{"slug": "ninjam", "name": "NINJAM", "category": "media", "category_name": "Media and creative", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 3, "warners": 0, "score": 2.697, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-05-11", "latest": "2026-05-25", "why": "It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a whole class of latency issues.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a whole class of latency issues.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "cockos.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["NINJAM", "Ninjam"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 772247664, "item_id": 48265479, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265479", "by": "coldcity_again", "date": "2026-05-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a whole class of latency issues.", "excerpt": "For a realtime-ish solution I wonder if you've seen Ninjam[1]? It used to be that most evenings one could find various populated rooms; the serverlist[2] shows that the infrastructure's all sat there ready for people to come. You play over the most recent (eg) 16 bar repeat. At the end of each repeat, everyone gets the updated loop. It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a ", "context": "", "use_case": "Realtime music jamming", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Audiomass \u2013 a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web"}, {"id": 769619760, "item_id": 48101235, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101235", "by": "r4ge", "date": "2026-05-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it was just a fun way to practice with other players", "excerpt": "I used to use ninjam many years ago, I don't remember the delay being a deal breaker for me, it was just a fun way to practice with other players. If you found a good drummer you could just jam along and have fun with it.", "context": "", "use_case": "Remote music jamming", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nullsoft, 1997-2004 AOL kills off the last maverick tech company (2004)"}, {"id": 769599696, "item_id": 48099981, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099981", "by": "bityard", "date": "2026-05-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it somehow took advantage of inherent latency instead of just trying to minimize it", "excerpt": "I seem to recall he was also working on some software that allowed musicians to jam together over the internet, it somehow took advantage of inherent latency instead of just trying to minimize it. Edit: found it: https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/", "context": "", "use_case": "Online music jamming", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nullsoft, 1997-2004 AOL kills off the last maverick tech company (2004)"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["realtime music jamming", "remote music jamming", "online music jamming"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060077", "title": "Nullsoft, 1997-2004 AOL kills off the last maverick tech company (2004)", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258015", "title": "Show HN: Audiomass \u2013 a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 3}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 772247664, "item_id": 48265479, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265479", "by": "coldcity_again", "date": "2026-05-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a whole class of latency issues.", "excerpt": "For a realtime-ish solution I wonder if you've seen Ninjam[1]? It used to be that most evenings one could find various populated rooms; the serverlist[2] shows that the infrastructure's all sat there ready for people to come. You play over the most recent (eg) 16 bar repeat. At the end of each repeat, everyone gets the updated loop. It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a ", "context": "", "use_case": "Realtime music jamming", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Audiomass \u2013 a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web"}, {"id": 769619760, "item_id": 48101235, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101235", "by": "r4ge", "date": "2026-05-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it was just a fun way to practice with other players", "excerpt": "I used to use ninjam many years ago, I don't remember the delay being a deal breaker for me, it was just a fun way to practice with other players. If you found a good drummer you could just jam along and have fun with it.", "context": "", "use_case": "Remote music jamming", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nullsoft, 1997-2004 AOL kills off the last maverick tech company (2004)"}, {"id": 769599696, "item_id": 48099981, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099981", "by": "bityard", "date": "2026-05-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it somehow took advantage of inherent latency instead of just trying to minimize it", "excerpt": "I seem to recall he was also working on some software that allowed musicians to jam together over the internet, it somehow took advantage of inherent latency instead of just trying to minimize it. Edit: found it: https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/", "context": "", "use_case": "Online music jamming", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nullsoft, 1997-2004 AOL kills off the last maverick tech company (2004)"}]}