This iPad app called Artikulator is not yet released but this clip is really interesting. The app lets you create music visually . Just slide your fingers on the touch-screen and shape the sound you want. Curve a line upwards and it will create a higher pitch. If you make a line big the sound will be louder.

Developers Mike Rotondo and Luke Iannini constructed the app in about 24 hours during a Music Hackday, a series of events that combines art and technology with fascinating results. They hope to release their creation in the App Store soon, and they won’t be charging for the initial version. We also saw the app running on an iPhone, for those of you who don’t have iPads.And yes, they’re aware this demo sounds like “dying cats”; more timbres and sounds will be available.We think this interface is a wonderful way to teach and learn about music and to express creative urges without getting mired down in the technicalities of making and producing music. What’s your take on it: Could you see yourself playing with an “instrument” such as this one?

Via Mashable