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Re: Show HN: AirBending – Hand gesture based macOS app MIDI controller

#21

This instruments timbre and tone are literally dream shit to me, so wavy and I dont know—unearthly/worldly

This is not an instrument and does not have a timbre. He is used a midi instrument in a DAW and using this software as a midi controller.

This is not a theremin, it’s a programmable controller which you can tie to various midi inputs. Think “slider” or “dial”.

Re: Show HN: AirBending – Hand gesture based macOS app MIDI controller

#25
I don't have a Mac, so I'm not sure how AirBending works, but here's a free open source one that works in the browser: https://gemini.google.com/share/e2ee937a688d

(Prompt: "Make an in browser midi theremin using Mediapipe")

There's a Web MIDI API, so might be able to reproduce all the functionality in a way that works across devices and operating systems.

Re: Show HN: AirBending – Hand gesture based macOS app MIDI controller

#26

That looks great! Do you have any suggestion for how to learn how to hook this up to Logic for anyone who hasn’t used midi before? I wonder how this would perform under live stage lighting conditions, i.e coloured strong lights and high contrast.

Open the app and open Logic Pro. Create a MIDI track on Logic, try waving to the app it should automatically receive MIDI message from all channels and all MIDI devices. Then if you want to filter the track to receive specific MIDI channel from specific device, for example AirBending channel 2, then find it in the dropdown in the MIDI inspector section in the same MIDI track.

Very cool. I’ll have to test that.

Re: Show HN: AirBending – Hand gesture based macOS app MIDI controller

#27
This is so fun. I built this into a live performance tool I am using this weekend. Thank you for sharing!

Minor UX feedback

- I find the internal scroll of setting up the presets limiting. Because the whole top half is fixed it is hard to see all my settings at once. Could either the whole panel scroll?

- In dark mode, the "Save" button is black on dark grey and looks disabled.

- The delete button is scarily prominent and no confimation. Can that be moved inside the preset panel so i dont accidently hit it while performing?

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