<s>
NINJAM	B-Application
stands	O
for	O
Novel	O
Intervallic	O
Network	O
Jamming	O
Architecture	O
for	O
Music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
and	O
systems	O
comprising	O
NINJAM	B-Application
provide	O
a	O
non-realtime	O
mechanism	O
for	O
exchanging	O
audio	O
data	O
across	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
synchronisation	O
mechanism	O
based	O
on	O
musical	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
approach	O
latency-free	O
collaboration	O
,	O
NINJAM	B-Application
extends	O
the	O
latency	O
,	O
by	O
delaying	O
all	O
received	O
audio	O
until	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
synchronised	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NINJAM	B-Application
defines	O
the	O
form	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
interval	O
"	O
-	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
beats	O
to	O
be	O
recorded	O
before	O
synchronising	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
music	O
product	O
vendors	O
have	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
NINJAM	B-Application
;	O
Expert	O
Sleepers	O
,	O
a	O
vendor	O
of	O
electronic	O
music	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
,	O
added	O
plugin	B-Application
support	O
for	O
NINJAM	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
in	O
a	O
NINJAM	B-Application
session	O
feeds	O
audio	O
data	O
from	O
their	O
client	B-Protocol
to	O
a	O
server	B-Application
via	O
a	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
connection	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
port	B-Protocol
(	O
commonly	O
in	O
the	O
range	O
2049	O
upwards	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
client	B-Protocol
"	O
here	O
is	O
only	O
the	O
component	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
NINJAM	B-Application
server	B-Application
,	O
encode	O
and	O
transmit	O
their	O
audio	O
stream	O
,	O
receive	O
and	O
decode	O
remote	O
players	O
 '	O
streams	O
and	O
handle	O
the	O
chat	O
(	O
IRC-like	O
)	O
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
will	O
also	O
need	O
some	O
way	O
of	O
feeding	O
audio	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
NINJAM	B-Application
client	B-Protocol
-	O
either	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
client	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
in	O
a	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
or	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
standalone	O
version	O
with	O
a	O
direct	O
audio	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
client	B-Protocol
's	O
data	O
is	O
synchronised	O
against	O
a	O
distributed	O
clock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	B-Application
does	O
little	O
apart	O
from	O
manage	O
connections	O
,	O
chat	O
and	O
data	O
streaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
clients	O
feed	O
data	O
at	O
0dB	O
to	O
the	O
server	B-Application
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
local	O
monitoring	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
setting	O
up	O
,	O
the	O
NINJAM	B-Application
client	B-Protocol
"	O
local	O
"	O
level	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
0dB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
must	O
adjust	O
their	O
input	O
level	O
-	O
before	O
the	O
NINJAM	B-Application
client	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
signal	O
path	O
-	O
to	O
affect	O
what	O
remote	O
players	O
are	O
hearing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VST	B-Application
effects	I-Application
are	O
a	O
commonly	O
used	O
option	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
number	O
of	O
posts	O
on	O
the	O
NINJAM	B-Application
support	O
forums	O
)	O
but	O
requires	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
install	O
REAPER	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
considerations	O
to	O
REAPER-tied	O
VST	B-Application
effect	I-Application
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standalone	O
clients	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
works	O
with	O
JACK	B-Application
,	O
it	O
can	O
have	O
audio	O
routed	O
to	O
it	O
from	O
any	O
JACK	B-Application
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
use	O
with	O
virtual	O
audio	O
sources	O
is	O
problematic	O
as	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
comparatively	O
easy	O
routing	O
mechanism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
suited	O
to	O
real	O
instruments	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
simpler	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
running	O
a	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
just	O
to	O
access	O
NINJAM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
detailed	O
set-up	O
and	O
configuration	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
NINJAM	B-Application
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.3	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
G3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
server	B-Application
source	O
code	O
compiles	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	O
,	O
Darwin/OS	O
X	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
information	O
available	O
regarding	O
what	O
versions	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
&	O
FreeBSD	O
are	O
required	O
nor	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
required	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
application	O
running	O
under	O
those	O
OS	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
GPL	B-License
project	O
,	O
so	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2012	O
third-party	O
clients	O
(	O
wahjam	O
,	O
Jamtaba	O
,	O
Zenjam	O
and	O
Ninjam-js	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NINJAM	B-Application
servers	O
hosted	O
by	O
Cockos	O
record	O
and	O
index	O
their	O
content	O
at	O
under	O
the	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
license	O
;	O
the	O
music	O
files	O
are	O
hosted	O
at	O
The	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
.	O
</s>
