reactable: improvisation demo

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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. By moving and relating these objects, representing components of a classic modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sonic topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.

This instrument is being developed by a team of digital luthiers (Sergi Jordà , Martin Kaltenbrunner, Günter Geiger and Marcos Alonso), at the Music Technology Group within the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: October 25, 2006 at 6:05 am
Author: marcosalonso

Length: 00:03:31
Rating: 4.73
Views: 378788

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Video Comments:
Chumleh (November 24, 2008 at 7:09 pm)
That is one amazing synth.
crash3210 (November 21, 2008 at 11:34 pm)
amazing, but it makes a sound... not MUSIC
thefarrisfactor (November 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm)
It's neat, but not practical for any sort of a live performance...
RocketMan81 (November 9, 2008 at 3:28 am)
Wow thats great
lukas81GT (November 7, 2008 at 1:22 pm)
ubuntu rockssss!!!
AlphaGeminorium (October 11, 2008 at 2:16 pm)
Oh. My. God. This is perfection! I can't wait for this to be enhanced to be a new instrument for making Trance!!!
sarkasmi83 (October 7, 2008 at 4:16 pm)
Well, it's just a matter of time until someone learns how to really work it and produces something absolutely amazing :) They just need a bit time to master it, I guess.
D7XYZproductions (October 30, 2008 at 4:44 pm)
yeah, the theramin started as just special effects, but now its almost nearly halfway respected as some sort of out-of-the-ordinary not completely practical musical instrument.
Kirpus69 (October 1, 2008 at 1:48 am)
Gimme gimme!
TheManWithaSmile (September 17, 2008 at 5:54 pm)
Thats techno for ya!