Reactable
Is this how we’ll be making music, 20 years from now?
The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical objects on a luminous table surface.
And in case you’re wondering, here’s how it looks:
November 18th, 2006 at 1:46 am »
I’ve been thinking about it for a little bit, and for the most part, this just seems like a user friendly way to make those weird tape sounds that Uncle Frank had been making for years. However I could see it going big in the Europe club scene.
November 18th, 2006 at 6:19 pm »
Geee… really interesting. Anyway: I wonder how these samples and possibilitis will turn to music?
November 18th, 2006 at 10:00 pm »
That last section is similar to Basement Muic #1′s overall tone and timbre. So we’ve gone back to 1970s sounds on a table from 2070?
November 21st, 2006 at 12:18 am »
“Beam me up, Scotty – all this neo-acidhouse is giving me a headache!”
Looks hella nifty-keen, yet sounds like any generic synth from post-1980… would save on soundcheck/set-up time, yet makes the performer look like a dweeb … hmm, colour me wishy-washy.