Kinect WiiMote Ableton Midi Over IP

After battling against slow laptops and extreme latency, I've started turning this demo into a cluster system with different operations being farmed out to different machines, it could be the only audio application that has had it's latency reduced by sending Midi messages over TCP/IP.

The demo only has one of the instruments connected, the green bar at the side. The little horizontal lines across the bar are the lower stave (bass clef) and can active Midi Notes. The other box does nothing, instead a wiimote is used to tune synth parameters.

Ableton Live is being used as the output device, it's not quite the right thing for this, a software synth is preferable.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Kinect
• Ableton
• WiiMote
• Midi
• Over
• IP
• TCP
• Xbox
• Wii
• remote
• control
• theramin
• Live
• Music
• Technology
• Hack

[AlistairDBClarkson]

If you want to get the software then there are links on the new googlegroup for it:

groups.google.com/group/geomet­ricmusicstudio

[mattovision]

Great work again. Yes I agree it probably is the only system where tcp reduces latency. But whatever works, and it works well. I battled with midi latency for a lifetime it seems.

Video latency on the other hand is another battle on the horizon. I think I might invest in the sony eye camera, or just save some pennies for that dream PC.

Once again, you rock, the stick man alone had me sold.

[AlistairDBClarkson]

@mattovision I'm not sure whats cooler, the music, or breakdancing as that little stick man

[AlistairDBClarkson]

For more info on the software see:

sites.google.com/site/newwavei­nstrumentfabric

[arkangel101]

I just love the precarious setup, kinect looks ready to fall off

[dubstage]

crazy

[Homer3864]

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