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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2026
Jordie Shier, Teresa Pelinski, Charalampos Saitis, Andrew Robertson and Andrew McPherson
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Rescuing Performance from the Demo: Co-Designing Drum Gesture Mappings with a Percussionist
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Proceedings of the 7th Conference on AI Music Creativity (AIMC)
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Berlin, Germany
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2026
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2026
Matthew Davison and Andrew McPherson
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Design Explorations of Instruments and Interactions with Bidirectional Haptic Couplings
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Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
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Barcelona, Spain
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2026
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2026
Teresa Pelinski, Adam Pultz Melbye and Andrew McPherson
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When AI doesn’t sound like AI: Negotiating aesthetic expectations in technology-mediated musical practice
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Organised Sound
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2026
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2026
Andrew McPherson
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Notes Aren't Real: an Anti-Framework for Entangled Instrument Design
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Organised Sound
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2026
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2026
Adam Schmidt and Andrew McPherson
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Sustained Interests: Lorentz Time Division Multiplexing (LTDM) for Active Collocated String Control
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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London, UK
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2026
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2026
Francisco Bernardo and Andrew McPherson
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Z-Wah: Appropriating the Wah via Digital Impedance Synthesis
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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London, UK
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2026
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2026
Matthew Davison, Adam Schmidt and Andrew McPherson
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Techniques for Closely-Coupled Sensing and Actuation in Digital Musical Instruments
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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London, UK
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2026
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2026
Brittney Allen and Andrew McPherson
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On Values, Technological Mediation, and the Artifacts they Create
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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London, UK
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2026
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2026
June Kuhn and Andrew McPherson
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Ephemerides: A Microtonal Feedback Instrument Based On Transgender Voice Training Technique
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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
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London, UK
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2026
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2025
Lewis Wolstanholme, Jordie Shier, Rodrigo Constanzo, and Andrew McPherson
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Drum Modal Feedback: Concept Design of an Augmented Percussion Instrument
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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
Jordie Shier, Rodrigo Constanzo, Charalampos Saitis, Andrew Robertson, and Andrew McPherson
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Designing Percussive Timbre Remappings: Negotiating Audio Representations and Evolving Parameter Spaces
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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, 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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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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