mmiles54

I want to make an instrument, perhaps using some tasteful subtle synthesizers and sample playback/manipulation but have all control over the 'instrument' dictated by visual gestures to a webcam.

I was thinking I might have to explorer the infra red options a little bit, but does anyone have any other ideas to help me get started. I'm new to jitter and any suggestions would be great.

I want to make an instrument, perhaps using some tasteful subtle synthesizers and sample playback/manipulation but have all control over the 'instrument' dictated by visual gestures to a webcam. 

I was thinking I might have to explorer the infra red options a little bit, but does anyone have any other ideas to help me get started. I'm new to jitter and any suggestions would be great. 

making-an-instrument-that-uses-visual-gestures

https://cycling74.com/tutorials/making-connections-camera-data/

I have been thinking about using infra red do detect fader (gain) of each chanel and the panning by moving my finger up, down and left nd right of the frame. Is this a feesable idea?

I've been working on pretty much the same thing. My idea involves tracking laser dots.

This patch will track a laser dot quite nicely when the color settings are right. Try locking it and clicking on whatever you want to track in the pwindow. Adjust the sensitivity until it tracks well.

You should hear a theremin like noise when something is being tracked if the dac is on.

I've been working on pretty much the same thing. My idea involves tracking laser dots. 

This patch will track a laser dot quite nicely when the color settings are right. Try locking it and clicking on whatever you want to track in the pwindow. Adjust the sensitivity until it tracks well. 

You should hear a theremin like noise when something is being tracked if the dac is on.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia

I've been trying to develop the silhouettes object into a midi trigger. It's working up to a certain point but getting the bangs to work with the Rewire object is a bit tricky. The goal is to use a toggle to activate samples that have high attack and release settings, so that 'if $f1>0' the toggle plays the note and that 'if $f1=0' it will release the midi key.

It doesn't necessarily track gestures but if you set up enough XY locations the gesture will dictate the sequence...

Here's a 'so far' version. The one that works better is way too big. Be warned that you'll have to reset every time a note is played.

I've been trying to develop the silhouettes object into a midi trigger.  It's working up to a certain point but getting the bangs to work with the Rewire object is a bit tricky.  The goal is to use a toggle to activate samples that have high attack and release settings, so that 'if $f1>0' the toggle plays the note and that 'if $f1=0' it will release the midi key.

Here's a 'so far' version.  The one that works better is way too big.  Be warned that you'll have to reset every time a note is played.

Making an instrument that uses visual gestures