deathsupport
03-20-2014, 02:53 AM
Hi DJF Trance Family, I'd like to share with you a guys a product I've been working on with several friends for our final university project which is all about hands-free (gesture based) digital DJing.
I posted a run-down of the product in the Digital DJing section http://www.djforums.com/forums/showthread.php?38213-Using-Leap-Motion-to-Control-DJ-Software-%28Hands-free-DJing%29&p=357804#post357804 but I hope no one objects to me posting it here as well, where I know the community a little better and this post can be on a more personal level.
Some background: I'm finishing up my last term (finally!!! :D) of my undergrad Computer Engineering program at the University of Waterloo (Canada). All 4th year Engineers are required to build a design project that shows good engineering principles and processes. Somehow, my group of friends decided that it'd be cool to repurpose a new device called Leap Motion to act as a DJ controller. The Leap is quite good at detecting finger and hand positions and so many parallels can be drawn between what a DJ does on his board and gestures that can be executed in the air.
Without reiterating too much of what I posted in the other thread, our device works as a regular MIDI controller, but we can also send DMX signals to control DMX devices (stage lights, fog machines, etc). So, instead of moving your volume slider up and down, you move five fingers up and down. And, instead of getting a lighting guy to control all the lights for you, you can take control over several DMX addresses and go nuts with light mode.
Here's a short video we put together to show off the device's capabilities. Please note: no trance :( We wanted something that the general public could understand so there are mainstream EDM/trouse songs with overly-obvious transitions. But the point is that the device actually works! I've used it a bit more and it's actually perfectly suitable for "******" DJing where transitions aren't too intense.
If you like the system and think it has potential, please help spread the word whether it's through social media or other forums. We are still a way's away from releasing a final version but any publicity at this stage helps us out quite a bit. Also, I'm open to any and all feedback and questions, whether you post in this thread or the other one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yAbg8nbpR4
I posted a run-down of the product in the Digital DJing section http://www.djforums.com/forums/showthread.php?38213-Using-Leap-Motion-to-Control-DJ-Software-%28Hands-free-DJing%29&p=357804#post357804 but I hope no one objects to me posting it here as well, where I know the community a little better and this post can be on a more personal level.
Some background: I'm finishing up my last term (finally!!! :D) of my undergrad Computer Engineering program at the University of Waterloo (Canada). All 4th year Engineers are required to build a design project that shows good engineering principles and processes. Somehow, my group of friends decided that it'd be cool to repurpose a new device called Leap Motion to act as a DJ controller. The Leap is quite good at detecting finger and hand positions and so many parallels can be drawn between what a DJ does on his board and gestures that can be executed in the air.
Without reiterating too much of what I posted in the other thread, our device works as a regular MIDI controller, but we can also send DMX signals to control DMX devices (stage lights, fog machines, etc). So, instead of moving your volume slider up and down, you move five fingers up and down. And, instead of getting a lighting guy to control all the lights for you, you can take control over several DMX addresses and go nuts with light mode.
Here's a short video we put together to show off the device's capabilities. Please note: no trance :( We wanted something that the general public could understand so there are mainstream EDM/trouse songs with overly-obvious transitions. But the point is that the device actually works! I've used it a bit more and it's actually perfectly suitable for "******" DJing where transitions aren't too intense.
If you like the system and think it has potential, please help spread the word whether it's through social media or other forums. We are still a way's away from releasing a final version but any publicity at this stage helps us out quite a bit. Also, I'm open to any and all feedback and questions, whether you post in this thread or the other one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yAbg8nbpR4