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The reactable: tangible and tabletop music performance

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1753903

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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.

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

2219 pages

ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

General Chairs:
Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Vienna University of Technology
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Keith Edwards
Georgia Tech
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