[IAEP] TamTam Questions (More)

[tom.staubitz at fhtw-berlin.de]

On Dec 16, 2010, at 2:18 AM, Walter Bender wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Several people in America-sur have responded to my questions about the keys
>> used in the TamTam Suite. So far, they have all referred only to TamTam
>> Mini.  Have any of you used any of the other TamTam Activities (Jam and
>> Edit).  I need to know what keys are used for loops and special effects.  If
>> you have any TamTam knowledge or can point me to links with the info, it
>> would be very helpful.  I already know (knew) where the basic notes are
>> located.
> 
> Tam Tam Jam uses a different keyboard interface than Tam Tam Mini
> (SynthLab uses the same keyboard layout as Mini). With Jam, you assign
> keys to the various instrument blocks you create. The keys simply turn
> these blocks on and off.

You can assign the keys by clicking on the instrument's icon on the activity's "stage" area.
Possible keys are "9", "0", "-", "=", "O", "P", "[", "]", ";", "\", ".", "/"
To adapt these keys for other machines with different keyboard layouts, might get a bit complicated as 
except for the digits and the letters, for example in Germany, all of these keys are located  
in pretty different places as on a standard US keyboard. To make it worse, the location of these keys 
differs between standard german PC and Mac keyboards, Switzerland has yet another layout, France and Spain as well...
"[" for example is Option-5 on a german Mac and Alt-Gr-8 on a german PC. 

Tom


> 
> -walter
>> 
>> I also notice that in Uruguar they are using the "Do-Re-Mi..." system.  I
>> think most of the schools/teachers in the US use the "C-D-E..." system.  Has
>> anyone had any experience with this?  How about other countries?
>> 
>> I am working on a very simple, easy to make, inexpensive XO keyboard overlay
>> for TamTam that can be made in classroom quantities for about $1-$2 each (or
>> less for larger quantities).  No electronics are required.  Just a few
>> simple supply items, scissors, glue, a computer with a printer and an iron.
>> Of course, I will share it with everyone, if and when I get it "perfected."
>> This will also be adaptable for other machines running TamTam from SoaS,
>> live CD, Virtual Box, etc.
>> 
>> Grannie B  (MA Music Education ca. 1966)
>> 
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Tom Staubitz
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