Building Bridges: Exploring the Musical Interface Gap

LM_TimeDoctor 2014-01-22 18:15:00 UTC #1

There’s a space between an electronic musical instrument and the sound it creates where almost anything is possible. With the right technologies, you can tweak, distort, and transform your performative input to create whole new soundscapes on the other side. In this three-part series, I’d like to talk about the amazing possibilities of using the…

Read the full post at: https://labs.leapmotion.com/building-bridges-exploring-the-musical-interface-gap/

drhulsey 2014-01-23 15:32:19 UTC #2

Does your app respond to the position of the guitar neck or the intensity of motion?

Thanks!
Tim

drhulsey 2014-01-23 15:41:40 UTC #3

I think this approach is much more natural for a guitar player than HotHand or iRing which still require hand motion not integral to playing the guitar. Motion of the grasped neck of the guitar is still organic to guitar playing and a more valuable tool to explore. Keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

Tim

NicoE 2014-01-23 22:17:31 UTC #4

I'm glad you like the app Tim, thanx for the kind words!!
To answer your question above, in the video shown in this first part of my post, the app is tracking guitar movement, regardless of position or direction. If you check out part 2 of my post (that will be published tomorrow, i think), I'll be showing another video where the guitar's position is being tracked in 3 separate axis. Both kinds of tracking can be combined too
Cheers!
Nico

LM_TimeDoctor 2014-01-24 18:18:52 UTC #5

Here's the latest installment of Nicolas' guitar app series: Twice Invisible: How to Design a Natural Music Interface and Play it Without Thinking

The toughest part of my Leap Motion guitar project was the nature of the mapping – deciding what does what. To get started, I decided to approach the problem from a design perspective. As in any design task, there are many correct answers, and yet also a lot more wrong answers lurking in the deep. Every decision needs to be well thought-out, with a clear picture of the final outcome in mind. There are pitfalls everywhere.

Read the full post at: https://labs.leapmotion.com/twice-invisible-how-to-design-a-natural-music-interface-and-play-it-without-thinking/

LM_TimeDoctor 2014-01-27 19:01:27 UTC #6

The final chapter in Nicholas' guitar app series is out now, Under the Hood of a Touchless Modulating App for Guitar:

This week, we’ve explored the creative process that went into building my Leap Motion guitar app, along with some thoughts about mapping and visual feedback. My app was built quickly as a proof of concept, making use of several existing free frameworks, and could certainly be improved. In the last of my guitar app series, we’ll take a look at how I brought these frameworks together, along with one final variation – a theremin-like synthesizer.

Read the full post at: https://labs.leapmotion.com/under-the-hood-of-a-touchless-modulating-app-for-guitar/