24.05.2007 by Zoltan

reacTable

The reacTable is a thing of true beauty and tactility. Created by the Music Technology Group at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, its one of the coolest pieces of new tech I have ever seen.

They describe it as “a collaborative electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible multi-touch interface”. You kind of have to watch the video to understand what this means, but the simple version goes like this: ‘fucking amazing’! Essentially it demystifies the production of sound, but apart from this invaluable educational aspect, its a truly interactive thing which just makes you want to play with it more and more. this is the golden aim of physical computing made real.

NB to all you trance producers out there, if this ever gets into the mainstream you’re going to be completely fucked ;)