The Reactable
November 28th, 2006 by cechols
The idea of digital technology driving the evolution of music is endlessly fascinating to me. With Tenori-On, I asked the question, “When was the last time you read about a new musical instrument being invented?”Well, my ignorance to the invention of new musical instruments is now quite apparent, as evidenced by the reactable. According to its developers, the reactable is “a state-of-the-art multi-user electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface.”
In short, it is an illuminated surface upon which users can create music using only small objects and their imaginations.
The results are quite remarkable.
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November 29th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
That’s beautiful. It just goes to show what people’s imagination can do.
November 29th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
WHEN CAN I GET ONE, WHATS THE DAMAGE ?
November 30th, 2006 at 5:40 am
Very cool, I wish I were part of a project like this. I should’ve got that degree….
November 30th, 2006 at 11:42 am
My goodness that’s nifty. While rather intuitive, it also seems a bit complex.
November 30th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
That is sooo cool! And what’s even cooler? This comment box has spell check! Rock on!
A lot of views on this one - yeah for ectotechnica!
November 30th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Dude thats the most coolest instrument ever
December 1st, 2006 at 4:54 am
Techno-logical innovation buck rodgers would be jelous
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December 5th, 2006 at 6:09 am
What a fantastic machine. I want one, how much????.
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December 11th, 2006 at 12:02 am
HOLY CRAP this thing is friggin AWESOME!!!!
December 18th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
great stuff!! i wish they could make for sale!
anyone have info on this? besides this page?
December 20th, 2006 at 3:31 am
[…] Der Reactable kommt aus Barcelona und ist eines der neuen Musikinstrumente, die man gerne selber mal ausprobieren möchte. […]