Kontrol
Johan Halin (Finnish, born 1983)
of Ab Parasol Oy (Finland, est. 2007)
2010
Xcode, cocos2d, Ableton Live, and
Photoshop software
With Kontrol, a music application for
iPhones and iPads, users create techno
compositions by clicking on a simple
interface of four blue squares, each of
which moves and triggers certain sounds
and beats. The sounds and the squares’
movements depend on the order and
manner in which the squares are activated
and the structures that result.
While the rules for modifying the soundscape
are quite rigid, there is also a
random element to the audio and visuals,
so that trial and error become part of
the game. Complex compositions can be
constructed by layering multiple sounds
and beats, and the lack of precise control
becomes the very mechanism for
creativity.
Category: Double Entendre
Tags: Interfaces / Visualizations
