Geco MIDI Gesture Control For Leap Motion - Review

[@Syncopator]

One thing you should have noted is that the thing is quite sensitive to the room lighting, especially anything that might emit light in the infra-red range. This means that in a live situation you could end up fighting the venue's lighting while trying to use this.

[@mCKENIC]

Fantastic Nick! I think I'm too old and set in my ways for this - it also brings back NIGHTMARES of D-Beams! It looks like it would be perfect as part of an installation or dance performance. Id feel like a berk wiggling around personally! Still, the software and hardware look like they perform wonderfully!

[@Psychlist1972]

Loved the performance at the end :)

[@davidphillippi7306]

I'm not really sure how practical this is but it's definitely cool

[@andor3xy712]

you can use max for live to turn CC to notes

[@basswolf86]

Just thinking for sound design, gestures would be great instead of fiddling with filter automation for opening doors into loud audio (similar to the end of this videos filter)

[@greggreenhaw]

seems to work good with physical modeled instruments

[@kaybhee6]

good as usual...thank you sir

[@Scotty_Russell_Music]

is this for macs only? i 'll never be able to accept the word "app" instead of "program"

[@gbevin]

No, it's for Windows 7/8 and MacOSX 10.7+

[@michailluuko3909]

Good addition for midi controlling.

[@huskyprince7240]

I'm a musician. Can it be used to play a keyboard or wood instrument virtually?

[@huskyprince7240]

*wind

[@torpedo35]

Is tactile feedback so underrated? I can see it working very well for presentations and shows but not as an instrument.

[@ca3ca377]

This app is great for cc messages

[@MattDoesSound]

If you need Geco to turn the hand motion into MIDI, then what does Leap motion actually do?

[@joetowers4804]

It sees your gestures so they can be translated into midi.

[@manysounds]

This plus MAX/Msp and we're done. :)

[@anokah]

Why wouldn´t this be interesting for automation?

[@Pyffgenius]

Pretty cool stuff. Did you also see the owow.io MIDIS ? They also can translate movement to a MIDI output

[@annother3350]

There's a great use of the controller with cubase chord pads here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWbVeKmtec5ji80

[@ClamsAnonymous]

Y

[@twzstudio139]

It looks like a performance tool that is a bit of a gimmick, I am doubtful that it has much potential outside the visual interest during a show. Eventually the technology will develop to a point where we use 'air' gestures as a user interface, but it seems unlikely to be a widely popular instrument control.

[@manysounds]

Wildly popular? No but neither is the viola.

[@twzstudio139]

Rick Birmingham By comparison, I'd say the viola is a popular instrument, the Chapman Stick would be a more obscure instrument, but still used by some performers, me for one, so I see a place for this control system, just not widely adopted.

[@luvmahsluts]

My review - its poo and won't open. Saved you a headache from buying it, you are welcome.

[@annother3350]

Is that you asking for technical help? Did you contact the company that wrote the software?

[@joetowers4804]

I bought one a year ago and wasn't able to make it work and chugged it in a closet. I took it out a couple of hours ago again a d was able to install and map it with no problem. I guess I learned a few things along the way this past year.