Reactable. Cool or just another fad?

by **Mickstape** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeRKAR1Gy8

Wow, i had heard about this thing a while back but hadnt really found out much about this cool machine.

What i really wanted to find out was what the purists think of such a toy. Ie: The people that frequent this forum.

Does it have a real future in musical applications or is it doomed to be relegated to the dusty back rooms of some hardcore synth collector?

I for one would love to have a play around with this thing, but i dont think i would ever really try and produce a track using it soley as an instrument.

The thought of trying to mix a multi track from this thing does my head in.

by **Futureman** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:59 pm

I feel it's a very cool user interface, but thats it... it's not like there is any new 'audio' technology going on inside it.. just a virtual synth.. (With a very cool UI)

by **jkhuri44** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:01 pm

used by bjork, along with lemur's for one of her shows.

this stuff is the future of GUI....to hell with shitty interfaces :-)

if you listen to as much electronic music as i do, the coolness of stuff like this make me pitch tents.

by **heathen** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:58 pm

Just another plugin! :)

Also bet they can't get the same sound twice. Heh.

by **jkhuri44** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:05 pm

i personally dont like the hum ho randomness of what it is...or what it looks like at least, but this could be the start of a nice development in GUI....key word GUI heath, ya bloody hardware snob :P

by **13thbeach** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:45 pm

It also doubles as a Stargate. Very handy.

by **heathen** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:01 pm

jkhuri44 wrote:i personally dont like the hum ho randomness of what it is...or what it looks like at least, but this could be the start of a nice development in GUI....key word GUI heath, ya bloody hardware snob :P

Yeah but would'nt a neural interface be better though? The gui is interesting though and yeah it does look like a stargate.

Ok I agree it is pretty cool. :)

by **wez** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:19 pm

heathen wrote:Also bet they can't get the same sound twice. Heh.

i think that's the point ;-)

i'm all over it

by **Mark Bassett** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:16 pm

A thread on this from a few years ago can be found here

http://www.turtlerockmastering.com/foru ... =reactable

by **Mickstape** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:29 pm

Mark Andrew Bassett wrote:A thread on this from a few years ago can be found here

http://www.turtlerockmastering.com/foru ... =reactable

Cool, thanks Mark.

Umm btw, is that your way of saying "you're way behind the times kid, this stuffs old school for us engineer types"

:lol:

by **Mark Bassett** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:22 pm

Not at all.

Carry on.

Reactable. Cool or just another fad?

Reactable. Cool or just another fad?

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