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General => The Arts => Topic started by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on December 11, 2008, 06:04:19 AM

Title: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on December 11, 2008, 06:04:19 AM
The reactable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactable

I saw a thing about this on a pod on CurrentTV.

Some sort of new musical instrument.

It's a table, and you put various cubes on the "table" and they "react" to it.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/08/bjork_reacTable/

Here's an article with a video of it in use at a Bjork concert.

It think it's an amazing invention. Some of the things that happen when you combine computers and music are just amazing.
Title: Re: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on December 11, 2008, 04:03:07 PM
well i thought it was pretty cool
Title: Re: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: Houdini on December 11, 2008, 08:57:29 PM
They whipped that thing out when I saw Bjork a year ago. Pretty rad I guess.
Title: Re: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: Samus Aran on December 12, 2008, 05:01:56 AM
That's awesome. It looks like most of the time you'd end up doing nothing but cranking out sounds without really making anything decent though, considering how complicated it seems.
Title: Re: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: me003 on December 12, 2008, 05:45:16 AM
That's pretty cool and all, but.......well before I speak I guess you have to use it for yourself.

Title: Re: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: Selkie on December 12, 2008, 11:18:02 AM
Damn I want one...
Title: Re: Oh man, the reactable
Post by: Selkie on December 12, 2008, 11:26:28 AM
Quote from: Kazmopolitan on December 12, 2008, 05:01:56 AM
That's awesome. It looks like most of the time you'd end up doing nothing but cranking out sounds without really making anything decent though, considering how complicated it seems.


I can definitely seeing that happening for a while before the musician got good at it, but I think if they really dedicated themself to it some amazing things can be done with it