the reacTogon - chain reactive performance arpeggiator

The reacTogon is a multi-touch sensitive music arpeggiator based on the harmonic table. Copyright 2007 Mark Burton

[@StrayMedicine]

As someone who's been playing classical piano for 19 years, it disappoints me how many other classically trained musicians will scoff at this and think it's unfair... Here's the point, it has functionality beyond what a normal keyboard layout can do because of the sequencing in relation to the placement of objects like that. "It's just pressing buttons" yeah, well so is playing piano. And playing guitar is just holding down some strings and strumming. The only thing that matters is not what tool you use, but how you use it, and how expressive it is. This is common sense.

[@xXHalfieXx]

I could so use this as a coffee table in my living room!

[@nancyl2]

This is fantabulous, My son would have a ball with this, making music. Looks like something that could be used to bring, "Total Sound Resonance," to help awaken the masses. WOW truly. Thanks to the Special Being for sharing this with me, too.

[@hughtub]

I've always dreamed of something like this to compose music. Glad to see others have actually done it now.

[@jonCmeersman]

This is a pretty cool idea. I hope this continues to evolve into something even greater.

[@wsgwerk713]

flash back to the uffin 80's with that thing.

[@djinnsearring]

Cheers again, I return here for the peace and inspiration this produce in me.

[@Phytoon]

God DAMN I want one of those! I could stay up all night playing with that!

[@kutekitty21]

WOW! That is completely amazing! I would love to have this!!! I would definitly pay for that!

[@helmus2000]

Pretty cool, i really like these experimental music instruments where technology and smart thinking are combined.

[@zeratul1489]

I like all these beat creators that have been coming out. Its like they have taken the Keyboard to the next level

[@coolboysess]

I have absolutely no idea whats going on or how this works but thats the coolest thing I've seen all week!

[@BifordusMaximus]

That is by far the coolest thing I have ever seen. If I wasnt tone deaf, I would actually want that. Great Vid!

[@Fitzcairne]

That looks really futuristic....is anyone else somehow reminded or that old "Tron"-movie..I think such a device would fit perfectly well in such a setting.. really great stuff!!!

[@WingedZebraIsland]

Computerphile sent me :)

[@dominobusosenshi9236]

As will your posting on youtube. Thanks for making such a great use of your time.

[@Hex72]

Yes, I'm always looking for new ways to come up with chords and ideas and such. Something like this would be very useful.

[@ckatherine19]

they have reached the summit of awesomeness with this.

[@asynchronicity]

Congratulations -- that looks brilliant!

[@2epic]

Outstanding man! a truly great invention. I would love to get my hands on one.

[@RagnarRipper]

this is incredible! very cool idea to get people to try music who usually wouldn't in my eyes :)

[@frankytap]

in 20 years we will look back at this and say - lol that is so 80´s

[@NotoriousCheech]

WoW! this thing is Insane! I think I would go mad playing with it!

[@Jpoole322]

that was sick. Those guys are like genius' to figure out how and where to put those hexagons.

[@Naniculus]

this is the coolest thing ive ever seen. awesome.....

[@kram438]

I could play with that thing for hours and not get bored

[@notepool2]

There are existing and commercially available controllers designed to be played in real time, 'Opal' and 'Axis', which is where these guys got the note-layout from.

[@Zeoilvia]

OMG .. I would go insane if I had to listen to that frequently !

[@JarreDroid]

Two synths to get now! I'd love to play around with that, seems straight forward enough.

[@Tanru2000]

That music at the end sounds like what you'd get if you blended the Vangelis and The Knife!! Sweet! :)

[@my_name_is_skyline]

that's so badass. almost as cool as a continuum fingerboard!

[@CounterNerd]

When you think of it,it's not that complicated,just think what one simple change can do to affect the chain reaction. I believe this can be the next generation of synth.

[@seedofpower]

man, pretty amazing. Reminds me of music from the 80s

[@monkeyrilla]

wow id playing wit this all day

[@ViRiXDreamcore]

THAT is AWESOME.... it's less like a sequencer and more like a toy... CVERY COOL.

[@hmoy24677]

Wow! Reactable is evolving! I would love to see how far it goes ten years from now

[@MrHatoi]

Now's your chance to see :)

[@hmoy24677]

@@MrHatoi Indeed!

[@deanobro69]

Brilliant! Looks expensive but that's the coolest controller I ever seen...

[@Teejs52]

This is so cool, I wonder how that make the table recognize the different counters.

[@Skapete]

This looks like so much fun!

[@nikvoon442]

Its like a futuristic piano. Dope!

[@schova]

wow this thing is cool! I wouldl ove to sit there and try it out i wonder when its coming out and how much

[@cleversmynamee]

thats really cool! i want one like thats amazing.

[@Israe5l]

amazing. i used to dream about something like this.

[@SophieCharlemagne]

that's an awesome idea great job

[@mene1in]

A 21st century way to produce 20th century 8-bit music. I can tell the amount of work put into it and maybe its potential, but it still seems like a novelty invention at best.

[@funnyvids101]

this is simply awesome!!

[@awdrgy123]

1. yes you are the only one in the entire world without imagination 2. and the point of it is fun. gawd i wanna buy one of these

[@ApeQuake]

Beautiful video!

[@DJ-AG]

yeah we should do this again

[@jangofet555]

awesome, the last beat was wicked

[@Musicman4Christ]

I think any DJ would have a field day with that! I know I would.

[@atimholt]

That's the type of thing I might play with for a day if I just happened to own a table PC, and someone had made a freeware software version of it. Slightly more interactive than a music box.

[@chern034]

pretty flippin awesome.

[@ChrisMarx]

i wish I could get that as my coffee table

[@sjh7132]

Looks like fun. That last setup has a loop that terminates after 3 cycles. There must be some sort of counter token.

[@BusJACKTV]

It reminds me of this old game, Sim Tunes, it was just like this except instead of hectagons they were squares, and you dre pictures with it and when the things passed over the boxes they played notes.

[@steeg1234321]

Wow... I want one. Looks uber cool

[@lostatlimbo]

this and the Reactable are the future of music

[@skipp22]

That's friggin awesome!

[@lvecsey]

Maybe have an imprint button that will take the elements and represent them as gui icons. Then you can scroll around a vast surface, both local and remote. The system would guide you with correctly placing the elements back

[@Richocaster]

Cool!Thanks Roeleke for the share!

[@DespairReigns]

THAT'S FRIKEN AWESOME!

[@redrevolution129]

SWEET!! I wouldnt mind having this

[@MagicXXMadness]

the future for DJ players! :)

[@gplehner]

oh wow! that would be soooo much fun to have, but it probably costs a fortune.... you could make your own music album with that thing

[@Wildx0]

To some people who had comments relating to 'we don't live in the 80's, no one ever said the sounds were limited to these.

[@JacobBroesder]

This is fantastic i like it when it spreads out in all directions it would be better if we didn't have to read everything though.

[@KuharaRin]

I see the future of DJs !

[@randomtuber12]

i want one of those! awesome.

[@areyoudeh]

I Think that is an amazing tools for music... Interesting

[@iBmaori]

that a pretty awesome instrument! amusing.....

[@MaximMishin]

Where can I get the last track in full? It's just AWESOME!!!

[@dimenticon]

That last composition of music sounded like potential looping video game music.

[@dragonparty1]

that is AWESOME! I SOOO WANT ONE!!!

[@BarbedWireCondom]

wow i totally want one of these

[@dox_gay]

that's amazing.

[@JiaJi0399]

Sweet! thats pretty amazing!

[@hosposits]

Oh wow. That is amazing.

[@danielna1141]

wow thats siiick i so need one of those

[@blanktester]

that's AWESOME! i need me one of those.

[@Beatboxbob]

it simply looks and sounds sci-fi. No other way of describing this particular synth. Plus, it looks huge. And yes, I want one.

[@ss4goku395]

That is awesome!

[@TheFaTKiD501]

Thats pretty damn awesome!

[@saraaah627]

that was freakin AWESOME

[@dyslexichobo]

Wow that machine is sick!

[@AbyssalBait]

sweet i wana buy 1 of them that looks well good, the song thing at the end easgr8 wd :]

[@doctordrew66]

Wow I must get one of these. We've got a table with one short leg. This looks just the right thickness to stop it wobbling. That's about the only use I can think for it. Any suggestions. Don't say music. We don't live in 1986.

[@IIIIIShadeIIIII]

This is GORGEOUS! Well done. Where can I get to play one? :)

[@SamOliver4]

The song at the end was purely ownage. This thing is awesome.

[@swissexo]

Freaking awesome. I want one.

[@LuckyBacon]

nice work!

[@shortbusdriver]

perfect for making 80's-movie-music ;)

[@KLoughreyProductions]

That's really cool.

[@spazman303]

whoa! definitely a cool tool

[@effoR1337]

very cool erm thing. I want one of those

[@MrMorelloJr]

That's gotta be the most fun thing in the world.

[@DavidBalmbra]

Shit, that is crazy cool! Simple and intuitive yet potentially very complex. Makes me wonder about oscillators, filters and other specs tho..

[@TrentJ23]

As an arpeggiator, all it would have to be is a note-sender to the other synths. Any sounds would then be coming out of the other instruments...that's why they came up with MIDI a million years ago. It's still limited to 16 channels (tracks), though. (MIDI, that is)

[@m3ntalmonkey]

amazing!!

[@321liftoff]

It's cool... and kind of crazy. Like something you'd see in an eighties scifi movie.