March 24, 2006 Pump Up the Online Jam Conquering Latency By Christopher T. Heun Courtesy of Page 2 of 2 EJamming hasn't quite conquered the latency hurdle, though. While there are some users as far away as Israel and Australia, Kaplan says that's too far away to hold a beat. "Right now the furthest we've been able to make it work is L.A. and New York and have it sound natural." But the biggest challenge, Glueckman says, has been simplifying the process for players to configure their routers and open ports 2300 and 6500 so they can connect and start playing. "It takes less than 30 seconds to do, but the router companies make it intimidating. Gamers do it all the time for network games, but router companies should make it automatic and simpler," he says. EJamming automatically configures newer router models, which come enabled for universal plug and play. The software, which is free to download, caters to musicians of all abilities by offering different stages and open jam sessions, which can be made private, say, for a band wanting to work on its own material or audition other eJamming members on special "Leader Stages." A subscription to the site costs $20 per month. Sessions can be recorded -- since that's done at each individual's location, Internet latency is not a problem -- and then moved to more sophisticated audio sequencing programs for editing. In a few months, eJamming will add ReWire software that will make it possible to synchronize vocal tracks with a live session, Glueckman says. "If you're a musician and you try this out, it's just amazing. I can't believe I can actually do this," Kaplan says. "Just that the technology works is an incredible thing." E-mail This Story Print This Story Page 1 | 2 Get the latest Messaging news, product info, and trends every week.			Linux Web Conferencing: Share And Share Alike? Review: Office Live Beta Puts SOHOs Online Analysis: AOL Teams With WebEx For Enterprise IM Office 2007 To Feature New Workflow, Collaboration Tools Yahoo Adds Features To Firefox Toolbar Gordano Updates Messaging Suite With SNMP Links     Messaging Pipeline's Main RSS Feed     Messaging Pipeline's Blog RSS Feed Editorial and vendor perspectives The Six Flavors Of Windows Vista Microsoft plans to release a full six-pack of Vista versions, one for every taste. Which Vista will be right for you? Hope is Not Enough When It Comes To Compliance Three Ways To Authenticate E-Mail And Stop Spam Wikis In The Workplace Review: Google Desktop 3 Vendors are now talking about how collaboration can be improved by integrating video with messaging applications. They're even talking about adding live TV to mobile phones. How far do you go before it becomes a bandwidth and business productivity drain? Video is a great idea     13% Video is fine but there needs to be size limits     25% It's never used for anything really productive     38% I draw the line at live TV     25% In search of messaging products? Check out our brand new Product Finder for a directory of groupware and collaboration tools, security products, archiving solutions, and more.