Things to know:

KiNECTAR...
...is a toolkit that allows you to use a Kinect to control things via MIDI and OSC.
...currently tracks hand data ONLY.
...receives its data from OSCeleton (required to run)
...works out speed of hands and distances between them.
...allows you to modify all that data, then route it to MIDI CC or OSC outputs you can control stuff with.
...lets you program scales and chords to output as MIDI Notes



INSTALL PROCEDURE

• Download and install OpenNI, NITE and SensorKinect - [Zigfu] is a great one-click solution!
• Download [OSCeleton] and extract the file to folder of convenience (eg. C:\OSCeleton).
• Create an OSCeleton shortcut/bat with the commands "-w -r" eg:

Creating the batch file for OSCeleton on Windows:

Mac:



Now all that's left to do is launch OSCeleton using the shortcut you made and launch KiNECTAR!

This post was three months ago, so I'm sure you've found an answer by now...but I'll give my two cents anyway. Here's how I set up a script to always run with options on Mac.

I extracted osceleton-v1.2.1_OSX.zip to /Users/alexryan/Documents/DJ/KiNECTAR/

I opened Terminal and typed the following.

cd /Users/alexryan/Documents/DJ/KiNECTAR
sudo nano

Then type in your password and hit enter. Then type:

/Users/alexryan/Documents/DJ/KiNECTAR/osceleton-v1.2.1_OSX -w -r

Then hit Ctrl+X, hit Y, type the name of the file you want to save it as (I called mine "run_osceleton_with_KiNECTAR_options.sh")

Then type:

sudo chmod +x run_osceleton_with_KiNECTAR_options.sh

Then I right-clicked on the file in Finder, clicked "Get Info", and chose Terminal under the section where it allows you to choose which program that file opens in.

And that's it! Hope it's helpful, in the slight chance that you haven't figured it out already. Anything that can bring the release of the Mac version closer is worth it to me!

Thanks,
Alex

Awesome. Thanks very much for posting this, Alex. I hadn't actually found a simpler answer than this. I'll edit this and post it in the Download info section once I've released the Mac version officially.

That's great news - so glad I could help! Looking forward to said official release

Cheers!
-Alex

I have tried to run osceleton several ways, and the one decribed above,
i always get:

Hi Alex,
I had this problem:
Initializing...
There was a problem initializing kinect... Make sure you have connected both usb and power cables and that the driver and OpenNI framework are correctly installed...

I don't know how to load OpenNI framework and driver correctly on a Mac OSX Lion.

The directions are very confusing, I downloaded all the requested download links, but then I can't get Zigfu to work or anything else. Do you have any other tips for getting this set up?
I'd love to dance and use this thing!
April

Hi guys.. sorry to hear that you're having problems installing the NI framework.

It can be confusing to install it all manually. But I generally didn't have any problems with the Zigfu bundle, as that installs all of the separate components
automatically.

I'm actually looking into a complete package installer for the full release of Kinectar, where it should be a one-click install for the whole package including the backend framework and skeletal tracker (all within Kinectar itself) which will make things a lot easier. But this is a few months off still.

If you're not having any luck with Zigfu, you might want to try installing NI-Mate. This should also work and is a free solution. www.ni-mate.com/


Let me know if this solution works.

My questions:

1. first time i run on my mac I can see my "shadow" in the kinect window. Now i can't see anymore.
2. How long your machine takes to "looking for the users" ? Its pretty confuse for me, looks I have to make a big movement to Kinect recognize as an user.

Thanks for the attention

Are you using the other bit of software that you need? there are a couple of different programes you can use to take the information from the kinect bar to kinectar but on Mac the easiest is -

Synapse

Thanks Noise Solution

Well, the app are working fine.
I can send Osceleton to Kinectar to Ableton.
The only point is in OSCeleton I can't see the OSC window with my shadow anymore.
The other doubt is on Kinectar. How can I calibrate the distance I will be from Kinect sensor. Because, Kinectar thinks All my body is my hands.

I will study Synapse, but I don't think is my problem.