Gbloink! is an interactive visual music toy that exemplifies our approach to creating dynamic systems where users have "semi-control" over musical outcomes. It was one of our earliest experiments in creating art toys that balance user input with algorithmic processes.
In Gbloink!, colorful bouncing balls create sounds when they collide with blocks and each other. The player influences the system by adding or removing blocks and adjusting various parameters of the balls.
Currently you can try an experimental web-based version of Gbloink! directly in your browser:
You can still download the original Gbloink! 1.5 which works in Windows 10.
And it's now possible to get it sending MIDI to a DAW thanks to CoolSoft's Virtual Midi Synth and MIDI mapper. Plus LoopBe1
This makes a huge difference in sound quality. And it means you can record what you are improvising to the piano-roll. So you can edit and adapt it later. IMHO this makes the original Gbloink! (from 1997 but still running on Windows) much more interesting and useful.
We are working on a new version of Gbloink! as part of a secret project, codenamed "World of Cake". More will be revealed soon.
