We’ve been skeptical about the value of the Microsoft Kinect as a music platform, because of latency and resolution limitations. Here’s a Kinect music experiment, though, that takes advantage of the Kinect’s strengths, Tension – an interactive spacial sound system. Here’s the project summary: A brief video showing Tension. An interactive spatial sound installation for… Read More Kinect Controlled Synthesis
Tim Thompson’s Space Palette at West Coast Controllerism Championship was uploaded by: eangolden
Duration: 150
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Synapse for Kinect Demo Performance was uploaded by: awwbees
Duration: 78
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Matt Davis hacked a Kinect, using OpenNI & Max/MSP, to create an awesome laser MIDI controller. With it mapped to Ableton Live and Henry Strange’s MIDI to DMX Laser Control System, Matt demonstrates his a/v control system.
This video demos a hack that turns the Kinect into an XY controller for music, controlling pitch and gate. I’m fairly skeptical about the value of the Kinect as a music controller, because of its relatively low resolution and high latency. But, there are still lots of people experimenting with the Kinect to explore the possibilities.… Read More Kinect XY Music Controller
Can’t afford to drop $150 on a Kinect so that you can experiment with gestural music control? How about $.99? Dustin O’Connor’s Eye Synth OSC is a $.99 Mac app, available in the App Store, that lets you use an i-sight or web camera to make music based on motion. Eye Synth OSC splits your camera… Read More Who Needs A Kinect? Eye Synth OSC Lets You Make Music With Your Web Cam For $.99
An Exclusive First Look at Tim Thompson’s Kinect-Based Instrument: MultiMultiTouchTouch was uploaded by: newechoproductions
Duration: 539
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The Microsoft Kinect is the gadget du jour for music hacking. We’ve previously featured several interesting Kinect music hacks on Synthtopia, including a Kinect air guitar, a Kinect virtual piano and a Kinect drawable synthesizer. And these hacks seem to have wowed other sites and the mainstream tech press. Nevertheless, we find ourselves wondering if… Read More Is The Microsoft Kinect Useless As A Musical Tool?
Kinect Drawable Synthesizer was uploaded by: roboczar
Duration: 20
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Kittynect was uploaded by: spindizzyman
Duration: 55
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