eJamming Audiio P2P music collaboration launches beta 14

At CES 2008, Intel's Paul Otellini used eJamming Audiio, BigStage, and the band Smashmouth to show off how a group of musicians located on various corners of the globe could get together via P2P and play live in a virtual environment.

BetaNews tested the eJamming Audiio software last year and found that it was suitable for recording and collaborating with others in a VoIP-enhanced environment, but playing instruments live had too many latency issues to be feasible. In using MIDI drums, a guitar and bass in three different locations in the United States, each musician found they had to get accustomed to latency in their own signal, and then the latency of the others as well. In the end, it was nearly impossible to play live.

Today, The site has launched Beta 14, which includes a near zero latency "Jam Mode" as the default. The team says a user's own instrument will now play back with nearly no delay, and audio streams from other musicians will be synched together to make live collaboration easier. The site is still accepting new beta testers, and users will have to download the eJamming P2P client in order to start playing.