Gestural Orchestration With Leap Motion, GECO & Albion I

Film composer Hagai Davidoff has created a unique system for ‘gestural orchestration’, based around the Leap Motion controller and GECO, Geert Bevin’s gestural MIDI app. The combination allows Davidoff to use his left hand to interactively orchestrate the notes played with his right hand on a standard keyboard controller. In the first half of the video,… Read More Gestural Orchestration With Leap Motion, GECO & Albion I

Synth Jams Explore Gestural Control With GECO, Leap Motion Controller & Pictures Of Bacon

Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Geert Bevin updated us about his new gestural music control application, GECO, for use with the Leap Motion: GECO for Leap Motion is one month young and more than 1500 musicians have adopted GECO! Many videos have been posted on YouTube, going into a large variety of directions. Bevin has created a… Read More Synth Jams Explore Gestural Control With GECO, Leap Motion Controller & Pictures Of Bacon

Pencil Fields – DIY Pencil Controlled Synthesis

Reader Palle Dahlstedt sent in this video that captures a live performance on a custom built instrument, using a pencil drawing as a gestural interface for controlling complex analog synthesis (on a Bugbrand Modular). Here are the technical details: The instrument works by creating a voltage potential field in the graphite/pencil markings on the paper using custom… Read More Pencil Fields – DIY Pencil Controlled Synthesis

GestureSynth Makes Music From Gestures

  Here’s an demo of the GCe2 (Gestural Controller – Exploration 2) in use with an application called GestureSynth. Tilting to the left and right lowers and raises the pitch, respectively. Tilting back applies a chorus effect, and squeezing the expression pads on the side creates a flange.