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B4/Trial-2 Release Notes for [[TamTam]] activities
B4/Trial-2 Release Notes for [[TamTam]] activities


; Notes : [[TamTam]] includes three activities: TamTamJam (formerly known as miniTamTam), TamTam Edit, and synthLab.
; Notes : [[TamTam]] includes three activities: TamTamJam (formerly known as miniTamTam), TamTam Edit, and synthLab. The TamTam welcome screen allows you to chose which of the three activities you want to use.
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* Microphone recording fully functional in TamTamJam
* WARNINGS:
** Do NOT suspend the XO while using TamTam. A very unpleasant sound will result when you resume. This problem will be fixed in Trial-3.
** Occasionally TamTam will not restart when you have just quit it. Allow up to 20 seconds between launches.





B2/Trial-1 Release Notes for [[TamTam]] activities

; Notes : [[TamTam]] includes four activities: miniTamTam, TamTam Edit, TamTam Jam and synthLab. The third icon is not connected. This will be TamTam Jam in future releases.
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* Microphone recording is not functional in all TamTam activities.
* in TamTam Edit
** <strike>Saving and loading files is very rudimentary. Once saved, a file can be recalled properly but becomes very difficult to modify. </strike>Fixed in Build 368 and up.
** The properties window lacks some graphics and is experimental. Most things work but may not yield expected results.
** <strike>The volumes sliders for individual tracks sometimes stop responding. Starting/stopping or other manipulation will usually bring them back.</strike>. Fixed in Build 368 and up.
** The cntrl key is used to select / deselect pages for playback. This is somewhat unintuitive and will likely change. Triple-click on a page in the tuneview will select all pages.
** Keyboard recording is not implemented yet (thus the grayed-out red button).
** <strike> Sometimes, after manipulating notes on the screen, adding, erasing pages the "first note syndrome" will appear ie: the first notes of the page will fall silent. Rewinding to the beginning of the tune will usually fix the problem.</strike>Fixed in Build 369 and up.


; General recommendations : What follows is a series of considerations and suggestions about [[TamTam]].
; General recommendations : What follows is a series of considerations and suggestions about [[TamTam]].
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* Do play with the Generation window. Its a little obscure presently but it can generate quite extraordinary music.
* Do play with the Generation window. Its a little obscure presently but it can generate quite extraordinary music.
* Do try a lot of different instruments.
* Do try a lot of different instruments.
* Do experiment with synthLab. Its probably a little complicated for kids presently and needs to have complete sound design tutorials but an adult should be able to figure it out. The keyboard works the same way it does in miniTamTam.
* Do experiment with synthLab. Its a little complicated for kids presently and needs to have complete sound design tutorials but an adult should be able to figure it out. The keyboard works the same way it does in miniTamTam.
* There is a quantizing sequence recorder in miniTamTam which works wonderfully. Left-click on the red record button will start recording on the next down beat and keep going until the drumloop has completed a full cycle. Right click allow you to record on top with another track. Note: the drum has to be playing for the sequencer to work.
* There is a quantizing sequence recorder in miniTamTam. Left-click on the record button will start recording on the next down beat and keep going until the drumloop has completed a full cycle. Right click allows you to record on top with another track. Note: the drum has to be playing for the sequencer to work.

Revision as of 00:52, 8 August 2007

B4/Trial-2 Release Notes for TamTam activities

Notes
TamTam includes three activities: TamTamJam (formerly known as miniTamTam), TamTam Edit, and synthLab. The TamTam welcome screen allows you to chose which of the three activities you want to use.
  • Microphone recording fully functional in TamTamJam
  • WARNINGS:
    • Do NOT suspend the XO while using TamTam. A very unpleasant sound will result when you resume. This problem will be fixed in Trial-3.
    • Occasionally TamTam will not restart when you have just quit it. Allow up to 20 seconds between launches.


General recommendations
What follows is a series of considerations and suggestions about TamTam.
  • Do play around with the properties window. It allows to change individual sounds, full tracks or full pages.
  • Do play with the Generation window. Its a little obscure presently but it can generate quite extraordinary music.
  • Do try a lot of different instruments.
  • Do experiment with synthLab. Its a little complicated for kids presently and needs to have complete sound design tutorials but an adult should be able to figure it out. The keyboard works the same way it does in miniTamTam.
  • There is a quantizing sequence recorder in miniTamTam. Left-click on the record button will start recording on the next down beat and keep going until the drumloop has completed a full cycle. Right click allows you to record on top with another track. Note: the drum has to be playing for the sequencer to work.
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