In the Press

Explore media coverage and news mentions of the Augmented Instruments Laboratory. This press archive highlights where our work has been featured in articles, interviews, and research news.

General Lab Articles

The Guardian (2019). We Need to Put Inclusion at the Start of the Process - the Disabled Musicians Making Their Own Instruments

Kitmonsters (2018). Instruments Lab: Hackoustic Field Trip

Motherboard - Vice (2016). Tomorrow's Musical Instruments

New Scientist (2014). Dream Job: Digital instrument creator

Bela

Synthtopia (2018). Bela Mini, An Open Hardware Platform For Audio, Now Available


Hackster.io
(2018). The New Bela Mini, Low-Latency Audio in a Smaller Package


Synthtopia
(2016). New Ultra-Low-Latency Interactive Audio Platform, Bela


Synthtopia
(2016). Interactive Audio Platform Bela Project Fully Funded, Announces Stretch Goals


Matrixsynth
(2016). Bela: an embedded platform for audio and sensor processing


Keyboards.de
(2016). Kickstarter: Die Low-Latency Audioplattform "Bela"

Hackable Instruments

BBC World Service (2014). Hackable Instruments on BBC Click

EPSRC (2014). Digital music gets a cubist makeover

How We Get To Next (2014). Making music hackable again

Magnetic Resonator Piano

VICE (2014). These New Puritans: "The Light in Your Name" (Live with magnetic resonator piano)

FACT (2014). These New Puritans presents installation of unique magnetic resonator piano heard on Field of Reeds

Pitchfork (2013). These New Puritans, Field of Reeds interview

Philadelphia Enquirer (2011). With glowing sound, magnetic resonator piano attracts attention

TouchKeys

MIDI.org (2018). TouchKeys: expressive multi-touch sensing on the piano keyboard

Synthtopia (2016). TouchKeys creator Andrew McPherson on bringing new expression to musical keyboards

Synthtopia (2016). TouchKeys bring new expression to traditional keyboards

Sound On Sound (2014). Touch Sensitive: the TouchKeys project

Create Digital Music (2013). Multi-touch with your current keyboard, and how expressive, crowd-funded keys stack up

Time (2013). What if your piano's keys supported multitouch and gesture control?

New Scientist (2013). Sensitive piano keys let pianists create new sounds

Electronics Weekly (2013). TouchKeys electronic piano plays by sensors

Gizmag (2013). TouchKeys brings multitouch tech to piano-style keyboard

Engaget (2013). TouchKeys overlay brings whole new meaning to 'tickling the ivories'

Synthtopia (2013). New TouchKeys keyboard mod meets classic CS-80 synth sounds

Synthtopia (2013). New TouchKeys keyboard meets a modular synthesizer

Hackaday (2013). Touch control for every key on the keyboard

Techcrunch (2013). TouchKeys combines multi-touch and keyboards for musical magic

Fast Company Labs (2013). Why every real-world instrument should be touch sensitive

Popular Science (2013). Why hasn't there been a multitouch piano before now?

Rekkerd.org (2013). Andrew McPherson introduces TouchKeys multi-touch musical keyboard

Music Radar (2013). TouchKeys to bring DIY multi-touch expression to any keyboard

Geeky Gadgets (2013). TouchKeys multi-touch musical keyboard

Audio Fanzine (2013). TouchKeys adds Multitouch to your keyboards

Hispasonic (2013). TouchKeys, agregando funciones multi-touch a un teclado convencional

Sonic State (2013). TouchKeys retrofit multi-touch kit

Attack Magazine (2013). TouchKeys hits Kickstarter

MusicApps (Brazil) (2013). TouchKeys: um projeto que pode revolucionar a maneira de tocar teclados e sintetizadores

Creative Industries KTN (2013). Member in the spotlight: TouchKeys multi-touch musical keyboard launches on Kickstarter

OrganFax (2013). TouchKeys - A New Keyboard Controller

KitMonsters (2013). TouchKeys interview

Digital Bagpipes

BBC Breakfast (2018). World's first one-handed bagpipe player

Digital Trends (2017). Digital bagpipes aren't destroying Scotland's heritage, they're helping save it