NOISEY.SPACE

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:

Locate stems files in .ogg format

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 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
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)
Dance while holding your phone and the meter goes up. Push the button and sound comes out. Have fun!

karaokeresearch/noisey.space

NOISEY.SPACE