Synapse for Kinect: Easily control Live with Kinect

[awwbees]

Hey guys, I made an application and a series of M4L patches that allow you to map joint positions and hit events (like punching in a directon) to controls in Live. It's super easy to use and install, and it's free. It also allows you to get the depth map and joint data into Quartz Composer and Jitter so you can make some crazy visuals to accompany your sets, then put on an awesome live show with it.

Check out my YouTube video explaining it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teHCHsjxI00

And here's the site to get it from:
http://synapsekinect.tumblr.com

I'm brand new to Live, and have zero musical talent, so my demo is only scratching the surface of what you could create. But I know that you guys are Live pros here, so I bet you can use these tools to make some stuff that will really blow some minds. Enjoy!

[perplex]

holy sh*t dude that is awesome.

[Cezband]

Yep, colour me impressed.

This is the strongest case I've seen for getting Kinect or M4L. The idea of some guy in a robot outfit manipulating parameters to the music live on stage with his dance moves...welcome to "oh shit this is actually the future we're living in right now."

Something like this, a team-up of a body-popper and a producer suddenly becomes pretty fearsome.

[pulsoc]

Like like like

[justchris86]

Wow this is absolutely amazing!

I do not have xbox. can you use Kinect with ableton without the xbox?

[awwbees]

I already answered for you on YouTube, justchris86, but for anyone else wondering, yep, you just have to plug the Kinect into your computer's USB port. No Xbox required.

[AaronYeo]

Holy crap amazing. Once again simplifying technology for the dumb of us!

[justchris86]

I already answered for you on YouTube, justchris86, but for anyone else wondering, yep, you just have to plug the Kinect into your computer's USB port. No Xbox required.

Thanks dude, this is amazing! great job! looks like im going to go pick up Kinect today!

[#1thelark]

Yeah, that's what I was hoping for since I saw the first Kinect hacks...
Just installed it... it works perfectly!

One thing I haven't found out yet: can you set ranges for mapped parameters in your kinect max devices according to their unit somehow (f.ex. synced LFO / BPM / LFO free rate and stuff)?

Thanks for your great work!

[stringtapper]

Yes. YES. YES.

[awwbees]

Yeah, that's what I was hoping for since I saw the first Kinect hacks...
One thing I haven't found out yet: can you set ranges for mapped parameters in your kinect max devices according to their unit somehow (f.ex. synced LFO / BPM / LFO free rate and stuff)?

Nah, I wasn't able to let you set ranges in the target's unit, you have to just do it with a plain number. It is pretty to figure out how the number maps to the target, though. For example, I wanted to keep my synced LFO between 1/16 and 1/4. I tried different ranges and dragged the control around to see how the mapping worked, and quickly found that 1/16 is "4.00" and 1/4 is "9.00", so those were my min and max in the Max Kinect Dial. It ain't perfect, but it's not a huge pain in the ass, either.

[kenmasters480]

This is great!

[Grappadura]

sweet! so I´d have to buy a kinnect and m4l... hmmm... really nice... mad props to awwbees!!

[geofferd]

Thank you Awwbees, I have just watched your full patch explanation video and I'm in awe of what you have achieved. I can't wait until I can setup my kinect and download your amazing Synapse tools. I think you deserve a place within the Ableton team with your skills, and you will probably boost M4L sales as your ideas spread. Good luck with your development and thanks again.

[Grappadura]

cant believe the poor impact of this thread, so BUMP!