Not just a ‘theremin’ — that totally downplays the power of midi. Someone else mentioned the mimu gloves, and I love the idea of a vision based controller - almost everyone has a phone, tablet or laptop with a camera, especially if theyre making music.

I also love that this could blur the lines of music playing and dance.

Great job OP, thanks for sharing.

The Leap Motion Controller came out in 2014 already (11 years ago, wow!) and isn't very expensive. The SDK was lacking in the beginning if I recall correctly, but a webcam seems to be inferior. Technology isn't the limiting factor for a quite some time now. I'm sure many projects existed to translate gestures to MIDI, some less polished, some more polished[0][1].

Reminds me... I even used two PlayStation Eyes (EUR 5 each) with OpenCV and the EVM algorithm[2] on a ThinkPad X230 for a dance performance piece back in 2015. Movements rather than gestures and OSC instead of MIDI, but it worked great!

[0]: https://midipaw.com/

[1]: https://uwyn.com/geco/

[2]: https://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/evm/

iirc helicopter tune was in midnight club 3. jungle makes for great racing music

I didn't expect a jungle setlist while browsing HN — bless

> I didn't expect a jungle setlist while browsing HN

I didn't ever expect to post one! :D

Having a few random mixes of yours I've (somehow) collected over the years amongst others, I didn't expect to click through a random Soundcloud link and see your name.

Thanks for all the great tunes!

Ah, thank you :)

Someone used up their “one time!”

Ups for posting bandcamp links, get the artists some

Yes. Abusers often claim to be the victim and turn people against their target. And abusers will often provoke victims, complicating the situation.

> A few times in my life I've known people who tried to control me

And you are aware of a red flag.

Another good tool -- narcissists (other manipulators, abusers) will use fear, obligation, and guilt to control people -- FOG. If you find yourself feeling those emotions around / because of certain people, investigate carefully as to why.

There's no incentive for them to change. If they can use people and then discard them for new supply, maintaining their power over people with manipulation and games -- then why change? Change would involve becoming vulnerable, giving up their means of power, and confronting their harmful actions.

Unfortunately this means there's no incentive for them to change. Becoming a better person and having healthier relationships takes a lot of effort, and to them, they are giving up power (and becoming vulnerable) -- so why bother? And empathy for others will never be a motivator, here.

Yeah I mean as a general human strategy, narcissism works. Not everyone is equipped for it though

What you are describing is also known as the 'grey rock method'. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that.

And yes, it's very effective. And even better, allows you to detach and recoup your time and peace.

Here's to healthier relationships.