< previous artist | next artist > Interactive Sonic Systems (Spain) Exhibited Artwork: Reactable 《影聲桌子》 (2005) Artist Statement: 藝術家陳述 The reactable is a collaborative electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible multi-touch interface. Multiple performers share complete control over the instrument by moving and rotating physical objects on the luminous, round table surface. By moving and relating these objects, representing components of a classic modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sonic topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language. 《影聲桌子》(Reactable )是一個多接觸界面的合作性電子樂器。數名表演者以移動和旋轉圓桌上的物件去控制這樂器。在移動這些物件的時候，它們之間亦相互影響，合作之下便成為一個經典的模塊合成器。用戶可透過音色樣本、過濾器和調製器創造複雜和富動感的聲波。此作品是一部觸得到的模塊合成器，或可稱為控制流程的編程語言。 Technical statement: 技術陳述 The reactable hardware is based on a translucent, round multi-touch surface. A camera situated beneath the table, continuously analyzes the surface, tracking the player's finger tips and the nature, position and orientation of physical objects that are distributed on its surface. These objects represent the components of a classic modular synthesizer, the players interact by moving these objects, changing their distance, orientation and the relation to each other. These actions directly control the topological structure and parameters of the sound synthesizer. A projector, also from underneath the table, draws dynamic animations on its surface, providing a visual feedback of the state, the activity and the main characteristics of the sounds produced by the audio synthesizer. 影聲桌子的硬件是基於一個半透明、圓形的多輪接觸面。桌下的錄影機不斷分析桌面的活動，跟蹤著用者的手指及分佈在桌上的物體的性質、位置和方位而作出反應。這些物體代表著一個典型的模塊合成器的組件，用者透過移動這些物件，改變其距離，方位和彼此間的關係，創作實時音樂；這些動作直接控制了音頻合成器的拓撲結構和參數。圓桌下設有投映機，把動畫投放在桌面，為音頻合成器產生的聲音、狀態及活動提供激烈視覺效果。 < back to artist home