Projects
Here you can find some of our current and past research directions, including new instruments and tools, studies with musicians, and theoretical work. For a comprehensive list of our papers, see Publications. For a user-focused summary of objects and systems we've created, see Instruments and Tools.
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Designing high-performance tools for instrument makers
Electromagnetically augmented acoustic piano
Augmenting the keyboard with capacitive touch sensing
Exploring the relational experience of (in)audible installation art
Enabling bidirectional interaction between physical and digital domains in instrument designs
Investigating how value systems and moral commitments manifest within design processes and outcomes
Collaborations with disabled musicians to address access barriers to musical performance
Discovering the musical values inscribed into digital instruments.
Understanding the influence that a DMI’s physical size and layout has on the performances and compositions.
Sensing Intention, Imagery, and Bodily Relationships with sEMG.
Exploring how craft practice in digital lutherie be supported and augmented.
A hackathon around the themes of absurd musical interfaces, questionable sonic interactions and unworkable music designs.
Projects for instrument learning and new performance possibilities
Exploring how tactile feedback and physical interaction impact the performance of digital musical instruments.
Examining how relationships between musicians and their instruments, reveal deep cultural and technical entanglements.
Exploring expressive control in computational audio.
Designing instruments for creative appropriation and misuse
