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h1. "Live Beatbox":http://github.com/rfwatson/live-beatbox
!http://rfwatson.github.com/images/beatbox.png!
Experimental drum machine which uses vocalization to select synthetic drum hits which best match beat-boxed sound.
Currently uses a combination of MFCC, SpectralCentroid and ZeroCrossing measurements to analyze and match the timbre of the sounds.
In super-alpha-beta state! It may or may not work on your setup.
h2. Requirements
* "SuperCollider":http://supercollider.sourceforge.net
* Some sort of external microphone and audio interface. I use an Edirol FA101 when building this. I haven't got it working well with the Mac's internal sound
* OSX - unless you want to make the GUI stuff cross-platform.
h2. Keyboard shortcuts
| @F1@ | Record mode |
| @F2@ | Preview recorded sound |
| @F3@ | Jamming mode |
| @Space@ | Start/stop sequencer |
| @Return@ | Add hit to seq (while playing) |
| @Backsp.@ | Remove hit (while playing) |
| @Up/Down@ | Select channel |
| @Left/Rt@ | Crossfader control |
h2. TODO
* Add analysis of amplitude envelope, only uses timbral analysis at the moment which while quite good it needs amp.env. comparison to be really intuitive
* Add ability to scan and add samples via GUI, from any location
* Improve doc
* Lots more...
h2. Contact me
Via "Github":http://github.com/rfwatson