The University of Sydney
Individual Student Project
Background
Light Music is a non-tangible way to interact with music. Exploring the dynamic and changing aspects of music through light and sound is an engaging way to form communication and interactions between people. The concept was to design a system that took the hands and finger's physical movements and turned this into music. These movements then allow for manipulation and control of generative audio.
Concept
The concept was to link a Leap Motion controller with Ableton Live to create this human/sound interface. The Leap Motion controller can accurately track hand/finger movement/location. This data would be the core of the project and the primary tool behind creating the user/system interaction. The system would then provide user feedback via the projection of light into fog, creating a hologram-like effect within the air. This would define distance zones or areas that the user can interact with the system. As these zones or areas are 'played', this would then trigger various audio effects or sounds manipulating the audio output from the system.
Light Music was created using the Leap Motion Controller, Processing, MIDI and Ableton Live.

Prototype

Some of my other work

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