The new Jamstik Smart Guitars are here! Learn about the Jamstik 7 and the brand new full-size Jamstik Studio MIDI Guitar.
At Zivix, we're often asked "Was the jamstik+ the guitar company I saw on "Shark Tank"? The answer is NO, we were never on Shark Tank. We're proud to say that Zivix is around today because of the hundreds of early-adopters that believed in the jamstik, and backed our products on Indiegogo and Kickstarter.
We've been working on developing some tools for Jamstik+ users working with Ableton Live, check out this cool-sounding Instrument Rack you can download to try yourself.
In case you haven't seen it, Apple dropped a serious 2.1 update to their GarageBand app for iOS at the end of January. Click to watch a recap video or read the recap below.
If you've read the previous entry, I used the analogy of MIDI keyboard controllers being similar to QWERTY keyboards. This is the most rudimentary idea of conceptualizing MIDI control. It leaves out a lot of details but helps frame the basic concept. In this entry I'm going to break down what really happens when you play a "C" on the jamstik or a keyboard controller, and hopefully bring some clarity to the whole concept.
Why not just play an actual guitar? There's a time and a place for everything...