Kinect and Synapse, MIDI Notes

[wallerben]

Hi,

I would like you to explain to me, like a 5 year old, why I can't use Synapse to play MIDI Notes when I go through OSCulator. I am using port 12345 (123457 works too), which works fine, data is being received by OSCulator. The only events I can control are OSC Routing, Variables and Console log. All I want to do is use a skeleton to play MIDI notes. I am working on a music project for people with disabilities and have a workshop on Saturday, so a speedy response would be appreciated.

Ben

[camille]

Hello Ben,

What message is Synapse sending to OSCulator?

Looking at the reference OSC dictionary (http://synapsekinect.tumblr.com/post...7/maxmspjitter), I can see that the "hit event" message has a string parameter. This kind of parameter cannot be bound to a MIDI Note directly.

Instead you can tell OSCulator to reveal the string labels of this message and attach for each "hit event" a specific MIDI Note.

To do this, select the /<joint> message (where <joint> is the name of the joint that you are interested in), and choose Edit -> Demux (or press Control-D). Then move in front of the Kinect so the messages are sent again to OSCulator. You will see that each possible value is listed under the /<joint> message (i.e. you can now see the labels up, down, left, right, forward, back which where previously hidden).

From there, you can choose an event like MIDI Note.


Best,
Cam