Bela News

The latest news about Bela products and events

All About Trails

All About TrailsFive Ways to Think About Polyphonic Touch

2025 Rewind

2025 RewindThe Last Year in Review

Creators on Bela Gem

Creators on Bela GemFive artists realising big ideas with Bela

Prototyping With Neural Networks

Prototyping With Neural NetworksRunning AI models with Bela Gem

Bela Gem: Inside the Stackup

Bela Gem: Inside the StackupA closer look at how Bela Gem Stereo and Multi are physically assembled

Meet Bela Gem: Stereo & Multi

Meet Bela Gem: Stereo & MultiThe next generation of our Bela systems are live on Crowd Supply

Gliss Patch Notes 6

Gliss Patch Notes 6Firmware v2, Gliss 1U: Syncing to the length of a gesture

Gliss Patch Notes 5

Gliss Patch Notes 5Firmware v2, Gliss 1U: Slider and Touch

2024 Rewind

2024 RewindA look back at some of the best community projects from last year

Gliss Patch Notes 4

Gliss Patch Notes 4Using Control mode as a Macro Controller

Gliss 1U and Firmware Update

Gliss 1U and Firmware UpdateExpressive Touch Modulation, Updated and Now in New Format

Gliss Patch Notes 3

Gliss Patch Notes 3Using Notes mode as to generate and transpose sequences

Bela Summer Internship

Bela Summer InternshipInterview with Hao Zheng about Noise, Modular Synthesis and RNBO

Gliss Patch Notes 2

Gliss Patch Notes 2Using Signal mode as a performance attenuator

Gliss Patch Notes 1

Gliss Patch Notes 1Using Record mode synced to a clock for pattern control

2022 Rewind

2022 RewindA look back of some of the best community projects from last year

Trill gets a redesign

Trill gets a redesignThe next generation of Trill are available as part of our Crowd Supply campaign

Gliss Modular Touch Control

Gliss Modular Touch ControlThe campaign for our new Eurorack module for intimate control is now live

Bela's first PhD student

Bela's first PhD studentInterview with Teresa Pelinski about AI, embedded computing and musical instruments

2021 Rewind

2021 RewindA showcase of some of the best community projects from the past year

Interactive Multichannel Audio Just Got Tiny

Interactive Multichannel Audio Just Got TinyIntroducing the Bela Mini Multichannel Expander

Bela turns 5!

Bela turns 5!Celebrating half a decade of beautiful digital interaction

Teaching Spotlight

Teaching SpotlightEmbedded Computing for Music at Case Western Reserve University

Introducing Trill Flex

Introducing Trill FlexTouch sensing that conforms to any surface

The 2020 Bela Project Roundup

The 2020 Bela Project RoundupThe best community projects of the past year

A Pure Data + Bela Course

A Pure Data + Bela CourseLearn to craft interactive sound using visual programming

Pepper

PepperThe Bela-powered DIY synth module

New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2020

New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2020For cutting-edge music research

Absurd Instruments Hackathon

Absurd Instruments HackathonBuilding ridiculous instruments with Bela

The 2019 Bela Project Roundup

The 2019 Bela Project RoundupOur favourite community projects from the past year

Bela’s New IDE

Bela’s New IDE

Introducing Trill

Introducing TrillTouch sensing for makers, now on Kickstarter

Touching opcodes

Touching opcodesLearning Csound through Bela

Learning Bela and Pure Data

Learning Bela and Pure DataExplore musical interaction through visual programming

The 2018 Bela Project Roundup

The 2018 Bela Project RoundupSome highlights from the past year of Bela creations

Teaching Spotlight

Teaching SpotlightLive Electronics at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Introducing the CTAG Multichannel Audio System

Introducing the CTAG Multichannel Audio SystemMultichannel audio for Bela

SALT

SALTThe Bela-powered programmable synth module

Introducing Bela Mini

Introducing Bela MiniTiny yet powerful

SuperCollider and Bela

SuperCollider and BelaLive code your sensors

Upcoming: SuperBooth, Imperial CDT, Anvil Hack III

Upcoming: SuperBooth, Imperial CDT, Anvil Hack IIIBela on the road

Scottish Bela Workshops 2017

Scottish Bela Workshops 2017Bela in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Bela: analogue vs audio

Bela: analogue vs audioThe differences explained