2015-10-02 status

Done

Administrivia

• Resubmitted program advance for initial surveys per Sherice.
• Obtained IRB approval for data collection activities.
• Worked out some scheduling details for CR's Distinguished Lecture at UIC.
• Reached out to the local academic friends of the project about the lecture.
• Reached out to Peter Snyder about grad student panel to talk to CR when he is here. 
• Made pitch for lecture and panel at Friendly Friday.
• Posted two flyers for the lecture in the Music Department (with their office's approval).
• Got positive response from Bryan Pardo at NU. It seems likely there will be a contingent from his lab.

Data Collection

• Fixed two typos in the survey, which I caught during another "final" review.
• Sent out initial survey to my short list.
• Improved latency between fingering entry and rendered annotation by more than 50%. But it still feels sluggish.
• Pinged Jef Moine (abc2svg developer and general mensch) and learned how to make the fingering symbols bigger.
• Tested MDC4 with 5-voice piece (P&F 1 from WTC). Fixed several issues.

Doing

1. Auditing Music 170 (Keyboard Skills I), TuTh 3:30-4:45.
2. Adding character buffering to MDC4 to make input smoother.
3. Implementing output hooks in MDC4 to play nice with Qualtrics.
4. Standardizing file format for fingering.

Struggling

• Pinged M. Moine to complain about bad associations of fingerings to notes that start at the same time in different voices. This really seems like a bug. Waiting for response. If no fix is forthcoming, I will need to code around this.