noisey.space is a browser-based video game wherein up to 3 players control the volume of an individual track of a multi-track (stem) recording by dancing. Accelerometer data is passed from the cell phone, over socket.io to a node server which then relays the information to displaysceen.html, which controls the entire thing and plays the multi-track stems. Be warned this application is very disk and RAM-intensive, needing ~500MB-1.5GB of RAM, depending on the song. It works way better when the stems are hosted off an SSD.
How to make your own noisey.space:
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Locate stems files in .ogg format
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Arrange a directory so that each subdirectory is one song's worth of stem files
\ \The Cool Dudes - Ping Pongaz \The Cool Dudes - Ping Pongaz\Bass.ogg \The Cool Dudes - Ping Pongaz\Vocals.ogg \The Cool Dudes - Ping Pongaz\Guitar.ogg \The Cool Dudes - Ping Pongaz\Keys.ogg \God Bless Wisconsin - Gorilla Kiss \God Bless Wisconsin - Gorilla Kiss\Vocals.ogg \God Bless Wisconsin - Gorilla Kiss\Bass.ogg \God Bless Wisconsin - Gorilla Kiss\Synth.ogg \God Bless Wisconsin - Gorilla Kiss\Marimba.ogg \God Bless Wisconsin - Gorilla Kiss\Theramin.ogg \manifest.JSON -
From the root stems directory, run indexwebserver.js to generate a manifest of your songs
node findsongs.js > manifest.JSON -
Host 'em on port 8080, using CORS if necessary. I have used the node 5EE8 package http-server with great success, using this execution string from the root stems directory:
npm install -g http-server http-server --cors -p 8080 . -
Open displayscreen.html in a text editor and change all references from ns.mod.bx to the URL of your node server
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Run noisey.space, either from your PC or deploy to the cloud if you want everyone connected to the Internet to be able to play
npm install node noisey.js -
Have your players connect to http://my-node-server/, and a desktop browser to http://my-node-server/displayscreen.html (or http://localhost/displayscreen.html)
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Dance while holding your phone and the meter goes up. Push the button and sound comes out. Have fun!