Could the Nintendo Wii remote liberate DJs from wired hardware, freeing them to wave their arms around and make embarrassing dance moves? DJ ! hopes so.
DJ ! (read “DJ Shift 1”) has devoted himself entirely to the Wii controller for DJing, in what he calls WiiJing or “wireless DJing.” This “mashup DJ” says he hopes wireless DJing will become an art in itself, so this isn’t just a one-off gimmick — he actually wants it to catch on. To that end, he’s set up a complete blog with daily tips and thoughts on the subject:
DJ WiiJ: The First and Original website dedicated to Wireless DJing with Nintendo Wiimotes
To give you an idea of what he’s doing, here are two videos. (Via onlyhousemusic.com, the amazing Spanish-language house music portal.)
The secret sauce: Traktor, plus GlovePIE for Windows, a powerful utility not only for mapping the Wii to MIDI, etc., but other game controllers, as well.
I have to say, what he’s doing is pretty entertaining — more so than a lot of DJ sets I’ve heard lately. I only have one question, though, which is that everything he’s doing could be easily accomplished with old-fashioned buttons. It’d be less fun to watch, but that’s essentially what all these big arm movements are doing: most of the acceleration data is getting turned into on/off triggers. So there’s not a musical equivalent to all of the arm-waving. Nothing wrong with that per se, but I’m still interested in translating all those gestures into actual sound. That may lead to a melodic device rather than a DJ gadget.
What would you like to see the Wii do? We won’t be dedicated to the Wii here at CDM any time soon — who would talk about parrots? But I do plan some Wii projects of our own over the next few weeks.
"Most of the acceleration data is getting turned into on/off triggers. So there’s not a musical equivalent to all of the arm-waving. Nothing wrong with that per se, but I’m still interested in translating all those gestures into actual sound. That may lead to a melodic device rather than a DJ gadget."
Here's a simple demo of one of the ways I've been using the Wiimote as a musical device. Uses acceleration data to "scratch" samples. All using the Wiimote and SuperCollider on OSX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Z1Pvt8Poc
Sorry, YouTube is weird.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-huendsjHE
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why not use it for something original instead of just trying to duplicate something that allreade works really well.
Exactly… and that's not a very good DJ name, especially if you have to explain it to everyone.
I agree, J. But in defense of what he's doing here, sometimes to figure out how to do something original, it helps to start by reproducing what you know. Whether or not WiiJ here gets somewhere interesting with it, I think it's a good first step.
Wieder ein DJ mit dem Nintendo Wii Controler
Wie schon zuvor berichtet, erringt der Nintendo Wii Controler immer mehr an Beliebteit, bei der Steuerung von Musikprogrammen. Insbesondere DJ’s haben hier wohl ein neues Hipecooldingsbumsetwas gefunden.
Hier un einer, der zwei Nintendo Wii Contro…
hes just using traktor 3s effects and auto beatmatching.
nothing special here.
yet more fancy ways to cover up the fact that traktor 3 mixes for you.
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