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{{ Translations }} {{Olpcboxtop|toptext=[[{{PAGENAME}}|TamTam]]}} {{ OBX activity |[[Image:Activity8.png]]|bundled<!--|{{{text}}}--> }} {{ OBX source dev|projects/tamtam}} {{ OBX test |[[Tests/TamTam|TamTam]]<!--|2007-09-18--> }} {{ OBX devtickets |tamtam-activity}} {{ OBX pootle|1=http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/tamtam;a=blob_plain;f=TamTamEdit.activity/po/TamTamEdit.pot;hb=HEAD|2=xobundled|3=Edit}} {{ OBX pootle|1=http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/tamtam;a=blob_plain;f=TamTamJam.activity/po/TamTamJam.pot;hb=HEAD|2=xobundled|3=Jam}} {{ OBX pootle|1=http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/tamtam;a=blob_plain;f=TamTamMini.activity/po/TamTamMini.pot;hb=HEAD|2=xobundled|3=Mini}} {{ OBX pootle|1=http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/tamtam;a=blob_plain;f=TamTamSynthLab.activity/po/TamTamSynthLab.pot;hb=HEAD|2=xobundled|3=SynthLab}} {{ OBX team |Olivier Bélanger, James Bergstra, Nathanaël Lécaudé, Adrian Martin, Eric Lamothe|[[User:Ethrop|Jean Piché]]}} {{ OBX mimetypes |application|ogg|audio|midi }} <small>see more [[:Category:OBX templates|templates]] or [[OBX proposals|propose new]]</small> {{Olpcboxbottom}} == A music and sound exploration application for the OLPC == {{Users}} [[Image:NEW-TAMTAM-9.0-Flat.jpg|thumb|An old screenshot of TamTam Edit as released for the B2 machine]] TamTam is a suite of four music and sound related activities for the XO. TamTam is written in python with some C functions for speed-critical services. The audio engine for TamTam is [[Csound]]. ; [[Image:Activity-tamtamjam.svg|50px]] TamTam Mini : is an introductory program to engage even very young (2-year-old) children in exploring music on the XO. Click on an instrument and then use the keyboard to play notes. Use the Q-I keys (on US English keyboard, at least) to play an octave. Lines above and below play sharps and flats. There is also a drum machine that can run in the background. (Note that on Ship.2 builds, you need to scroll the taskbar to the right in order to find TamTam Mini.) (You need to have TamTamEdit installed in order to run this activity on your XO) ; [[Image:Activity-tamtammini.svg|50px]] TamTam Jam : is the music performance activity. Sounds are played by striking individual keys on the keyboard. It is aimed at younger children. One chooses amongst dozens of different sounds that can be played polyphonically. There is a small "beatbox" to generate rythms and a simple sequencer to record short snippets of keyboard playing. Collaborative playing on a shared synchronised drum pulse is operational since Build 542. (You need to have TamTamEdit installed in order to run this activity on your XO) ; [[Image:Activity-tamtamedit.svg|50px]] TamTam Edit : is a page driven event sequencer featuring a powerful music generator, a colorful and intuitive graphical interface to create, modify and organise notes on five virtual “tracks”, a palette of close to a hundred sounds and a music construction model that allows virtually limitless variations in all musical styles. ; [[Image:Activity-tamtamsynthlab.svg|50px]] synthLab : is an advanced application for older children who are ready to venture into sophisticated sound design. synthLab is a physics lab and sound synthesiser modelled on Max/MSP. (You need to have TamTamEdit installed in order to run this activity on your XO) Read the [[TamTam Release Notes]] for current release notes. <gallery> Image:Tamtamhelp1.png Image:Tamtamhelp2.png Image:Tamtamhelp3.png Image:Tamtamhelp4.png Image:Tamtamhelp5.png Image:Tamtamhelp6.png Image:Tamtamhelp7.png Image:Tamtamhelp8.png </gallery> == Goals == * Provide children with a culturally-informed environment for making music and sound on the OLPC; * Provide an audio/music experience that is instantly rewarding for a musically naïve user; * Provide a pathway to more sophisticated musical experiences; * Provide a playable musical instrument with its own “sound”; * Provide a dynamically adaptable learning environment that proposes simplicity and welcomes complexity; * Use mesh networking to encourage collaborative music making; * Introduce notions of audio and music programming. == People == * [[User:Ethrop|Jean Piché]]<br> * Olivier Bélanger<br> * James Bergstra<br> * Nathanaël Lécaudé<br> * Adrian Martin * Eric Lamothe == TamTam is an educational application == Music is often described as the purest form of mathematical representation, driven instinctively by the human mind. It connects between people in many ways, and offers ways for expressing non-verbal emotion. In that sense music is related to problem-solving and communication. On a more practical level, TamTam helps explore and explain ideas connected with sequences, fractions, repetition, transposition, and representation, all of which are helpful for an intuitive understanding of mathematics and many aspects of scientific enquiry. In the realm of applied physics, TamTam proposes tools to explore the phenomenon of sound and show how the manipulation of physical quantities have a direct effect on what is heard. A child's first physics lab starts with making sounds. == Sounds == This [[TamTam: Sounds|sound section]] provides information on the sound bank that will be used in TamTam. In addition to the sound bank, users will be able to record short samples using the internal microphone of the OLPC computer. {{Developers}} == Release Notes == {{Include Page|TamTam Release Notes}} == Development == * [[TamTam:How to use TamTam1|How to use TamTam1]] * [[TamTam:Source Code Overview|High-level overview]] * [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/tamtam/tree Source repository] * [[TamTam:Development Tasks|Tasks]] * [[TamTam:Interaction|Interaction guideline]] * [[TamTam:Format|File Format Discussion]] == [[IRC]] == We have a channel called #tam_tam on the [[IRC|Freenode network]]. == External Links == *[http://tamtam4olpc.wordpress.com/ TamTam blog site] *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31L9qaxOrp0 video of miniTamTam in action] *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwqt8NMT-zI video of TamTam synthLab in action] *[http://renard.effetdesurprise.qc.ca/article.php3?id_article=32I video of OLPC computer and TamTam software] == Functional Test == Start the TamTam activity. Click on the icon on the left, miniTamTam. Click on a few different sounds and use the QWERTYUI keys to ensure that the interface and sounds are working properly. Use the X in the lower right hand corner to exit from miniTamTam. Close the activity; make sure it closes properly. [[Category:TamTam]] [[Category:Software development]] [[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]

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