This is a demo of Ben X Tan’s project to use the Microsoft Kinect as a MIDI Controller to create a sort of video theremin.

See the related post on Tan’s Microsoft Kinect MIDI Controller, too.

via svenisnumb:

Did a little bit more work on the software, and I’ve added a mute button and the ability to play notes from a specified scale. In this case, 2 octaves of C Major.

Many apologies for the bad sound quality. Microphone in front of a speaker and dodgy screen capture software. Any recommendation for a free Windows based one?

Binaries and source here: http://benxtan.com/temp/pmidickinect_v0.2.zip
I’ve noticed its quite the CPU hog, so I’ll need to fix that up.
Most likely going to switch to the libfreenect library soon though.

As always, my digital footprint is here http://benxtan.com.

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