Comments on: Wii Balance Board Surfs Through AudioSurf Music Game; Music Apps Next

By: bknoth

bknoth — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:12:29 +0000

has anyone gotten anywhere with accessing data from the balance board for MAX?

By: MonksDream

MonksDream — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:27:04 +0000

Sounds like a fun weekend! One question: does the board measure force as well as position?

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:13:08 +0000

@actuel: very sweet. I know what I’ll be doing in between coding and editing this weekend. :)

By: actuel

actuel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:07:57 +0000

somewhat related…i was on a compilation with Dosh and many others a few months back when Audio Surf was introduced. it’s free, some of you may dig the comp:

http://asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=95

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:35:44 +0000

I wonder if the timing and sensitivity of the Wii balance Board is so good that you can use it to trigger sounds with a low latency and high precision.

Could be used to trigger drum sounds, for instance, or melodic instruments while controlling pitch with the wiimote.

The best way to accurately trigger notes with the Wiimote + GlovePIE is the buttons, and that just doesn’t feel right in a I’m-playing-a-musical-instrument kind of way.

If one could play the balance board with one’s hands, and get correct timing, velocity and position information, the balance board could be used as a really cool rythmic instrument.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:25:10 +0000

Well, I was going to use it with Kore’s morphing feature. To do that, I’ll have to set up a VST host — will give it a go with Max. Once that’s done, switching the control over to Guitar Rig will be academic.

So, hopefully, wish granted. :)

By: Lawrie

Lawrie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:13:35 +0000

Very, very cool.
I’d be interested to see it working with Guitar Rig maybe, with your body’s position changing various settings, as a replacement for the Rig Control…controller. Sadly my coding skills are not there yet.
Anyone fancy this project?