Playing With Others in Sessions

Turning Off Direct Monitoring on Your Audio Interface
When using JamKazam, it is critical that you turn off any "direct monitoring" feature that's available on your audio interface. Let's talk...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Setting Your Audio Input Levels
Before getting into your first JamKazam session with other musicians, it's a good idea to create a private session just for yourself, and use this priva...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Adjusting Your Session Mix
Before adjusting the audio mix for your session, you should have already set your audio input levels to make sure that the audio from your own instruments a...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Using Video Features
When playing in sessions, it can enhance your experience to use video as well as audio, so that you can see the other musicians in your session while playin...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Using Backing Tracks & Loops
A backing track is an audio recording that live musicians play or sing along with. Backing tracks are handy when you don't have anyone else to play live...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Using Text Chat
When you are in a session with other musicians, it's sometimes useful to be able to text chat rather than talking - for example, if someone is having tr...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Sharing Files
When playing in JamKazam sessions, you may at times want to share files with other musicians - for example, sheet music, charts, lead sheets, guitar tabs, a...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Using the Metronome
A metronome can be a handy feature for music sessions, either when you can use some assistance in maintaining a consistent tempo, or when latency is higher ...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Understanding Session Diagnostics & Statistics
Diagnostics and statistics do not sound very exciting, we know. But sometimes the best things come wrapped in unattractive packages. JamKazam measures and r...
Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Leaving Sessions
When you are done playing in a session, you can leave the session by simply clicking the Leave button in the session toolbar (pictured below with arrow). ...
Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 12:03 PM