2015-05-01 status

Done

Administrivia

• Spoke with Daniel Murphy. He agreed to wait list me for the group piano class next semester, and he can waive he corequisites.
• Pinged Michael Anderson again about using the piano lab. No reply.
• Confirmed $2000 from Provost's Award. Funds available for work 1 Jun 2015 through 30 Jun 2016.

Data Collection

• Various bug fixes in MDC.
• Added help page to MDC.
• Obtained patch of ABCJS to address annotations overwriting each other.
• Was promised patch of ABCJS to fix annotations overwriting notes. Developer Paul Rosen is on the job, which is great news.
• Added graphics to scale questions in survey.
• Pinged Michael Anderson again. No reply. I will try calling next.
• Saw Ivana in the piano lab. They have two Canon VIXIA HFR500 cameras we might be able to use. The camera set up is over an acoustic piano, which we can't move. But there are shelf mounts we could use to rig something for an electronic keyboard. This is still the preferred venue if we can get permission to use it.

Doing

1. Integrating new Manual Data Collector (MDC) into Qualtrics survey. Gnashing teeth.
2. Defining survey distribution lists.
3. Weighing lottery options for survey. This is definitely the direction we will take.
4. Trying to quantify variability in the Parncutt sight-reading corpus with a mind toward defining statistical approaches, as requested in protocol template.
5. Trying to run finger6 over input file.
6. Playing with Synthesia AFP (one .exe, one .dll, and that's it).
7. Collecting all the Synthesia data there is from their forum.
8. Implementing basic color tracking synchronized with MIDI events.

Struggling

• Interviewing with SAP (hybris) and Braintree.
• More than two "voices" choke MDC.