Augmented Reality Synthesizer

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Friendly version with simple interface and instuctions suitable for beginners =P

For Advanced users who want MIDI connectivity and many more controls

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To use this software you must allow the camera to look at you, but no data leaves your device.

If you have MIDI instruments please also accept permission to communicate with them.

Change the instrument for each player to a random one

Shared controls that apply to all players

Show tempo options
Set Tempo
Return to the control menu
MIDI Connections and options Global settings and options

Contact

If you have any suggestions, concerns, ideas or feedback, please get in touch!

Contact via Email [email protected]

Affiliates & Representatives

Zenon Olenski, PhotoSYNTH (2011-2024) Quartet Mode, has received a development commission by the MITIH Cultural Accelerator and produced by FutureEverything and MITIH, and funded by InnovateUK.
Realtime face controlled musical instrument!

Install it to your device

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Select your MIDI device

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If this seems to be stuck loading forever, please try the following

  1. Clear your browser's cache and hard refresh (ctrl-shift-r)
  2. Open the app in Private Browsing mode
  3. Try in a knwon supported Browser such as Chrome / Brave / Edge
This is the Player Selection Screen

Here we get to choose how many players will get to play!

  1. Select how many people will make music at the same time - one or two players
  2. Toggle the simple mode on for an easier to use version (kids mode)
  3. Click the Orange Start Button to continue
Not working? Common Issues / Troubleshooting
  1. Camera was not granted permission by the browser
  2. Browser is too old / out of date try Chrome / Brave / Edge
This is the Synthesizer

It is controlled using your head

Diagram explaining that head position and mouth control the key and amplitude
Tilt your head
Not working?
Common Issues / Troubleshooting
  1. Camera was not allowed access
  2. Browser too old / out of date
  3. If your MIDI device is not found, try connecting it directly to a USB port, rather than through a hub or USB-C convertor
  4. If your face is not found, try and improve the brightness in the room by turning on some lights

Still not working? Try resetting your options :

Instructions

make a monochrome woodblock style line drawing of only four faces smiling whilst tilting their heads sharply in different directions and staring directly into the camera. They have a lot of space between each other and are not touching, but are all in the same frame. The photograph is taken face-on so it appears as if it was a mirror where all people are looking directly at the mirror and not up or down. The camera is at eye-level and everybody is side by side. The image should be presented as it would appear through the viewfinder of the camera with a slightly rounded square frame. Ensure there are only 4 people and each person is stood side by side and that there is a lot of space between them so that they are not touching. Make each person a different ethnicity and ensure that each person looks different, especially the women. Give one person reading glasses and only one person earrings. Make the style simple - no frame.

PhotoSYNTH Sympathetic Synthesizer

Version 0.40.4

Learn more from the YouTube Tutorials or the Online Documentation or try the tests Test Suite