Graphical User Interface¶

• Timeline- End of Semester
  • Wireframe Display
  • Code representation
  • Composition
  • Export
• People
  • Mike, Laura, Sandy, Dan, Katherine
• Language
  • Java or Flash Interface, the C or C++ to robots
  • Music XML or MIDI
• View
  • Need to convey multiple staves on possibly small screen
  • somewhat Finale like view
  • Differentiate between necessary and visual info
• Features
  • MIDI in MIDI out
  • Compostion Screen
  • Look at code given to micro controllers

Meeting 2

Design
*Menu Bar at top

• Controls and Timing Menu
• Composing Window
  • Scrolling
  • Timeline view (a la Garage Band)
• Collapsible Code Box

New Interface

• We need a good easy way of communicating with the robots
• Current system involves many programs that are hard to handle
• Task: Combine everything needed to run the robots into one interface
• What it needs to do
  • Music Control
    • Play
    • Stop
    • Pause
    • Mute/Kill Instrument(s)
    • Next and Previous
  • Setup
    • Load Song
    • Parse and Save MIDI
    • Load, Save, and Create Playlist
  • Algorithm
    • Percussive
    • From MIDI
    • Chords and Improv
  • Manual Pages
  • Composition
    • Do we really need one?
  • Demonstration
    • Keep a playlist of many popular songs
    • Allow interactive Algorithms
    • Wiimote??

Using interface on roborcestra laptop

• cd into robo folder on desktop from the terminal
• type "./a.out Concert/midiFileToPlay" to load the song midiFileToPlay
• once in the roborchestra terminal type play to start, pause to pause. stop still has bugs
• if the song doesn't work try a different song
• best test song is BYOB as I believe it uses ever instrument at high speeds.