Publications

This page contains papers from the Augmented Instruments Laboratory, organised by date. Also see the latest news and events and press articles.

2025 and forthcoming

1. A. McPherson, L. Morrison, M. Davison and M. M. Wanderley. On mapping as a technoscientific practice in digital musical instruments. Journal of New Music Research. Issue , 2025.
   Download PDF
2. T. Pelinski, A. McPherson and R. Fiebrink. Ways of knowing, ways of writing: technical practice research in new musical instrument design. Journal of New Music Research. Issue , 2025.
   Download PDF

2024

3. C. N. Reed, A. Benito, F. Caspe and A. McPherson. Shifting Ambiguity, Collapsing Indeterminacy: Designing with Data as Baradian Apparatus. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI). Issue , 2024.
   Download PDF
4. L. Morrison. Timbre Space: On the Flat History of a Multidimensional Metaphor. Music and Science. Vol. 7, Issue , 2024.
   Download PDF
5. M. Davison and A. P. McPherson. A self-sensing vibrotactile transducer for bidirectional interaction. Proc. Eurohaptics (work in progress), Lille, France. 2024.
   Download PDF
6. M. Davison, C. J. Webb, M. Ducceschi and A. P. McPherson. A self-sensing haptic actuator for tactile interaction with physical modelling synthesis. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Utrecht, Netherlands. 2024.
   Download PDF
7. J. Shier, C. Saitis, A. Robertson and A. McPherson. Real-time timbre remapping with differentiable DSP. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Utrecht, Netherlands. 2024.
   Download PDF
8. J. Pigrem, J. Christensen, A. McPherson, R. Timmers, L. de Witte and J. MacRitchie. Agency and creativity in musical interaction for those living with dementia and cognitive decline. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Utrecht, Netherlands. 2024.
   Download PDF
9. L. Morrison and A. McPherson. Entangling Entanglement: A Diffractive Dialogue on HCI and Musical Interactions. Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Hawaii, USA. 2024.
   Download PDF
10. N. Robson, A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns. Thinking with Sound: Exploring the Experience of Listening to an Ultrasonic Art Installation. Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Hawaii, USA. 2024.
    Download PDF
11. J. Harrison and A. McPherson. Instruments, Ecosystems and Access: ADMIs in the Wild. Journal of New Music Research. Issue , 2024 (forthcoming).
    Download PDF
12. B. Hayes, J. Shier, G. Fazekas, A. McPherson, C. Saitis. A review of differentiable digital signal processing for music and speech synthesis. Frontiers in Signal Processing. Issue , 2024.
    Download PDF
13. C. Reed, M. Pearce and A. McPherson. Auditory imagery ability influences accuracy when singing with altered auditory feedback. Musicae Scientiae. Issue , 2024.
    Download PDF
14. J. Martinez Avila, A. Hazzard, C. Greenhalgh, S. Benford and A. McPherson. The Stretchy Strap: supporting encumbered interaction with guitars. Journal of New Music Research. Issue , 2024.
    Download PDF

2023

15. L. Mice and A. McPherson. Chaos Bells: Instrument Size and Entangled Music Performance. Contemporary Music Review. Issue , 2023.
    Download PDF
16. J. Shier, F. Caspe, A. Robertson, M. Sandler, C. Saitis and A. McPherson. Differentiable modelling of percussive audio with transient and spectral synthesis. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum). Issue , 2023.
    Download PDF
17. C. Nordmoen and A. McPherson. What the Sensor Knows: More-Than-Human Knowledge Co-Production in Wood Carving. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS). Issue , 2023.
    Download PDF
18. J. Zheng, A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns. When Materials Meet Sound: Discovering the Meaning of Deformable Materials in Musical Interaction. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS). Issue , 2023.
19. A. Guidi. Evaluating Embodiment in Musical Instrument Modification and Augmentation. PhD thesis, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK. 2023.
    Download PDF
20. F. Caspe, A. McPherson and M. Sandler. FM tone transfer with envelope learning. Proc. Audio Mostly Conference, Edinburgh. 2023.
    Download PDF
21. L. Wolstanholme, C. Vahidi and A. McPherson. Hearing from within a sound: A series of techniques for deconstructing and spatialising timbre. Audio Engineering Society International Conference on Spatial Audio, Huddersfield, UK. 2023.
    Download PDF
22. L. Wolstanholme and A. McPherson. Towards orchestrating physically modelled 2D percussion instruments. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acustium), Turin, Italy. 2023.
    Download PDF
23. A. Martelloni, A. P. McPherson and M. Barthet. Real-time Percussive Technique Recognition and Embedding Learning for the Acoustic Guitar. Proc. International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR), Milan, Italy. 2023.
    Download PDF
24. J. Harrison, A. Lucas, J. Cunningham, A. McPherson and F. Schroeder. Exploring the Opportunities of Haptic Technology in the Practice of Visually Impaired and Blind Sound Creatives. Arts Journal. Issue , 2023.
    Download PDF
25. A. Benito, T. Dannemann and A. McPherson. Exploring the (un)ambiguous Guitar: A Qualitative Study on the use of Gesture Disambiguation in Augmented Instrument Design. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
26. E. Zayas-Garin, C. Nordmoen and A. McPherson. Transmitting Digital Lutherie Knowledge: The Rashomon Effect for DMI Designers. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
27. T. Pelinski, R. Diaz, A. Benito and A. McPherson. Pipeline for recording datasets and running neural networks on the Bela embedded hardware platform. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
28. T. Dannemann, N. Bryan-Kinns and A. McPherson. Self-Sabotage Workshop: a starting point to unravel sabotaging of instruments as a design practice. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
29. J. Pigrem, J. MacRitchie and A. McPherson. Instructions Not Included: Dementia-Friendly approaches to DMI Design. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
30. J. Armitage, T. Magnusson and A. McPherson. A Scale-Based Ontology of Digital Musical Instrument Design. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
31. J. Armitage, T. Magnusson and A. McPherson. Studying Subtle and Detailed Digital Lutherie: Motivational Contexts and Technical Needs. Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Mexico City. 2023.
    Download PDF
32. J. Armitage, T. Magnusson and A. McPherson. Design Process in Visual Programming: Methods for Visual and Temporal Analysis. Proc. Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), Stockholm, Sweden. 2023.
    Download PDF
33. J. Armitage, T. Magnusson and A. McPherson. Sculpting Algorithmic Pattern: Informal and Visuospatial Interaction in Musical Instrument Design. Proc. Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), Stockholm, Sweden. 2023.
    Download PDF
34. C. N. Reed, P. Strohmeier and A. McPherson. Negotiating Experience and Communicating Information Through Abstract Metaphor. Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Hamburg, Germany. 2023.
    Download PDF
35. C. N. Reed and A. McPherson. The Body as Sound: Unpacking Vocal Embodiment through Auditory Biofeedback. Proc. International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI), Warsaw, Poland. 2023.
    Download PDF
36. M. Clayton, L. Wang, A. McPherson and A. Cavallaro. An embedded multichannel sound acquisition system for drone audition. IEEE Sensors Journal. Issue , 2023.
    Download PDF

2022

37. J. Armitage. Subtlety and detail in digital musical instrument design. PhD thesis, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK. 2022.
    Download PDF
38. G. Lepri and A. McPherson. Embrace the weirdness: negotiating values inscribed into music technology. Computer Music Journal. Vol. 45, Issue 3, 2022.
    Download PDF
39. J. Pigrem and A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns and R. Jack. Sounds -> Object -> Gesture : Physical Affordances of Virtual Materials. Proc. Audio Mostly Conference, St. Pölten, Austria. 2022.
    Download PDF
40. G. Lepri. Play-Make-Believe: Discovering the Musical Values Inscribed into Digital Instruments. PhD thesis, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK. 2022.
    Download PDF
41. G. Lepri, J. Bowers, S. Topley, P. Stapleton, P. Bennett, K. Andersen and A. McPherson. The 10,000 Instruments Workshop - (Im)practical Research for Critical Speculation. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Auckland, New Zealand. 2022.
    More Info
42. C. N. Reed, C. Nordmoen, A. Martelloni, G. Lepri, N. Robson, E. Zayas-Garin, K. Cotton, L. Mice and A. McPherson. Exploring Experiences with New Musical Instruments through Micro-phenomenology. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Auckland, New Zealand. 2022.
    More Info
43. E. Zayas-Garin and A. McPherson. Dialogic Design of Accessible Digital Musical Instruments: Investigating Performer Experience. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Auckland, New Zealand. 2022.
    More Info
44. A. Guidi and A. McPherson. Quantitative evaluation of aspects of embodiment in new digital musical instruments. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Auckland, New Zealand. 2022.
    More Info
45. L. Mice and A. McPherson. The M in NIME: Motivic analysis and the case for a musicology of NIME performances. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Auckland, New Zealand. 2022.
    More Info
46. N. Robson, A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns. Being With The Waves: An Ultrasonic Art Installation Enabling Rich Interaction Without Sensors. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Auckland, New Zealand. 2022.
    More Info
47. L. Mice and A. McPherson. Super Size Me: Interface Size, Identity and Embodiment in Digital Musical Instrument Design. Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), New Orleans, LA, USA. 2022.
    Download PDF
48. C. Nordmoen and A. McPherson. Making space for material entanglements: A diffractive analysis of woodwork and the practice of making an interactive system. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS). Issue , 2022.
    Download PDF
49. C. N. Reed, S. Skach, P. Strohmeier and A. P. McPherson. Singing Knit: Soft Knit Biosensing for Augmenting Vocal Performances. Proc. Augmented Humans. Issue , 2022.
    More Info

2021

50. A. Benito Temprano and A. McPherson. A TMR angle sensor for gesture acquisition and disambiguation on the electric guitar. Audio Mostly, Trento, Italy. 2021.
    Download PDF
51. N. Robson, N. Bryan-Kinns and A. McPherson. On mediating sound, space and experience: interviews with situated sound art practitioners. Organised Sound. Issue forthcoming, 2021.
    Download PDF
52. G. Moro and A. McPherson. Performer experience on a continuous keyboard instrument. Computer Music Journal. Vol. 44, Issue 2, 2021.
    Download PDF
53. A. Martelloni, A. McPherson and M. Barthet. Guitar augmentation for Percussive Fingerstyle: Combining self-reflexive practice and user-centred design. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Shanghai, China. 2021.
    Download PDF
54. L. Zayas Garin, J. Harrison, R. Jack and A. McPherson. DMI Apprenticeship: Sharing and Replicating Musical Artefacts. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Shanghai, China. 2021.
    Download PDF
55. C. N. Reed and A. P. McPherson. Surface Electromyography for Sensing Performance Intention and Musical Imagery in Vocalists. Proc. International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI), Salzburg, Austria. 2021.
    Download PDF

2020

56. G. Moro. Beyond key velocity: continuous sensing for expressive control on the Hammond organ and digital keyboards. PhD thesis, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
57. C. Nordmoen. Decentring the Human in DigitalMaking - Towards Embodied Mattering. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 2020.
    Download PDF
58. C. N. Reed and A. P. McPherson. Surface Electromyography for Direct Vocal Control. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
59. A. Martelloni, A. P. McPherson and M. Barthet. Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar through the Lens of NIME: an Interview Study. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
60. A. Guidi, F. Morreale and A. P. McPherson.. Design for Auditory Imagery: Altering Instruments to Explore Performer Fluency. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
61. F. Morreale S. M. A. Bin, A. P. McPherson, P. Stapleton and M. M. Wanderley. A NIME of the Times: Developing an Outward-Looking Political Agenda For This Community. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
62. L. Mice and A. P. McPherson.. From Miming to NIMEing: the Development of Idiomatic Gestural Language on Large Scale DMIs. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
63. J. Martinez Avila, V. Tsaknaki, P. Karpashevich, C. Windlin, N. Valenti, K. Höök, A. P. McPherson and S. Benford. Soma Design for NIME. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    More Info
64. G. Moro and A. P. McPherson. A Platform for Low-latency Continuous Keyboard Sensing and Sound Generation. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
65. A. P. McPherson and G. Lepri. Beholden to Our Tools: Negotiating with Technology while Sketching Digital Instruments. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
66. G. Lepri, A. P. McPherson, A. Nonnis, P. Stapleton, K. Andersen, T. Mudd, P. Bennett and S. Topley. Play Make Believe: Exploring Design Fiction and Absurd Making for Critical NIME Design. New Interfaces for Musical Expression Workshop (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
67. A. Boem, G. M. Troiano, G. Lepri and V. Zappi. Non-Rigid Musical Interfaces: Exploring Practices, Takes, and Future Perspective. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
68. R. Jack, J. Harrison, A. P. McPherson. Digital Musical Instruments as Research Products. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 2020.
    Download PDF
69. G. Lepri. Sonification as Negotiation - Learning from Translation Studies. Proc. Sound and Music Computing (SMC), University of Turin - Polytechnic School and Conservatorio di Musica G. Verdi, Turin, Italy. 2020.
    Download PDF
70. G. Lepri, A. P. McPherson and J. Bowers. Useless, not Worthless: Absurd Making as Critical Practice. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) - Honorable Mention Award, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 2020.
    Download PDF
71. A. P. McPherson and K. Tahiroğlu. Idiomatic Patterns and Aesthetic Influence in Computer Music Languages. Organised Sound. Vol. 25, Issue 1, 2020.
    Download PDF
72. J. Harrison. Instruments and Access: The Role of Instruments in Music and Disability (PhD Thesis). . Issue , 2020.
    Download PDF
73. J. Armitage. An experimental audio-tactile interface for sculpting digital resonance models using modelling clay. Proc. International Conference on Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming. Issue , 2020.
    Download PDF

2019

74. L. Mice and A. P. McPherson.. Embodied Cognition in Performers of Large Acoustic Instruments as a Method of Designing Large Digital Musical Instruments. Proc. Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research Conference, Marseille, France. 2019.
    Download PDF
75. L. S. Pardue and A. McPherson. Real-Time Aural and Visual Feedback for Improving Violin Intonation. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 10, Issue 627, 2019.
    Download PDF
76. L. S. Pardue, K. Buys, M. Edinger, D. Overholt, A. McPherson. Separating sound from source: sonic transformation of the violin through electrodynamic pickups and acoustic actuation. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2019.
    Download PDF
77. C. Nordmoen, J. Armitage, F. Morreale, R. Stewart, A. McPherson. Making Sense of Sensors: Discovery through Craft Practice with an Open-Ended Sensor Material. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), San Diego, Californis, USA. 2019.
    Download PDF
78. G. Lepri and A. P. McPherson. Making Up Instruments: Design Fiction for Value Discovery in Communities of Musical Practice. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), San Diego, Californis, USA. 2019.
    Download PDF
79. G. Lepri and A. P. McPherson. Fictional Instruments, Real Values: Discovering Musical Backgrounds with Non-Functional Prototypes. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2019.
    Download PDF
80. G. Lepri and A. P. McPherson. First-person Research in the Arts: Exploring the Values Behind New Music Technology. Proc. ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), San Diego, Californis, USA. 2019.
    Download PDF
81. A. P. McPherson, F. Morreale, A. Guidi. Designing Creative Tensions between Concept and Embodied Practice. Conference for Human Computer Interaction (CHI) 2019, "Doing Research Through Design" workshop, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 2019.
    Download PDF
82. F. Morreale, A. Guidi, A. P. McPherson. Magpick: an Augmented Guitar Pick for Nuanced Control. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2019.
    Download PDF
83. V. Gourdarzi, A. Gioti, G. Lepri, F. Morreale. Exploring Participatory Sound Art. Proc. International Conference on Music Computing (ICMC) 2019, New York City, New York, USA. 2019.
    Download PDF
84. J. Harrison, A. Chamberlain, A. P. McPherson. Accessible Instruments in the Wild: Engaging with a Community of Learning-Disabled Musicians. Conference for Human Computer Interaction (CHI) 2019, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 2019.
    Download PDF
85. A. McPherson, F. Morreale, J. Harrison. Musical instruments for novices: comparing NIME, HCI and Crowdfunding approaches. New Directions Music and Human-Computer Interaction; Holland, S., Mudd, T., Wilkie-McKenna, K., McPherson, A., Wanderley, M. M. (eds.); Springer. Issue , 2019.
    More Info
86. A. McPherson, S. Benford. Music, design and ethnography: an interview with Steve Benford. New Directions Music and Human-Computer Interaction; Holland, S., Mudd, T., Wilkie-McKenna, K., McPherson, A., Wanderley, M. M. (eds.); Springer. Issue , 2019.
    More Info
87. A. McPherson, B. Verplank. The poetry of strange connections: an interview with Bill Verplank. New Directions Music and Human-Computer Interaction; Holland, S., Mudd, T., Wilkie-McKenna, K., McPherson, A., Wanderley, M. M. (eds.); Springer. Issue , 2019.
    More Info
88. S. Holland, T. Mudd, K. Wilkie-McKenna, A. McPherson, M. M. Wanderley. Understanding Music Interaction, and Why It Matters. New Directions Music and Human-Computer Interaction; Holland, S., Mudd, T., Wilkie-McKenna, K., McPherson, A., Wanderley, M. M. (eds.); Springer. Issue , 2019.
    More Info
89. R. H. Jack. Tangibility and Richness in the Design of Digital Musical Instruments. PhD Thesis, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.. Issue , 2019.
    More Info
90. J. Armitage and A. McPherson. Bricolage in a hybrid digital lutherie context: a workshop study. Proc. Audio Mostly Conference, Nottingham, UK. 2019.
    Download PDF
91. D. Alexander and J. Armitage. LiveCore: Increasing Liveness in a Low-Level Dataflow Programming Environment. Proc. Audio Mostly Conference, Nottingham, UK. 2019.
    Download PDF

2018

92. F. Morreale, J. Armitage and A. McPherson. Effect of Instrument Structure Alterations on Violin Performance. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 9, Issue 2436, 2018.
    Download PDF
93. V. Zappi and A. McPherson. Hackable Instruments: Supporting Appropriation and Modification in Digital Musical Interaction. Frontiers in ICT. Vol. 5, Issue 26, 2018.
    Download PDF
94. R. H. Jack, A. Mehrabi, T. Stockman and A. McPherson. Action-sound Latency and the Perceived Quality of Digital Musical Instruments: Comparing Professional Percussionists and Amateur Musicians. Music Perception. Vol. 36, Issue 1, 2018.
    Download PDF
95. S. M. A. Bin, N. Bryan-Kinns, A. P. McPherson. Risky business: Disfluency as a design strategy. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
    Download PDF
96. G. Lepri, A. P. McPherson. Mirroring the past, from typewriting to interactive art: an approach to the re-design of a vintage technology. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
    Download PDF
97. J. Armitage and A. McPherson. Crafting Digital Musical Instruments: An Exploratory Workshop Study. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
    Download PDF
98. S. Salazar and J. Armitage. Re-Engaging the Body and Gesture in Live Coding. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
    Download PDF
99. A. Sarwate, R. Rose, J. Armitage and J. Freeman. Performance Systems for Live Coders and Non-Coders. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
100. J. Harrison, R. Jack, F. Morreale and A. McPherson. When is a Guitar not a Guitar? Cultural Form, Input Modality and Expertise. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
     Download PDF
101. R. Jack, J.Harrison, F. Morreale and A. McPherson. Democratising DMIs: the relationship of expertise and control intimacy. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
     Download PDF
102. J. Pigrem and A. McPherson. Do We Speak Sensor? Cultural Constraints of Embodied Interaction. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. 2018.
     Download PDF
103. K. Buys and A. McPherson. Real-time bowed string feature extraction for performance applications. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Limassol, Cyprus. 2018.
     Download PDF
104. L. Pardue, A. McPherson and D. Overholt. Improving the Instrumental Learning Experience through Complexity Management. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Limassol, Cyprus. 2018.
     Download PDF
105. L. Donovan. Travelling Wave Control of Stringed Musical Instruments. PhD thesis, Queen Mary University of London. Issue , 2018.
     Download PDF
106. S. M. Astrid Bin. The Show Must Go Wrong: Towards an understanding of audience perception of error in digital musical instrument performance. PhD thesis, Queen Mary University of London. Issue , 2018.
     Download PDF

2017

107. L. Donovan, S. M. A. Bin, J. Armitage, A. P. McPherson. Building an IDE for an embedded system using web technologies. Proc. Audio Mostly, London, UK. 2017.
     Download PDF
108. G. Moro, A. P. McPherson, M. B. Sandler. Dynamic temporal behaviour of the keyboard action on the Hammond organ and its perceptual significance. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. Issue , 2017.
     Download PDF
109. S. M. A. Bin, N. Bryan-Kinns and A. P. McPherson. Hands where we can see them! Investigating the impact of gesture size on audience perception. Proc. International Computer Music Conference, Shanghai, China. 2017.
     Download PDF
110. J. Harrison and A. P. McPherson. Adapting the bass guitar for one-handed playing. Journal of New Music Research. Issue , 2017.
     More Info
111. J. Harrison and A. P. McPherson. An adapted bass guitar for one-handed playing. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2017.
     Download PDF
112. R. Jack and T. Stockman and A. P. McPherson. Maintaining and constraining performer touch in the design of digital musical instruments. Proc. Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) Graduate Student Consortium, Yokohama, Japan. 2017.
     Download PDF
113. F. Morreale and A. P. McPherson. Design for Longevity: Ongoing Use of Instruments from NIME 2010-14. Proc. New Instruments for Musical Expression, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2017.
     Download PDF
114. J. Armitage, F. Morreale and A. P. McPherson. The finer the musician, the smaller the details: NIMEcraft under the microscope. Proc. New Instruments for Musical Expression, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2017.
     Download PDF
115. A. P. McPherson, J. Armitage, S. M. A. Bin, F. Morreale, R. Jack. NIMEcraft Workshop: Exploring the Subtleties of Digital Lutherie. Proc. New Instruments for Musical Expression, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2017.
     Download PDF
116. R. Jack and A. P. McPherson. Rich gesture, reduced control: the influence of constrained mappings on performance technique. 4th International Conference on Movement Computing, London, United Kingdom. 2017.
     Download PDF
117. F. Morreale, G. Moro, A. Chamberlain, S. Benford and A. P. McPherson. Building a maker community around an open hardware platform. Proc. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Denver, USA. 2017.
     Download PDF
118. A. P. McPherson and F. Morreale. Technology and community in toolkits for musical interface design. ACM CHI Workshop on HCI.tools, Denver, USA. 2017.
     Download PDF
119. F. Morreale, R. Masu and A. P. McPherson. Constraining control in mixed-initiative musical interfaces. ACM CHI Workshop on Mixed-Initiative Creative Interfaces, Denver, USA. 2017.
     Download PDF
120. S. M. A. Bin, N. Bryan-Kinns, A. P. McPherson. In-the-moment and beyond: Combining post-hoc and real-time data for the study of audience perception of electronic music performance. Proc. INTERACT, Mumbai, India. 2017.
     Download PDF
121. J. Armitage and A. McPherson. The Stenophone: Live coding on a chorded keyboard with continuous control. Proc. International Conference on Live Coding. Issue , 2017.
     Download PDF

2016

122. R. H. Jack, A. P. 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.
     Download PDF
123. A. P. McPherson, R. Jack and G. Moro. Action-Sound Latency: Are Our Tools Fast Enough?. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Brisbane, Australia. 2016.
     Download PDF
124. S. M. A. Bin, N. Bryan-Kinns and A. P. McPherson. Skip the pre-concert demo: how technical familiarity and musical style affect audience response. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Brisbane, Australia. 2016.
     Download PDF
125. G. Moro, S. A. Bin, R. H. Jack, C. Heinrichs and A. P. McPherson. Making high-performance embedded instruments with Bela and Pure Data. Proc. ICLI, Brighton, United Kingdom. 2016.
     Download PDF
126. C. Sulyok, A. P. McPherson and C. Harte. Evolving the process of a virtual composer. Natural Computing. Issue , 2016.
     Download PDF
127. A. P. McPherson, A. Chamberlain, A. Hazzard, S. McGrath and S. Benford. Designing for exploratory play with a hackable digital musical instrument. Proc. Desiging Interactive Systems, Brisbane, Australia. 2016.
     Download PDF
128. S. Holland, A. P. McPherson et al.. Workshop: Music and HCI. CHI Extended Abstracts, San Jose, CA, USA. 2016.
     More Info
129. R. Jack, T. Stockman and A. P. McPherson. Navigation of pitch space on a digital musical instrument with dynamic tactile feedback. Proc. Tangible and Embodied Interaction, Eindhoven, Netherlands. 2016.

2015

130. V. Zappi and A. McPherson. The D-Box: how to rethink a digital musical instrument. Proc. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), Trondheim, Norway. 2015.
     Download PDF
131. L. Pardue, C. Harte and A. McPherson. A low-cost real-time tracking system for violin. Journal of New Music Research. Vol. 44, Issue 4, 2015.
     Download PDF
132. G. Moro and A. McPherson. Approximating non-linear inductors using time-variant linear filters. Proc. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), Trondheim, Norway. 2015.
     Download PDF
133. D. W. H. Menzies. Technological support for Highland piping tuition and practice. PhD Thesis, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom. 2015.
     Download PDF
134. R. Jack, A. McPherson and T. Stockman. The design of tactile musical devices for the deaf. Proc. International Conference on the Multimodal Experience of Music, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 2015.
     Download PDF
135. A. McPherson. Buttons, handles, and keys: advances in continuous-control keyboard instruments. Computer Music Journal. Vol. 39, Issue 2, 2015.
     Download PDF
136. J. MacRitchie and A. McPherson. Integrating optical finger motion tracking with surface touch events. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 6, Issue 702, 2015.
     Download PDF
137. 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.
     Download PDF
138. D. W. H. Menzies and A. McPherson. Highland piping ornament recognition using Dynamic Time Warping. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. 2015.
     Download PDF
139. L. Donovan and A. McPherson. Active control of a string instrument bridge using the Posicast technique. Proc. AES 138th Convention, Warsaw, Poland. 2015.
140. A. McPherson and V. Zappi. An environment for submillisecond-latency audio and sensor processing on BeagleBone Black. Proc. AES 138th Convention, Warsaw, Poland. 2015.
     Download PDF

2014

141. J. Reiss and A. McPherson. Audio Effects: Theory, Implementation and Application. CRC Press. Issue , 2014.
     More Info
142. V. Zappi and A. McPherson. Design and use of a hackable digital instrument. Proc. Live Interfaces, Lisbon, Portugal. 2014.
     Download PDF
143. V. Zappi and A. McPherson. Dimensionality and appropriation in digital musical instrument design. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, United Kingdom. 2014.
     Download PDF
144. L. Pardue, D. Nian, C. Harte and A. McPherson. Low-latency audio pitch tracking: a multi-modal sensor-assisted approach. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, United Kingdom. 2014.
     Download PDF
145. J. Sokolovskis and A. McPherson. Optical measurement of acoustic drum strike locations. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, United Kingdom. 2014.
     Download PDF
146. L. Donovan and A. McPherson. The talking guitar: headstock tracking and mapping strategies. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, United Kingdom. 2014.
     Download PDF
147. D. Gábana Arellano and A. McPherson. Radear: a tangible spinning music sequencer. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, United Kingdom. 2014.
     Download PDF
148. C. Heinrichs, A. McPherson and A. Farnell. Human performance of computational sound models for immersive environments. The New Soundtrack Journal. Issue , 2014.
     Download PDF
149. C. Heinrichs and A. McPherson. Mapping and interaction strategies for performing environmental sound. IEEE VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments, Minneapolis, USA. 2014.
     Download PDF
150. J. Topliss, V. Zappi and A. McPherson. Latency performance for real-time audio on BeagleBone Black. Linux Audio Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany. 2014.
     Download PDF

2013

151. A. McPherson. Crowdfunding digital musical instruments: a case study. Proc. Innovation in Music Conference, York, United Kingdom. 2013.
152. D. W. H. Menzies and A. McPherson. A digital bagpipe chanter system to assist in one-to-one piping tuition. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Stockholm, Sweden. 2013.
     Download PDF
153. T. Hedges and A. McPherson. 3D gestural interaction with harmonic pitch space. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Stockholm, Sweden. 2013.
     Download PDF
154. A. McPherson and Y. Kim. Piano technique as a case study in expressive gestural interaction. Music and Human-Computer Interaction; Holland, S., Wilkie, K., Mulholland, P. and Seago, A., Ed.; Springer, C7, pp.123-138. Issue , 2013.
     More Info
155. A. McPherson. Portable measuring and mapping of continuous piano gesture. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2013 Best Paper), Seoul, South Korea. 2013.
     Download PDF
156. L. Pardue and A. McPherson. Near-field optical reflectance sensing for violin bow tracking. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Seoul, South Korea. 2013.
     Download PDF
157. A. McPherson, A. Gierakowski and A. Stark. The space between the notes: adding expressive pitch control to the piano keyboard. Proc. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Paris, France. 2013.
     Download PDF
158. L. Vetter, M. Terrell, A. Simpson and A. McPherson. Estimation of overdrive in music signals. Audio Engineering Society 134th Convention, Rome, Italy. 2013.

2012

159. A. McPherson and Y. Kim. The problem of the second performer: building a community around an augmented piano. Computer Music Journal. Vol. 36, Issue 4, 2012.
     Download PDF
160. A. McPherson. Techniques and circuits for electromagnetic instrument actuation. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2012.
     Download PDF
161. A. McPherson. TouchKeys: capacitive multi-touch sensing on a physical keyboard. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2012.
     Download PDF
162. D. W. H. Menzies and A. McPherson. An electronic bagpipe chanter for automatic recognition of Highland piping ornamentation. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2012.
     Download PDF
163. N. C. Britt, J. Snyder and A. McPherson. The EMvibe: an electromagnetically actuated vibraphone. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2012.
     Download PDF
164. J. Snyder and A. McPherson. The JD-1: an implementation of a hybrid keyboard/sequencer controller for analog synthesizers. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2012.
     Download PDF
165. C. Heinrichs and A. McPherson. A hybrid keyboard-guitar interface using capacitive touch sensing and physical modeling. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2012.
     Download PDF
166. C. Heinrichs and A. McPherson. Recreating the parallax effect associated with Fishtank VR in a Real-Time telepresence system using head-tracking and a robotic camera. International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Atlanta, USA. 2012.
167. E. Burdiel, L. Vetter, A. Simpson, M. Terrell, A. McPherson and M. Sandler. Real-time implementation of Glasberg and Moore's loudness model for time-varying sounds. Audio Engineering Society 133rd Convention, San Francisco, CA, USA. 2012.

2011

168. A. McPherson and Y. Kim. Design and applications of a multi-touch musical keyboard. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Padova, Italy. 2011.
     Download PDF
169. B. Dolhansky, A. McPherson and Y. Kim. Designing an expressive virtual percussion instrument. Proc. Sound and Music Computing, Padova, Italy. 2011.
     Download PDF
170. A. McPherson and Y. Kim. Multidimensional gesture sensing at the piano keyboard. Proc. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2011.
     Download PDF

2010

171. A. McPherson. The magnetic resonator piano: electronic augmentation of an acoustic grand piano. Journal of New Music Research. Vol. 39, Issue 3, 2010.
172. A. McPherson and Y. Kim. Augmenting the acoustic piano with electromagnetic string actuation and continuous key position sensing. Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Sydney, Australia. 2010.
     Download PDF