for a guitar player on a PC.
Besides, if it had been one of my first card designs and soft, I would have surely loved it. But there, I lost a lot as compared to before so I return to my previous installation.

Hello,
fascinated by new possibilities of USB low latency, with its JamVOX Look Mini Vox AC and its inputs and multiple outputs, its price to compete Democratic attracted me of course.
This also allows me to establish a ranking personnel in the USB to multiple possibilities.
It is customary for the main guitars, but very slightly raised, singing through his excellent pre-amp microphone and the software provided extraordinary filled with editable sounds (amplifiers, effects, preamps, compressors, etc. ).
Use is also clear: excellent sound reproduction in this little cube with its mini speakers and what power (work space) in such a small volume, a knowledge of Vox!
What makes an interface with sound quality listening live, with headphones too, lots of pedals and amps available, an XLR microphone input with separate volume of the instrument and a Level Monitoring ..
It also helps to train with the GT technology-kind CD Tascam CD-GT1 MK II, but be careful with commercial cd to the location of the solo is not always 100%. The Jam also comes with two CDs of music tracks to sing and play over 70 'and 80', will be left for a "Smoke on the Water" with its true, please ..
My configurations are based on Intel Core 2 Duo and dual or
quad core, but the computer music desktop PC is not as greedy as the phones, especially in the purchase price. requires SATA 500M ° Mini
or 1T °, a decent graphics card, 512 mini M ° DDR3, I use
ATI HD 48xx or 58xx, is ample and processors 3G ° on average.
I think that AMD can do it too, and now Seven is optimized for computer music, see the tutorials on the Net.
For laptops, as already mentioned, is something else, for less than XP headlock, Intel dual core CPU at least 2G 6 imperatives.
A graphics card with dedicated memory class 1 or 2 (interchangeable)
FireWire, USB external drives of large capacity.
Or a Mac OSX budget issue. 10/10

UTILIZATION

Hyper stable drivers, no updates since redone and I did not try to do as it works.

Software: JamVOX already: a little gem, simple and impressive with its presets to the Vox Tone Lamps editable and configurable. At this level, Cakewalk Sonar Cubase SE, Mixcraft is sufficient.

Eight tracks are enough for me for now.

Latency impressive from the start, it seems to play directly into the small amp and not through the PC!
Digit = less than 5 as advertised. 10/10

GETTING STARTED

No problem.

Everything is automatically installed, user-friendly interface.

No inconsistency to date except for the elimination of some CD track guitar solo as well if one is going after the adjustment can be mitigated, but be careful not to get a destructive effect, anything on the other hand The GT runs on the voice too.

Manuel explicit useless for regulars. 10/10

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for nine months.

Yes, I have several models and if I had, I would place in its category number two because it lacks the MIDI for "The Perfect".
I said, there is every possible input and output jack and XLR 6.35, a USB but no MIDI.

1 - A must: the NIO 2 / 4 which is the beginning of a real studio DAW. (Soft and mixer, Monitoring Pro)
2 - JamVOX. (Mini-amp quality hardware, loop, jam, JamVOX, GTK)
3 - Line 6 UX 2. (Two instrument inputs, two mic inputs)
4 - M-Audio Fast Track (near zero latency)
5 - Edirol UA-4FX (effects processor hardware with a tube sound)

Difficult to separate them for that matter, being in home network, I use them as needed, sounds, etc.. I can not do or anti Pub or Pub, but I give my personal opinion, as some will not agree, and attention I also speak a variety inexpensive but playing in the big leagues,
therefore accessible to all (amateurs and beginners, Pro nomadic fans).

Appoints all hardware like JamVOX impressive size / power / Soft and provided restitution and, of course, many other possibilities, its latency, I forgot, ease of use.

The / least: the lack of MIDI and the "gadget" GT because it is very difficult on some CDs to use it but it's not really a minus in my opinion.

The price / quality ratio is excellent, there is not yet competing in this type of interface and so I buy it back in case. 9 / 10 (MIDI)

Hello,

I'm not telling any service forums "the black box of the Musician"

Too slow, not at all against the Diffra teractive problem posed by "JamVOX.
From a company as "VOX" make a product that's not all it is not worthy of the "VOX".

it works, it works not grsille has finally SHIT has happily on all the forums there are people mcontent therefore problem from an importer who is crazy about its customers and allows to charge on mobile (08 92 35 00 65 (0.337 per minute)

Too bad this could be a very good product if VOX "took the trouble.

Greetings. Yes

UTILIZATION

configuration and simple but

Insufficient manual lacks many chosesssss huh !!!!! Before

GETTING STARTED

judge would have to work eh!

OVERALL OPINION

I do not recommend unless JamVOX VOX be more vigilant about these drivers and software and make a choice on the importer to the hotline of

In recent years I interresse nearly everything related to modeling guitar amp .. I almost all the boards but I missed the JamVOX .. The price is a little more attractive lately I've been softened, so I bought the JamVOX ..
The main motivation of this choice on the side tool .. In fact I'm pretty all the time in mop right and left and I thought the JamVOX can answer my expectations ... Mission accomplished ...
I use it with my skyscraper travel Warmoth kit that I had made some ten years now and is unknowingly at the time the ultimate weapon for use with amps modeled ..
Regarding JamVOX I use it for work, plans, scales, and jam delidoigts securities legends ..
PC side I installed it on my laptop HP Pavilion DV7 .. The app runs on vista and frankly nothing wrong everything works perfectly ..

UTILIZATION

I upgraded from the first day the software to version 1.52 available at JamVOX Online .. Installation is very simple not need to leave St circumstances ..
I have not encountered any problems so far except the CPU of some important patches ..
The latency is almost nil .. If you purchase

GETTING STARTED

JamVOX I advise you to save time to register on the site JamVOX Online and sign up ..
This will enable you to download the latest update of software and you will not have a facility to do that without using the cd provided ..
After installing the software connecting the monitoring system and you will be prompted to complete the installation of drivers ..
As stated above nothing nasty ..
The manual is not very adequate but it is necessary to understand the system GXT allowing you to melt down guitar lines on your mp3 or other favorites ..
The GXT is most of the soft but the result is not always there but you still useable ..

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several months and I'm happy ..
The modeling part is more than correct, the grain is present and the effects of very good quality ..
My only downside is that the monitoring system does not need to hire some overdrive .. But once widely exploited ..
When I can I add my output Output pair of Genelec presence in order to win ..
This will still allow you to use this hardware like sound card supports ASIO since ..
Level connections there is a line-guitar, a microphone input XLR 48v phantom power without a phone outlet, a USB jack, 2 inputs and 2 outputs at the back ..
The size and weight are made to be easily transported ..
For less than 150 euros you will find in the JamVOX a very good working tools and adapted primarily by listening to your guitar sound in comparison to multimedia speakers that are often used by moult scratch ..
If I was not in the current situation of the large can be moved I will not opt for JamVOX but since I am in this case, yes I referrer choice ...