Final Project Storyboard v2 — Listening Loop

Version 2 · interaction flow

Version 1 was a row of ten frames. It showed each screen, but not what moves a visitor from one screen to the next or where the experience branches. Version 2 is one diagram that tells the story of the interaction and the interface at the same time.

How to read it

• Cards are states. Each has a sketch of the screen and three lines: what the visitor does, what the system sees, and what the system does.
• Arrows are triggers. Each arrow names the action or condition that moves to the next state.
• Diamonds are decisions. One checks whether MIDI came back from the model. The other runs every bar while the loop plays and asks what the visitor did.
• Line style is timing. Generation changes wait for the next downbeat (amber dashed). Synth, FX and mix changes apply instantly (green dashed).
• Pseudocode follows the same flow, numbered to match the cards.

The flow

1. Main path: idle → audio becomes a track → generation request → the loop plays.
2. The loop: every bar, the visitor can steer the sound, infill a region, or layer and bounce tracks. Each branch returns to the state it re-enters. Bouncing sends a track back in as new audio, which closes the feedback loop.
3. Other inputs: gestures, sensors and OCR feed the same decision. They are other ways to trigger the same actions.
4. Exhibition: after 60 s with no input the piece plays itself. A touch hands control back. After 5 min with nobody there, it resets.

AI use

The diagram and sketches were drawn with AI assistance. The idea and direction are mine.