JJazzLab 4.1.1 (Sept. 16, 2024)
New features 4.1.1
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About 30 new embedded Yamaha styles
Carefully selected for you. -
New free song collections for jazz, pop, brazilian, and more
Available in the resources page. -
Import files from iRealPro or ChordPulse
Import .musicXML files exported from iRealPro, .txt files exported from ChordPulse. -
Many BUG FIXES
Fix import midi file in notes editor, fix setting a custom rhythm user directory, etc. -
New JJazzLab Toolkit for developers (since 4.1.0)
All JJazzLab core in one java library: it’s easy to experiment!
See the 4.1.1 RELEASE NOTES to see all changes.
Download
Consult the online doc if you need detailed INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.
Windows
JJazzLab-4.1.1-Win64-Setup.exe md5sum: c10acdef37604a095e779ab9478cb7fb
If you get a Windows Smart Screen alert, click on More info, this will let you run the installer anyway. JJazzLab is NOT a malware! You can use md5sum to check file integrity.
When installation package is new, Windows security servers don’t have enough statistics to evaluate its “security reputation”. Alert will disappear soon, once enough people have run the software.
Mac
You must first install FluidSynth yourself (I recommend via Homebrew).
Then:
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JJazzLab-4.1.1-mac-x64.zip (Intel processor) md5sum: d8ae92a75945a6190e71e0f91cfa7a2e
Extract then run file bin/jjazzlab to start JJazzLab. -
JJazzLab-4.1.1-mac-aarch64.pkg (Mx processor) md5sum: 142e22ba27ffc3fe033ea45e82e5bb8b
Linux Ubuntu/Debian family (x64)
Download the .deb file and install it as shown below.
jjazzlab_4.1.1-1_amd64.deb md5sum: 09f1e3efef855c61f7106bdd745bc59b
sudo apt-get install ./jjazzlab_4.1.1-1_amd64.deb # this will also download and install fluidsynth (>=2.2.0) if required
If FluidSynth makes some “crackling” noise, make sure your Linux is optimized for audio applications.
Linux OpenSUSE family (x64)
Download the .rpm file and install it as shown below.
jjazzlab-4.1.1-0.x86_64.rpm md5sum: c8841a0d9b28f852c6b72ed4d562a164
sudo zypper install ./jjazzlab-4.1.1-0.x86_64.rpm # this will also download and install fluidsynth (>=2.2.0) if required
If FluidSynth makes some “crackling” noise, make sure your Linux is optimized for audio applications.
Linux others (x64)
You must first install FluidSynth (>=2.2.0) yourself.
Then:
JJazzLab-4.1.1-linux-x64.tar.xz md5sum: c021b1ae80ed470928d1bd41a6f158ed
Extract then run file bin/jjazzlab to start JJazzLab.
If FluidSynth makes some “crackling” noise, make sure your Linux is optimized for audio applications.
Free and open-source software
Contribute to the code on GitHub.
If you’re not a developer, you still can help:
- DONATE!
- add translations (japanese, spanish, …)
- improve the online documentation
- improve JJazzLabRealBook.zip and JJazzLab_users_styles.zip in the resources page
- participate in the JJazzLab forum
Acknowledgements
Let us be grateful to the people and projects that are or were a part of JJazzLab, or those who had contributed to it in some way.
- Apache Netbeans: For the powerful IDE and modular application framework.
- FluidSynth: for the SoundFont synth on Linux
- XStream: for the XML serialization
- JFugue: for the Midi file parsing
- Peter Wierzba, Michael P. Bedesem, Jørgen Sørensen/jososoft: for the precious information about the Yamaha style file format
- InnoSetup: for the Windows installer
- John Nebauer: for the SGM-v2.01-NicePianosGuitarsBass SoundFont which served as a basis for the JJazzLab SoundFont.
- Matt Finley: for the help on the Band-In-A-Box import feature
- The JJazzLab translations top contributors
- Freepik: for some svg graphics
- My family: for the too many evenings and week-ends spent on this project