I went to see the ReacTable in NYC last weekend. It was very cool to see it's glowing luminescence, hear it through crisp loudspeakers, and watch two artists effortlessly shape the sound.

If ReacTable is coming to your town, I highly suggest you check it out. It's an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of some amazing technology. Probably akin to seeing the first MP3 DJ turntable. Sure, keyboard/computer synthazisers can produce sound just like turntables can play vinyl, but these new technologies do it so much cooler.

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What happens when you run out of LFO widgets? Run to the store and buy more?

You'll run out of space on the table before you run out of widgets. The artists had stacks of them lining the edge of the table. And some widgets (the large cubes) have a different sound effect on each of the 6 sides. The artists were even swapping in new panels to some widgets. Of course, each side and each panel has a unique pattern so the camera below the table can recognize it and its orientation. Amazing stuff.