Voting BPI BPM
This is an important topic to explain because tempo is one of the most critical elements when creating music, specially among a number of people, so BPM and BPI changes affect the whole mood of a jam.
Setting the tempo in a Ninjam Server it’s done by agreement. Someone proposes a BPI/BPM and the others have to vote yes/no/other. Some Servers use the majority (about 66%) of the vote for the change to be accepted. This is set by the Server Administrator and is under his/her control.
The typical way to vote in the chat window is to use the following format : !vote BPI 32 or !vote BPM 110. In Jamtaba when you use the BPI/ BPM combo box, the request is sent to the room automatically when you type another value or you choose from the list, so you don’t need to type the whole thing in the chat. A notification will appear asking for more votes if the value is to be changed:
In this case you'll see the BPM/BPI value from the combo box change to color RED during the time the voting is still going on:
If the new value is accepted by others, the server will show a notification that the value has been reset. You'll see the value change to the new one in the combo box and the color return to normal, but if the voting time expires and the votes were not enough for a change, then the combo box number will return to previous value and the color will return to normal automatically.
If you want to know the current BPM and BPI used in a server before joining, this information is located in the main window here:
and there's feedback inside the server too:
As you can see, Jamtaba has lots of ways to know what's going on inside and outside a jam room.