Nanas Sound, a music technology brand run entirely by one software engineer, has launched an innovative app that lets users turn hand gestures into expressive MIDI control.

The brand was founded in 2021 by Asep Bagja, who is based in Tallinn, Estonia. He describes himself as the “Chief Everything Officer”, and handles all designing, coding, soldering, and shipping. Though he’s created a number of Eurorack modules and software, this expressive MIDI controller, named AirBending, is his sole app.

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Though there are other apps and tech devices which offer similar gesture control (the Humane wearable AI pin, the Alggoridim Apple Vision Pro app), AirBending lets you use multiple cameras simultaneously if you wish, and works with any DAW including Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Cubase, and more.

You can use your Mac’s built-in camera or external cameras to operate the app, and it tracks your hand movements in real-time. You can connect it to external hardware synths, software instruments, and effects processors, all without the need for special drivers or plugins.

On board within the app is also a preset system that lets you customise all aspects of the gesture-to-music mapping, meaning you can configure it to use either one hand or both hands for controlling X/Y axis movements.

It also offers assignable MIDI channels to control multiple instruments at once, and it has the ability to lock your gestures to specific musical scales and keys for pitch control. Hand movements can also be mapped to control parameters like filters, effects, volume, and modulation on your synths.

Check out the demo below for more:

AirBending is priced at £8.99. To find out more or download the app, go to Nanas Sound.

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