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DAWCollab vs Jamulus

DAWCollab

dawcollab.com

Jamulus

jamulus.app

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FigureDAWCollabJamulus
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published22
Spec score · Music Collaboration Software9.0 (#4)8.7 (#5)
LicenceThe reviewed pages do not state an open-source licence or provide source-code terms.Jamulus is free and open-source software released under the GPL.
PurposeDAWCollab provides remote music production rooms for producers to collaborate without sharing an entire desktop.Jamulus lets people play, rehearse, or jam remotely in real time with high-quality, low-latency sound over a broadband connection.
Self-hostingThe published pages describe hosted accounts and a desktop app but give no self-hosting instructions.Jamulus includes server software that can be run privately or publicly, including headless Linux deployments.
SupportThe legal page directs billing, terms and account-access questions to [email protected].The site directs users to documentation, troubleshooting pages, and community forums for help.
What it doesDAWCollab provides remote music-production rooms centered on sharing a digital-audio-workstation window.Jamulus lets musicians rehearse, jam and perform together online using low-latency audio.

Plans

DAWCollab

  • FreeFree
  • Pro$59.99, paid once

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Jamulus

  • Free and open-source JamulusFree
  • JamulusFree

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DAWCollab

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Jamulus

Jamulus is free, open-source software for playing, rehearsing, or jamming remotely in real time over a broadband connection. It is described for choirs, bands, folk and classical musicians, music lessons, schools, and universities. In its client mixer, users can set the level they hear from each connected musician and use mute, solo, pan, and grouping controls. People connected to the same server can exchange text messages visible to everyone there. A connected MIDI controller can operate mixer volume, pan, mute, and solo controls, with availability depending on platform and version. Users may run their own server, but this is optional because clients can connect to listed or unlisted servers. Network conditions affect server quality; the manual says fewer than five players is usually fine on a slower home connection. Communications are sent without encryption, and normal use shares a user's Jamulus name, city, country, instrument, and skill level with connected servers, peers, and protocol-using third parties. When recording is enabled, unmodified servers show a notice, and the server operator controls recordings.

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