What It Is!

Here's what the InterOscitor^TM looks like in operation:

Images from your PC/web camera are converted into sounds in your computer.  As you move your hands or body in front of the camera the program follows you to create sound from your motion.

How It Works!

Here's a diagram of typical setup:

The input from your PC/web camera is processed with an edge detection algorithm to find the edges of your body.  Then the image is scanned along the left and right sides to place the controls (the black boxes in the picture above this one) at the edge of your body.  The position of the controls is converted into MIDI messages to control pitch and volume of the sounds in the built in music synthesizer in your sound card.

This drawing shows how you control the InterOscitor^TM by moving your body or hands in front of a video camera in the area represented by the green vertical bars.
 

What It Does!

The InterOscitor^TM is a fun and unusual addition for bands, stage productions, storefront attractions, studio productions, special effects, or just plain fun.  Anyone can play it.  Kids like seeing their edge detected image on the screen and playing with the sounds.  Professionals like it as a way to get away from the rigidity of machine created patterns and create MIDI sequences with an ambient freeform feel.

Here are some examples of the sounds you can create with an InterOscitor^TM

SpookyWaver (mp3 File, 280KB)
PowerReactor (mp3 File, 916KB)
Screech (mp3 File, 518KB)
Drama (mp3 File, 491KB)
ModernDance (mp3 File, 273KB)

(Note that the mp3 file sounds include effects such as echo or reverb.)
 

Features

Video Features:

• Fast Video Image Processing
• Full Screen mode
• Camera adjustments
• Select from multiple cameras
• Reverse black and white
• Turn edge detection on/off
• Reverse left and right
• VFW compatable

Sound Features

• Beat mode or continuous sounds
• Adjustable center note
• Adjustable note range
• Adjustable volume control range
• General MIDI compatable
• MIDI output
• Select from multiple synths

Program Features

• Online Help
• Standardized interface

Minimum System Requirements:

Pentium^TM 100MHz CPU
Windows^TM 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
32MB RAM
Video for Windows^TM (VFW) compatable Webcam or video input card with video camera (VFW drivers are standard with most video hardware)
Sound card with General Midi synthesizer (standard on almost all sound cards)
Speakers with amplifier
5MB of disk space for installation

Recommended System:

Pentium^TM 400MHz CPU or faster
Windows^TM 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
64MB RAM
Video for Windows^TM (VFW) compatable Webcam or video input card with video camera (VFW drivers are standard with most video hardware.  A WDM driver wrapper is included with 2000/XP.)
Sound card with General Midi synthesizer (standard on almost all sound cards)
Speakers with amplifier
5MB of disk space for installation

Download it and try it!
 
 
 
 
 

Free Software!

A free download of a 3D graphics program called C-Light for the Amiga is also available.   C-Light is a ray tracer that builds objects from cubic, cylindrical, and spherical objects.