BreezSong JamHub- Praise To the Neighbors Ears!
“The Silent Rehearsal Studio”
It has been a while since a new piece of pro audio equipment has excited me. To my surprise the JamHub is not a piece of equipment that I would have much use for, but at the same time I kind of have to have one just on the off chance that all my musician friends decide to come over for a jam session.
BreezSong are the developers of the Jam Hub. The Jam Hub is said to give musicians the freedom to jam when and wherever they want in near silence. All by plugging their instruments into a single box.
The first thing that strikes me about the JamHub is its appealing design. Everything is number and color coded, but not in a way that becomes confusing. I’m pretty confident my mum could work a JamHub better than she can work her mobile phone.
The JamHub is based around a number of inputs and headphone outputs depending on the model. Musicians can plug in, turn up their headphones and jam away. All have complete control over how much of the other musicians they hear in their own headphones using numbered and color coded pots to adjust volume, this eliminates loudness wars.
The other cool feature is stage positioning you can pan you mix to where you would normally stand on stage. This must give the musicians an add sense of normality. Along with the 24-bit stereo effects which can be abled to the bands mix.
The JamHub is now shipping with 3 different models:
JamHub Bedroom
Designed for small jam session but still offering a lot of features.
1. 15 audio channels for up to 5 musicians
2. 5 XLR and 5 TRS input jacks
3. SoleMix™ controls for each section so everyone creates their own mix
1. 1 SoleMix remote jack (remote sold separately)
2. 1-R switch for quickly listening to recording mix
3. R section for connecting to MP3 or recording
4. Built-in 24-bit stereo effects including reverb, delay and modulation
5. Stage control gives each player virtual stage location in rehearsal studio
JamHub Greenroom
Designed for more musicians with some extra needs like recording to a computer or microphones that require Phantom power.
1. 21 audio channels for up to 7 musicians
2. 7 XLR and 7 TRS input jacks
1. SoleMix™ controls for each section so everyone creates their own mix
2. 4 SoleMix remote jacks (1 remote included)
3. 1-R switch for quickly listening to recording mix
4. R section for connecting to MP3 or recording
5. Built-in 24-bit stereo effects including reverb, delay and modulation
6. Stage control gives each player virtual stage location in rehearsal studio
7. Phantom power (+48V)
8. USB out for direct recording to computer
JamHub Tour Bus
Designed for musicians that need to capture that special moment in rehearsals.
1. 21 audio channels for up to 7 musicians
2. 7 XLR and 7 TRS input jacks
3. SoleMix™ controls for each section so everyone creates their own mix
1. 4 SoleMix remote jacks (2 remotes included)
2. 1-R switch for quickly listening to recording mix
3. R section for connecting to MP3 or recording
4. Built-in 24-bit stereo effects including reverb, delay and modulation
5. Stage control gives each player virtual stage location in rehearsal studio
6. Phantom power (+48V)
7. USB out for direct recording to computer
8. Built-in recording to SD RAM card
9. Metronome built into recording system
The SoleMix Remote Jack
The SoleMix Remote Jackextends the reach of the JamHub to drummers and keyboardists giving them the same control over their mix as the band members.
You may be thinking……
Drummer, we all no their not so quiet. There are a couple options I can think of here; 1 option, use an electronic drum kit but they can be expensive. Or 2 which I think is the better idea, use a recording of the drummer playing back off an mp3 player. Drummers never turn up to rehearsal sessions anyway and at least this way you can shut them up when you want to.
I’m very much looking forward to trying out this great looking product I hope it lives up to the praise.