Ableton Live + Nintendo Power Glove: Meet Controllerist Yeuda Ben-Atar aka Side Brain @ Dubspot

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Los Angeles-based producer and controllerist Yeuda Ben-Atar (better known as electronic music performer and beatmaker Side Brain) recently stopped by Dubspot NYC to explain and demonstrate how he utilizes a 1980s Nintendo video game system controller with Ableton Live. The Power Glove controller originally released in 1989, was the first peripheral interface controller to reproduce human hand movements on a television or computer screen in real time.

Yeuda grew up playing keyboards and guitars in the 90s, but as an avid gamer he has always searched for ways to incorporate his love of videogames with his music. In this interview, Yeuda talks about his influences and inspirations, controller designs and interface devices, the similarities between video games and digital audio workstations (DAWs), mapping the Power Glove to control Ableton Live, using Max for Live, using the computer as a musical instrument, and developing a unique voice and presentation within the crowded world of modern electronic music!

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[ImSoooLevi]

2:22 "If we choose the computer as a musical instrument, that's a musical instrument. We've got to practice on that as we would practice on a guitar to be good" This guy is a genius

[drumr828]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! MIND BLOWN....

[DoctorBlankenstein]

KILLER HACK!

[Josh Arnold]

Now you're playing with power!

[Rahfee Zahkee]

it has nothing to do with who did it first, its about who did it better.

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[lumo1]

1st tunes is called Jojo on his soundcloud!

[badfatherjames]

so power glove isn't completely useless

[technicalerr0r]

your best bet would probs be to get an Arduino and create a midi interface hardwired to the powerglove. a usb converter wont do you any good unless you can program a custom driver for the glove, but that will probs be harder than using existing code to bridge over to midi. if you can find a driver that converts the glove / nes input into a working game controller you would need "glovepie" to then bind it to midi. this isnt going to be easy. learning max/msp or puredata could be a first step too,

[sinking909]

I have the power glove and i bought a usb to serial port converter and my computer recognizes it and when i hook up the power glove, the LED on the power glove lights up, but I have no idea how to convert the signals to read MIDI, PLEASE I am going crazy I have downloaded numerous programs and do not know how to get the damn usb to serial converter to show up on the programs

[mondieu2011]

Wow

[xentoshOfficial]

Where can I get the Track "Pictures on Fire" ?

[Jhon Gonzalez]

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