April 18, 2007
Tempted To Touch
Meet “The Reactable”
While you were trying to flip that David Alexrod sample, Iceland’s super-producer/vocalist, Bjork, was perfecting her skills on the Reactable, a touch-sensitive musical instrument developed by a team of Spanish luthiers (google that). According to researchers, the Reactable allows users to:
“Create complex and dynamic sonic topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.”
…In other words, it’s a touch-based drum machine and synthesizer.
Recently, Bjork showed off her Reactable skills at a concert in Iceland, where she played selections from her forthcoming Volta album, which features everyone from Timbaland to a Chinese pipa player named Min Xiao-Fen.
Props to TrendHunter for the heads-up.
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4 Responses to "Tempted To Touch"
Apr.18 at 6:46 pm
anxiety » Tempted To Touch says:
[…] Gebbeth wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMeet “The Reactable”. While you were trying to flip that David Alexrod sample, Iceland’s super-producer/vocalist, Bjork, was perfecting her skills on the Reactable, a touch-sensitive musical instrument developed by a team of Spanish … […]
Apr.20 at 10:01 am
Track The Movement [4/20/07] « illRoots says:
[…] Peep this entirely touch sensitive instrument called the “Reactable”. [Link] […]
May.9 at 11:22 pm
YD IN N ON DA BEAT says:
THATS CRAYZEE CHIT NEW TECH IS GETTING CRAZEE
Jun.2 at 2:39 pm
don reggaeton says:
Whoa! This came from outer space son! I need that fo my beats. Hot! http://www.myspace.com/medinamusicresume
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