need web cam motion to sound/midi converter

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I am lookking for some software that can take the output of a webcam and use it to either generate raaw numbers (which can be fed into a MIDI driver), or some other way of converting video motion to sound. It doesn’t have to be musical, but it has to be more than a warning “ping” that something has moved on the camera.

It is for an art project I am trying to design, an installation peice in which the motions of the people viewing it become art of the ambient audio experience.

Anyone got any ideas, or do I have to get medievial on some freeware video drivers?

Regards
Fullmetal lotus

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If you have some programming skills, check out OpenCV. It’s a library for computer vision. It has wrappers for C, C++, and python, and has specific examples for interactive art projects.
Good Luck.

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Pure Data seems to have the capabilities you want, and can certainly handle the algorithmic music generation side of things.

Si