On Dec 16, 2010, at 2:18 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> 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) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Tom Staubitz ------------------ [email protected] _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
