TamTam:Development Tasks

Features

Misc

• Pickle PagePlayer.trackDictionary and TamTam settings
  • move settings out of GUI
• Loading and saving tune
• Networking
• Plugin for SoundFilePlayer (low priority)
• Make Framework.Constants.TAM_TAM_ROOT dynamic (pull value from env TAMTAM_ROOT)

Look

• Incorporate mixer into instrument controls section
• Cursor change over note hotspots (contextual cursor)
• Note drawing
  • shadows
  • bezels
• Button Images
• Background Images
• Custom slider drawing
• Custom scroll bar drawing
• Drawing for mini page widgets (display notes)

Input

• Left click selects one track (how to select multiple tracks?)
• Track selection shouldn't affect playback (only muted tracks should affect playback)

Performance

• Separate the main TamTam application into two threads.
  • Timer thread (Doug)
  • Timer interface for TamTam (Sean)

Bugs

• Notes aren't being displayed during Keyboard recording
• Csound server uses cpu cycles when idle
• Need to move window on startup to show notes
• Send note offs for tied notes when stop is clicked
• don't popup so many generate windows