Mac installiation (High Sierra):
Install python 3 : brew install python3 Create virtual env with python 3: virtualenv -p python3.6 juggler-python-3.6-env - Activate the env: source juggler-python-3.6-env/bin/activate Install rmidi: pip install python-rtmidi - Install numpy: easy_install numpy Install CV2: pip install opencv-python Install imutils: pip install imutils Install pyautogui: pip3 install pyobjc pip3 install pillow pip3 install pyobjc-core pip3 install pyautogui Install scipy pip install scipy Install matplolib: pip install matplotlib Fix: Python is not installed as a framework: This solution worked for me. If you already installed matplotlib using pip on your virtual environment, you can just type the following: $ cd ~/.matplotlib $ nano matplotlibrc And then, write backend: TkAgg in there. Install pygame: pip install pygame
Windows installation should be very similar to the Mac installation.
Linux: apt-get install libasound2-dev
A third-party DAW is not required to use miugCom, however more features are available with one. In order to use a third-party DAW, you need some kind of "Virtual MIDI cable" to connect it to miugCom. Mac has this as a built in utility, called IAC. Instructions on how to set it up can be found here:
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209774225-Using-virtual-MIDI-buses
Windows doesn't ship with such a utility, so you have to download a third party software, like LoopBe1. Please follow these steps:
1)Download LoopBe1: http://nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html 2)Install it. It will register itself as a virtual MIDI driver 3)Open the settings of your DAW / other MIDI software and choose LoopBe as MIDI input You're done!
PS: Sometimes LoopBe1 might mute itself (e.g. when a feedback loop occurs). This happens in rare cases. If no MIDI data is coming through, you should right-click the LoopBe tray icon and see whether it is muted.
Instructions for using individual color calibration: 1)Press A to enter calibration 2)adjust exposure using Z and X so that the balls are distinctly their color, not just bright 3)hold up a ball and click and drag in it and push 1 2 or 3 to roughly set the tracking color for that ball 4)use the keys indicated based on which number you pressed to set the hue ranges exactly where they need to be to only detect that color. You probably wont need to change the value ranges.