About
AirBending transforms your Mac's built-in camera into a powerful hands-free MIDI controller. Using advanced computer vision and real-time hand tracking, you can control virtual instruments, synthesizers, and DAW parameters with natural, expressive gestures - no extra hardware required.
Features
- Dual-camera mode for up to 8 simultaneous MIDI parameters
- Track melodic gestures and pitch with one camera, effects and mixing with the other
- Intuitive gesture mapping to any software instrument or plugin
- Low-latency, responsive performance
- Customizable gesture sets and MIDI mappings
- Use with any music production software on macOS
- Convenient, hands-free control for live performances
- Hands-on creative expression without getting tied to a controller
Technical Specs
- Version
- 1.6
- Updated
- 12 Feb 2026
- Min macOS
- 15.6+
- Platforms
- macOS
- Formats
- AU
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