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This page contains a list of publications that have used Bela as a research tool. For papers written specifically about Bela the platform please see here.

2018


Weger, Marian, Thomas Herrmann, and Robert Höldrich. "Plausible auditory augmentation of physical interaction." International Conference on Auditory Displays, 2018.

Liang, Beici, György Fazekas, and Mark Sandler. "Measurement, Recognition, and Visualization of Piano Pedaling Gestures and Techniques." Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 66, no. 6 (2018): 448-456.

Skach, Sophie, Anna Xambó, Luca Turchet, Ariane Stolfi, Rebecca Stewart, and Mathieu Barthet. "Embodied interactions with e-textiles and the internet of sounds for performing arts." TEI, Stockholm, 2018.

Turchet, Luca. "Smart Mandolin: autobiographical design, implementation, use cases, and lessons learned." In Proceedings of Audio Mostly Conference. 2018.

Stephan, Marianne A., Carlotta Lega, and Virginia B. Penhune. "Auditory prediction cues motor preparation in the absence of movements." NeuroImage 174 (2018): 288-296.

Jack, Robert H., Adib Mehrabi, Tony Stockman, and Andrew McPherson. "Action-sound Latency and the Perceived Quality of Digital Musical Instruments: Comparing Professional Percussionists and Amateur Musicians." Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal 36, no. 1 (2018): 109-128.

Armitage, Jack, and Andrew McPherson. "Crafting Digital Musical Instruments: An Exploratory Workshop Study." New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2018.

Martin, Charles Patrick, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, and Jim Tørresen. "Composing an ensemble standstill work for Myo and Bela." In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, pp. 196-197. Virginia Tech, 2018.

Harrison, Jacob, Robert H. Jack, Fabio Morreale, and Andrew McPherson. "When is a Guitar not a Guitar? Cultural Form, Input Modality and Expertise." New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2018.

Jack, Robert H., Jacob Harrison, Fabio Morreale, and Andrew McPherson. "Democratising DMIs: the relationship of expertise and control intimacy." NIME, 2018.

Bin, SM Astrid, Nick Bryan-Kinns, and Andrew P. McPherson. "Risky business: Disfluency as a design strategy." New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2018.

Gonzalez, Victor Evaristo, Agata Zelechowska, Charles P. Martin, Victoria Johnson, Kari Anne Vadstensvik, and Alexander Refsum Jensenius. "Bela-Based Augmented Acoustic Guitars for Inverse Sonic Microinteraction." Proc. NIME, Virginia, USA, 2018.

Hayes, Lauren, and Julian Stein. "Desert and Sonic Ecosystems: Incorporating Environmental Factors within Site-Responsive Sonic Art." Applied Sciences 8.1 (2018): 111.

Turchet, Luca, Andrew McPherson, and Mathieu Barthet. "Co-design of a Smart Cajón." Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 66, no. 4 (2018): 220-230.

2017


Turchet, Luca, and Mathieu Barthet. "Envisioning Smart Musical Haptic Wearables to Enhance Performers’ Creative Communication." In Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research, pp. 538-549. 2017.

Moro, Giulio, Andrew P. McPherson, and Mark B. Sandler. "Dynamic temporal behaviour of the keyboard action on the Hammond organ and its perceptual significance." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142.5 (2017): 2808-2822.

Harrison, Jacob, and Andrew P. McPherson. "Adapting the Bass Guitar for One-Handed Playing." Journal of New Music Research 46.3 (2017): 270-285.

Bin, SM Astrid, Nick Bryan-Kinns, and A. McPherson. "Hands where we can see them! Investigating the impact of gesture size on audience perception." International Computer Music Conference, 2017.

Turchet, Luca, and Mathieu Barthet. "Envisioning Smart Musical Haptic Wearables to Enhance Performers’ Creative Communication." Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research. 2017.

Milo, Alessia, Nick Bryan-Kinns, and Joshua D. Reiss. "Influences of a Key Map on Soundwalk Exploration with a Textile Sonic Map." Audio Engineering Society Convention 143. Audio Engineering Society, 2017.

R. H. Jack and A. McPherson. Rich gesture, reduced control: the influence of constrained mappings on performance technique. 4th International Conference on Movement Computing, London, United Kingdom, 2017.

Stewart, Rebecca, and Sophie Skach. "Initial Investigations into Characterizing DIY E-Textile Stretch Sensors." Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Movement Computing. ACM, 2017.

Langer, Henrik, and Robert Manzke. "Embedded Multichannel Linux Audiosystem for Musical Applications." Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. ACM, 2017.

Milo, Alessia, and Joshua D. Reiss. "Aural Fabric: an interactive textile sonic map." Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. ACM, 2017.

B. Liang, G. Fazekas, A. McPherson and M. Sandler. Piano Pedaller: A Measurement System for Classification and Visualisation of Piano Pedalling Techniques. Proc. NIME, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

H. E. Tez and N. Bryan-Kinns. Exploring the Effect of Interface Constraints on Live Collaborative Music Improvisation. Proc. NIME, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

Harrison, Jacob, and Andrew McPherson. "An Adapted Bass Guitar for One-Handed Playing." Proc. NIME, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

Ghilardi, Michele, James JC Busfield, and Federico Carpi. "Electrical breakdown detection system for dielectric elastomer actuators." Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2017. Vol. 10163. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2017.

2016


R. H. Jack, A. McPherson and T. Stockman. Effect of latency on performer interaction and subjective quality assessment of a digital musical instrument Proc. Audio Mostly,Norrköping, Sweden, 2016.

A. McPherson, A. Chamberlain, A. Hazzard, S. McGrath and S. Benford. Designing for exploratory play with a hackable digital musical instrument. Proc. DIS, Brisbane, Australia,2016.

R. H. Jack, T. Stockman and A. McPherson. Navigation of pitch space on a digital musical instrument with dynamic tactile feedback. Proc. TEI, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2016.

2015


V. Zappi and A. McPherson. The D-Box: how to rethink a digital musical instrument. Proc. ISEA, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2015.

A. McPherson and V. Zappi. Exposing the scaffolding of digital instruments with hardware-software feedback loops. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 2015.

L. Donovan and A. McPherson. Active control of a string instrument bridge using the Posicast technique. Proc. AES 138th Convention, Warsaw, Poland, 2015.

V. Zappi and A. McPherson. Design and use of a hackable digital instrument. Proc. Live Interfaces, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014.

V. Zappi and A. McPherson. Dimensionality and appropriation in digital musical instrument design. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, UK, 2014.