Best Usecases for Leap Motion in DAWs foremost, Ableton Live?

[derspieltrieb]

Hello to all fellow gesture cowboys, controller ladys and connection humans,

I have had my fair share of fun with my leap motion controller and would now like to ask :

• What devices and plugins do you most frequently use with it, what do you like the most ?
• What devices are important for your usability with it ?
• Do you have other usecases for it then using it as a hand controller ?

And in general, any other kind of ideas or inspiration regards using the leap motion controller is greatly appreciated.
Maybe we can gather some information here in one place, that gives an nice overview about the possibilities in using one.

Have a great time and let me know what you think !

[diogocarrico13]

Hi @derspieltrieb,

My name is Diogo Carriço, I'm a pianist and audiovisual artist. I've been using the Leap Motion, also with Ableton, for a couple of years already. In fact, I'm currently developing, with the support of the University of Arts of Amsterdam, a software to use the Leap Motion for musical creation and performance. A tool intended to be very flexible in designing gestures and with that truly feel a connection to what you can do with your synths and effects.

I would love to have a chat with you about all these topics. If you would be interested in that, feel free to write me to contact@diogocarrico.co

But to answer briefly:
Very frequently I use the Leap Motion in combination with a keyboard. Right hand plays the keys, left hand shapes the sound with gestures. Typically these gestures manipulate parameters of the synthesizer and/or of effects after it. I really like to think in terms of what gestures are meaningful to manipulate what sound outcomes, from the performance point of view.
But anything is possible, really. I also manipulate the sound of acoustic instruments, like the piano, trigger new sections of the song, etc etc possibilities are endless. I truly believe in the Leap Motion expressive potential.

The other questions I didn't understand what you or what you are looking for.

Happy experimentation!