The ReactTable (click the title) is a visual touch-enabled synthesizer in the shape of a table and several plastic blocks. The user experience involves all senses: it includes visually displace the blocks on the table, manipulating attributes of the modules with your hands and hear the results as output. I was wondering how such an interface could be ported to the iPhone and its multi-touch capable screen.
You need a sidebar with hiding capabilities from where the modules are dragged on the screen. A few oscillators, filters and effects and sampling capabilities again as blocks. Once the blocks are on the screen they behave similar to the ReactTable. I suppose the graphics must be adapted to the phone capabilities, but lines, colors and sound synthesis is available. My collegues at AgilePartners created something similar with Star6 http://www.agilepartners.com/apps/star6 where also body movement is involved. Where to use something like this? Of course live performances.
2 years ago