A social platform for realtime networked musical collaboration. An online environment for realtime musical collaboration that (1) is approachable by both professionals and hobbyists, (2) interfaces with any typical audio production setup, and (3) supports an active community of inspired musicians and listeners.

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2. A social platform for realtime
networked musical collaboration.
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I want to play live music with friends and strangers online.

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First guitar.

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Social life.

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Play. Improvisation. Camaraderie. Exposure. Learning. Growth. Confidence.

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Now – Jobs. School (this thesis). Kids. Time. Location. Space. Relationships.

7. FIND FRIENDS
PLUG IN
PLAY MUSIC
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What I need and am building. 2 phases: (1) plug + play, (2) friends

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Find friends. “Look at all those friends”

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Plug in.

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15. CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS
AUDIO FIDELITY
SIGNAL LATENCY
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This is hard. Signal QUALITY and DELAY.

16. CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS
5 ms / 1000 km (620 mi)
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Electrical signals travel ~70% of the speed of light.
Thresholds for musicians between 5 ms and 65 ms.

17. CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS
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Idealized vs. actual

18. EXISTING OPTIONS
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Missing left sock pile. Good but clearly incomplete.

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Commercial – eJamming. Delays signals to synchronize. Empty community.
$9.95 (monthly), $24.95 (quarterly), $89.95 (annual)

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Open Source – Ninjam. Requires server. Timecode shift. Asynchronous.

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Academia – Jacktrip. Soundjack. Assume high-speed network. Minimize latency. Successful
networked performances.

22. TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
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23. TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
XMPP
(friends)
Jacktrip Jack
(network) (audio)
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Mashup – Jack (audio) + Jacktrip (network) + XMPP (friends) = OpenMic.fm

24. TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
OpenMic.fm OpenMic.fm
Social Network
(e.g. Facebook, Google+)
XMPP XMPP
(friends) (friends)
Jack Jacktrip Jacktrip Jack
(audio) (network) (network) (audio)
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Mashup – Jack (audio) + Jacktrip (network) + XMPP (friends) = OpenMic.fm

25. Does it work?
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Testing... Continuing to experiment, but... have larger fantasies.

26. MOBILE
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Make it mobile.

27. MOBILE
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28. MOBILE
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29. MOBILE
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30. SOCIAL
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Make it fun.

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Guitar Hero. Rock Band.

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Turntable. DJ a room.

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Passionate users. Brought into real world.

35. PRIVATE – KNOWN COLLABORATORS
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“Rehearsal” rooms

36. PUBLIC – NEW COLLABORATORS
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“Open-mic” rooms

37. LISTENERS – FOLLOWERS – FANS
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“Open-mic” rooms + listeners

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