12.09.17 | Week 15. Blog Debrief

Not a whole lot to show visually this week, although I followed up with Thomas directly to show off some of the new sounds, now that everything's been transposed and stored in memory. There are roughly 30 unique instrument presets and well over 60 unique composition segments, many of which are between 5-10 seconds long apiece. These compositions can be seen in the blog post for the final week. The code is 100% complete from the musical side of things - everything works at a minimum expected standard with a level of consistency, and likewise all of the "canned" aspects like the music and instruments are written out. It's mainly a matter of fully integrating the sensors at this point.

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