Turn Your Camera into an Instrument: Hand Gesture Controlled Synth
measure_plan · x · 2026-07-23
A developer built an interactive project using JavaScript, Web Audio API, and MediaPipe that turns a webcam into a musical instrument. Users can move their hands left-right to play notes and up-down to control volume, with customizable synth sounds and specific finger gestures to trigger a 'pluck' effect.
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