Non haptic control of music by video analysis of hand movements: 14 years of experience with the ≪Caméra Musicale≫

  • Authors:
  • Jacques Rémus

  • Affiliations:
  • Ipotam Mécamusique, Paris, France

  • Venue:
  • NIME '06 Proceedings of the 2006 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The "Caméra Musicale" is an interface which allows a musical practice based on the movement of hands and fingers under a camera. Born from technologies and methods developed in the early eighties to create music from choreographic movements, the "Camera Musicale" has evolved during the nineties to become a user friendly device since 2003. This article describes its fundamental principles of operation, which have remained relatively unchanged. It then focuses on the importance of the choices necessary to be made while analyzing the video image.