October 18, 2007

Wii Music Maker

by Christine Huang

Four students have developed yet another creative hack for the Wii, transforming it into a futuristic conductor’s baton of sorts. The game controller-turned-audiovisual instrument employs a Mac interface to control the input and generate sounds (with the help of Propellerheads’ Reason) and a Windows PC to create the visualization output in real time. The instrument can make mono-note percussion sounds, as well as incorporate input from multiple Wiimotes to form complete chords and loops. Watch the video for a neat demo.

[via TechEBlog]

Article categories: Electronics & Gadgets, Music, Web & Technology, WiLife

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2 Responses to “Wii Music Maker”

  1. My Ghillie » Wii Music Maker
    Posted from: 66.232.107.128

    October 18th, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Four students have developed yet another creative hack for the Wii, transforming it into a futuristic conductor’s baton of sorts. The game controller-turned-audiovisual instrument employs a Mac interface to control the input and generate sounds (with the help of Propellerheads’ Reason) and a Windows PC to create the visualization output in real [...]

  2. MikeTCool
    Posted from: 65.27.175.235

    October 18th, 2007 at 7:28 pm

    The Holophoner is born!

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