Introduction

What’s jDrums stand for?

jDrums is a university project aimt for creating the first dedicated drums scoring programs. It is largely inspired from its cousin GuitarPro, but dedicated to drummers. “j” stands for Java, the underlying runtime system.

Features

 very easy to use
 WYSIWYG score editor
 standardised drums notation set
 play the loaded score from the begining, or from the measure you’re working on
 import standard Midi 1.0 files, widely available on Internet
 export to Midi files
 printing support
 PNG pictures creation
 acquisition from external Midi-compliant devices: you play on your electronic drums set and jDrums displays the score
 integrated help
 run on any Java-aware operating system, including Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux or MacOS X.
 and more...

Requirements

jDrums can be used on any Java2 Runtime Environment, meaning working on major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS X or GNU/Linux.

To work, jDrums requires your JRE to:
 be compliant with Java 2 Virtual Machine specification
 implement Swing API
 implement the JavaSound API
 offer MIDI I/O Service Provider Interface if you want to use your hardware synthesizer and devices

Sun Microsystem J2SE 1.4.1 and higher is known to fill out these requirements. If Java isn’t already installed on your system, get it at www.java.com.

Users of other Java vendors, or Sun’s versions below 1.4.1, may find the following resources useful:
 the Tritonus project: provide a full Javasound implementation, including native Midi I/O through ALSA under GNU/Linux, and MidiShare for others platforms
 WireProvider allows the use of Midi hardware devices under Microsoft Windows.
 the Java Media Framework from Sun Microsystems also include a full Javasound implementation. It used to be the only way to get Javasound before it was merged with standard Java APIs