I Eat Beats

Skittle-based beat sequencer, a tangible and edible music interface. This is a prototype developed over the course of two evenings (inspired by the ball bearing sequencer, but uninfluenced by the bubblegum sequencer), with a webcam and Processing.

The first performance was done at RPI's Ground Zero open mic, recorded here.

The webcam is mounted using cardboard/wood above the screen, and Skittles are placed on the screen -- a cheap responsive surface (when a circle is active, it turns green).

Future directions may include: more sensor types (e.g., a slider for tempo control), note-sequencing mode, and assigning the different colors to different rhythms or instruments (purple as bassline, or yellow as "every other measure").

The source code included has been specialized for my setup (my screen resolution, camera resolution, etc.) But if you're willing to modify a few variables it should work fine. Not included but used in the source: proMIDI (1.0) and JMyron.