its ok but not really amazing.

when i first saw reactable and music cubes being used a few years back now i was completely stunned and blown aways.
the tactile interface and interacting between musical and visual elements was such a amazing concept.
it was kind of like taking the idea of a patch cord synth and turning it up a notch ....
or was it.
reactable really is a sample play back system with maybe a bit of analog modeling thrown in for good measure. not too sure about what kind of synthesis is employed with the oscillators .
Any how i get how cool this is to watch in a live in performance. And it does look amazing.
This app is only ten bucks. You know there is a but coming right! lol.
Well i found this to be really kind of cumbersome to get used to. Yup its fairly intuitive but honestly I found the korg ipad apps to be way more fun and musical. They also sound much much better. Reactable looks amazing projected on a wall behind me its quite neat to watch. The thing is tho its kind of like back in the day when your favorite arcade game would show up on the n64 or sega.
It was close to the arcade game but somehow it fell short of providing the full effect of the real thing.
Still a great little program but not the first app i run when looking for some musical inspiration for the ipad.
i did not completely regret the ten bucks spent its only ten bucks. I mean ten years ago if someone told me i could get something like this for ten bucks i would have thought that i must be talking to someone who was high on crack.

electronards about Reactable mobile, v1.0.7