Finishing touches

I spent today putting the finishing touches on Groove Culture. All the functionality is now fully incorporated into the piece and is ready to be presented. The interface is also fully overhauled and looking a lot nicer and less 'flat'.

Interface Overhaul

Further to my previous interface updates, I spent all of today working on the Interface for Groove Culture. I have changed the colour pallette considerably and have changed the way in which the grooves interact with the user. As I was working on the interface I continually sought the opinions of my peers to gauge the effectiveness of my work. Their honest opinions served as invaluable constructive criticism and stopped me form being single minded in my approach/design.

PD and XML are now working.

After a lot of experimenting and editing, Groove Culture is now working properly with the server side software PD. This is a huge advancement and a great relief. Not all features are working yet but the main ones are working fine. There is a lot to do still but having this functionality is a big milestone to reach. Also I have encorporated a slider into the design/interface which will control the volume and tempo of the beats. I sourced the code for this online because I have never implemented a slider in Flash before. So I give all credit for the code for the slider to the original creator: 'http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/slider.htm'. I did adjust it heavily to meet my own needs so it looks totally different in the final piece.