Kinect and MIDI

samrhymes

Hi there,

I am currently undertaking a university project where I intend to use the motion data produced by the Kinect Version 2 to generate MIDI data. I am no coder although I do understand a little bit of Java. I have tried many different sketches and libraries and have had very little luck. Could someone point me in the right direction?

jeremydouglass

I would recommend starting with simple, separate sketches.

First, run a demo Kinect sketch and a demo MIDI sketch that comes with the library and confirm that it works.

• http://www.smallbutdigital.com/projects/themidibus/

Then create two separate sketches:

1. a kinect sketch that displays motion on the screen.
2. a separate midi sketch that e.g. just plays a note when you click the mouse.

Get these things sketches working separately, then combine them.

For a recent related discussion, see:

https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/23317/changing-color-over-time-with-midi