dubstep wobbles with xbox kinect

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dubstep wobbles with xbox kinect

Post by encanti » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:34 am

Encanti here. This is my first post because I finally have a nice contribution.

check it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxUzhDIdqo

Freelance coder Jacob Fenwick got the Xbox Kinect sending midi CC messages to Ableton Live, and I programmed this sequence. In this example, we hooked up the y-axis of the right hand input to control the LFO frequency on some massive wobble synths.

If you like this, spread it around! :) Send me comments/feedback/ideas about where we should go from here.

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Post by bosonHavoc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:19 am

wicked man..
that looks like fun
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Re: dubstep wobbles with xbox kinect

Post by agent314 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:38 am

That is super cool. The actual music made in the video isn't great, but as proof of concept, that shit is awesome.

Was there a lot of latency between movement and response? It sounded like it, but I couldn't tell if it was a factor of the tech or the instrument settings.
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Post by encanti » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:05 am

agent314 wrote:Was there a lot of latency between movement and response?
There's about 150ms of inescapable latency from the Kinect... so triggering "air drums" or something would be kind of lame, but sending CC messages seems to be ideal.
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Post by bosonHavoc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:21 am

lol i joking mention a battle between Austin and Boston on facebook :)
well their is a chance it may actually happen during SXSW :P
we will pit our glove guy against yours :twisted: :mrgreen:
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Post by encanti » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:40 am

bosonHavoc wrote:lol i joking mention a battle between Austin and Boston on facebook :)
well their is a chance it may actually happen during SXSW :P
we will pit our glove guy against yours :twisted: :mrgreen:
collab and battle at SXSW? I'm game! :D

It's really easy to develop a "preset" track for this thing. The kinect program is just outputting CC messages. In this example, we have the right hand Y axis controlling the frequency of LFO frequency on a couple synths. After a little while, we'll have three dimensions for each hand, plus head, hips, and legs if we want it.

Besides - gloves are so 2002. 0H SNAP! :twisted: :mrgreen:
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Re: dubstep wobbles with xbox kinect

Post by encanti » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:45 am

encanti wrote:
bosonHavoc wrote: Besides - gloves are so 2002. 0H SNAP! :twisted: :mrgreen:
lol j/k couldnt help it. I love gloves and accelerometer controls- soo much win. Seriously would love to talk about having an epic meet up during SXSW.
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Re: dubstep wobbles with xbox kinect

Post by bosonHavoc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:17 pm

ya totally :)

i think i am going to put that xbox thing and my to get list
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