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Reactable

The Reactable is a musical instrument. It dates back to 2005. Listen to 5 recordings and learn how it makes its sound.

Listen to the Reactable

Noises (reactable experiment)
3:47
Vals (reactable experiment)
4:02
The tango starts dying (reactable experiment)
4:08
Metronomicón (reactable experiment)
4:38
Piano (reactable experiment)
4:43

Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.

From Wikipedia

The Reactable is an electronic musical instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface that was developed within the Music Technology Group at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain by Sergi Jordà, Marcos Alonso, Martin Kaltenbrunner and Günter Geiger.

In late 2010, a mobile version of the Reactable was released for iOS.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Reactable sound like?

Listen to 5 recordings on this page.

Sources & credits