The Reactable
The
reactable looks like some kind of a computer graphics tablet to create sounds
on by placing and moving objects on. There exist several different objects,
some generate beats, others sound like a tone generator or a ring modulator,
etc.. Depending on their position on the table they change in their sound. Near
to the centre faster or higher, by rotating also the sound alters on each
module for instance in Eq-balance. The objects also can respond on eachother,
causing gentle clipping effects.
I
was amazed when I saw it on YouTube, but itŐs not so special as it might look.
ItŐs a regular classic modular synthesizer, only the surface and how to play it
differs from the usual exteriors of these instruments. Comparable with MS-DOS
and Windows. For certain applications probably more handy than a regular piano
keyboard synth. The jumping clipping effects for instance seem to work very
easy. Bjork uses one.
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