Emotion Etude

a face-tracking voice loop performance tool

1. Use Chrome on Mac (required for Web MIDI API).
2. Open motion-into-midi in another window — it is pre-configured for all 7 emotions on CC 16–22:
   Open motion-into-midi →
3. Drag your windows around so you can see both this window and the motion-into-midi window at the same time.
4. In motion-into-midi: press the "turn on camera" button and the "turn on midi" button, then allow both when the browser prompts for permission.
5. In motion-into-midi: select your camera from the dropdown.
6. Turn on IAC Driver Bus 1 (first time only) — open Audio MIDI Setup, double-click IAC Driver, check "Device is online."
   Audio MIDI Setup is in /Applications/Utilities/  ·  need help? watch this tutorial →
7. In motion-into-midi: select "IAC Driver Bus 1" as the MIDI output.
8. Click Request MIDI below to connect this page to IAC Driver Bus 1:
   
   Request MIDI
   not connected
9. Confirm "IAC Driver Bus 1" appears in the status box above.
10. Click Start Audio to load the voice loops:
    
    Start Audio
    not started
11. Try it out! Your face emotions control which voice loop plays. Refresh the page to stop.