The reactable: tangible and tabletop music performance

In this paper we present the Reactable, a new electronic musical instrument with a simple and intuitive tabletop interface that turns music into a tangible and visual experience, enabling musicians to experiment with sound, change its structure, control its parameters and be creative in a direct, refreshing and unseen way. Keywords Music performance, tangible interaction, tabletop interfaces, musical instruments, Reactable, ReacTIVision. ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous. General Terms Design, Experimentation, Performance.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Sergi Jordà
• Keywords: CHI 2010, Human Computer Interaction, Intuitive Tabletop Interface, Musical Instruments, Tabletop Interfaces