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Non Haptic Control of Music by Video Analysis of Hand Movements: 14 Years of Experience with the `Caméra Musicale'

Jacques Rémus

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

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.

Citation

Jacques Rémus. 2006. Non Haptic Control of Music by Video Analysis of Hand Movements: 14 Years of Experience with the `Caméra Musicale'. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176989 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2006_Remus,
author = {Rémus, Jacques},
title = {Non Haptic Control of Music by Video Analysis of Hand Movements: 14 Years of Experience with the `Caméra Musicale'},
pages = {250--253},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
year = {2006},
address = {Paris, France},
issn = {2220-4806},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176989},
url = {https://nime.org/proceedings/2006/nime2006_250.pdf},
keywords = {camera musicale,interface,jacques rémus,machines,musical camera,musical hand,non haptic instrument,s mappings,sculptures and mechanical musical,sound},
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.}
}