Publications

This page contains published papers from the Augmented Instruments Laboratory, organised by date. Explore our latest research on musical instrument desgn, human-computer interaction, signal processing, performance studies and critical theory.

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2025

T. Pelinski, G. Moro and A. McPherson
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pybela: A Python library to interface scientific and physical computing
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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Canberra, Australia
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2025
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2025

F. Caspe, A. McPherson and M. Sandler
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Neural Audio Synthesis for Non-Keyboard Instruments
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WASPAA 2025: IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics.
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2025
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2025

F. Caspe, A. McPherson and M. Sandler
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Waveform Autoencoding at the Edge of Perceivable Latency
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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2025
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2025

F. Caspe, J. Shier, M. Sandler., C. Saitis and A. McPherson
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Designing Neural Synthesizers for Low-Latency Interaction
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Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
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2025
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2025

F. Bernardo, M. Davison, and A. McPherson
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Impedance Synthesis for Hybrid Analog-Digital Audio Effects
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Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx25)
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Ancona, Italy
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2025
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2025

N. Robson
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Human-Sound Interaction: The Relational Experience of (In)Audible Installation Art
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2025
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2025

N. Robson, A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns
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Listening Together-Apart: On the Social Mediation of Sound Installation Listening
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20th International Audio Mostly Conference (AM '25)
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Coimbra, Portugal
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2025
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2025

N. Robson, A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns
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Negotiating Entanglements in the Composition and Curation of an Ultrasonic Art Installation
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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Canberra, Australia
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2025
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2025

T. Pelinski, A. McPherson and R. Fiebrink
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Ways of knowing, ways of writing: technical practice research in new musical instrument design
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Journal of New Music Research
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2025
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2025

A. McPherson, L. Morrison, M. Davison and M. M. Wanderley
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On mapping as a technoscientific practice in digital musical instruments
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Journal of New Music Research
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2025
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2024

J. Martinez Avila, A. Hazzard, C. Greenhalgh, S. Benford and A. McPherson
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The Stretchy Strap: supporting encumbered interaction with guitars
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Journal of New Music Research
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2024
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2024

N. Robson, A. McPherson and N. Bryan-Kinns
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Thinking with Sound: Exploring the Experience of Listening to an Ultrasonic Art Installation
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Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
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Hawaii, USA
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2024
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2024

C. Reed, M. Pearce and A. McPherson
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Auditory imagery ability influences accuracy when singing with altered auditory feedback
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Musicae Scientiae
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2024
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2024

L. Morrison
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Timbre Space: On the Flat History of a Multidimensional Metaphor
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Music and Science
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2024
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2024

B. Hayes, J. Shier, G. Fazekas, A. McPherson, C. Saitis
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A review of differentiable digital signal processing for music and speech synthesis
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Frontiers in Signal Processing
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2024
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2024

J. Harrison and A. McPherson
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Instruments, Ecosystems and Access: ADMIs in the Wild
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Journal of New Music Research
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2024
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2024

C. N. Reed, A. Benito, F. Caspe and A. McPherson
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Shifting Ambiguity, Collapsing Indeterminacy: Designing with Data as Baradian Apparatus
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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI)
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2024
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2024

J. Shier, C. Saitis, A. Robertson and A. McPherson
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Real-time timbre remapping with differentiable DSP
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Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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2024
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2024

J. Pigrem, J. Christensen, A. McPherson, R. Timmers, L. de Witte and J. MacRitchie
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Agency and creativity in musical interaction for those living with dementia and cognitive decline
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Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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2024
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2024

M. Davison and A. P. McPherson
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A self-sensing vibrotactile transducer for bidirectional interaction
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Proc. Eurohaptics (work in progress)
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Lille, France
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2024
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2024

M. Davison, C. J. Webb, M. Ducceschi and A. P. McPherson
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A self-sensing haptic actuator for tactile interaction with physical modelling synthesis
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Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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2024
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2024

L. Morrison and A. McPherson
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Entangling Entanglement: A Diffractive Dialogue on HCI and Musical Interactions
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Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
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Hawaii, USA
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2024
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2023

J. Pigrem, J. MacRitchie and A. McPherson
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Instructions Not Included: Dementia-Friendly approaches to DMI Design
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Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
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Mexico City
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2023
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2023

J. Armitage, T. Magnusson and A. McPherson
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A Scale-Based Ontology of Digital Musical Instrument Design
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Proc. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
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Mexico City
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2023
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2023

C. N. Reed, P. Strohmeier and A. McPherson
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Negotiating Experience and Communicating Information Through Abstract Metaphor
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Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
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Hamburg, Germany
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2023
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Other Outputs

Laura Blue, Kevin Grey
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Mental Health in the Digital Age
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Journal of Mental Health
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2023
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Michael Green, Sarah Black
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Sustainable Energy Solutions
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Renewable Energy Journal
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2023
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Emily White, Robert Brown
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Advancements in Artificial Intelligence
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Journal of AI Research
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2023
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Alice Johnson, Mark Lee
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Climate Change and Global Health
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Global Health Perspectives
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2023
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John Doe, Jane Smith
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The Impact of Technology on Education
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International Journal of Educational Technology
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2023
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