Instruments

Bela-powered musical instruments for exciting interactions with sensors and sounds

Stacco interview with Nicola Privato and Giacomo Lepri

Stacco interview with Nicola Privato and Giacomo LepriIt's almost like training your body to 'feel' the algorithm.

Gliss 1U and Firmware Update

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

What Is It (not) Like to Be a Bat?

What Is It (not) Like to Be a Bat?Exploring the boundaries of consciousness through sound

Open-source effects pedal by Lehel Török

Open-source effects pedal by Lehel TörökBela gets transformed into a powerful and programmable pedal designed for guitarists

[in.tangible]

[in.tangible]Exploring indeterminism in sound art with a tangible and interactive installation

Migrant Sound Stamps

Migrant Sound StampsArgentinian overseas migration brought to life in this interactive sound sculpture

Ephemerides

EphemeridesJune Kuhn experiments with touch sensing and microtonality

Fósil acústico

Fósil acústicoColombian sound installation expands the inner ear to architectonic scales

Principium 3.1

Principium 3.1 Magnetic Matrix Sequencer and Sampling Keyboard

Belle Box

Belle BoxAlex Tkalenko has created a mobile laboratory for experimenting with new instrument designs

Variety Box Effects Pedal

Variety Box Effects PedalMartin Robinson's explorations with Bela, Pure Data and FAUST

Krzysztof Cybulski on Instrument Design

Krzysztof Cybulski on Instrument DesignInterview with the Polish artist about his work and latest instruments

Kuplen: Hands-On Physical Modelling

Kuplen: Hands-On Physical ModellingTactile, tiltable surface with bowed string synthesis

An effects pedal for free improvisation

An effects pedal for free improvisationFinnish musician Jukka Kääriäinen's Bela based guitar pedal

Tom Kessler's guitar machine

Tom Kessler's guitar machineThis idiosyncratic pedal packs in a drum machine, FM synth, and loads of effects

Sabbia: live electronics

Sabbia: live electronicsAn instrument for electroacoustic improvisation

Brassynth

BrassynthA wind instrument for the 21st Century

Crescente

CrescenteElectroacoustic feedback instrument from Portuguese musician Henrik Ferrara

Microtonal Subtractive Synth: KSSL #9

Microtonal Subtractive Synth: KSSL #9Semi-finalist at the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

Soundink by Selenay Kıray

Soundink by Selenay KırayA tool for painting and drawing with waveforms and timbres

Design for microtonality

Design for microtonalityNeod is a new instrument with 53 pitches per octave

Teaching Spotlight

Teaching SpotlightMusic and Audio Programming at Queen Mary University of London

Prism Bell

Prism BellAn oversized musical instrument for large scale musical gestures

Pandora's Box

Pandora's BoxImprovising with an unstable feedback system between the physical and the digital

Trill Guitar

Trill GuitarBuilding a MIDI instrument with the Pi Pico and our Trill touch sensors

The PRP Voyager

The PRP VoyagerPerforming with Pseudo Random Pulses

Rebus

RebusAn instrument for electromagnetic interaction

MORPH

MORPHAn electro-acoustic instrument for gestural sound design

Pulse//Wave

Pulse//WaveConnecting wood and flesh in a sound installation

BenderBox

BenderBoxThe Bela-powered device on Snarky Puppy's Grammy Award Winning Album

The Radiotone X-ray Synthesiser

The Radiotone X-ray SynthesiserSonifying Radioactivity

Digitally Active Drum

Digitally Active DrumAn augmented snare by Peter Williams

Pepper

PepperThe Bela-powered DIY synth module

The Daïs

The DaïsA Haptically Enabled Electronic Instrument

A Synth from Neopixels, Feather M4, and Trill Ring

A Synth from Neopixels, Feather M4, and Trill RingA clever synth built with Trill and Pure Data

Multichannel interactive granulator

Multichannel interactive granulatorA synthesizer by Raphael Panis using Bela, Trill and CTAG

The KeyWi

The KeyWiAn accessible electronic wind instrument

The Boo Box

The Boo BoxAn instrument and effects box by Ishmael Zghoul

Hacking the Five-String Banjo

Hacking the Five-String BanjoRe-imagining the banjo with Bela and Supercollider

Knurl

KnurlReimagining the cello with Bela and Supercollider

On the Division of a String

On the Division of a StringA multichannel installation and performance

Augmented Duxianqin

Augmented DuxianqinAugmenting a traditional Chinese instrument with Bela and Trill Craft

Halldorophone

HalldorophoneAn Icelandic electro-acoustic feedback cello built with Bela

The Ganesh

The GaneshA probability-based Eurorack sequencer

Giraf

GirafA self-contained polyphonic sampler

The Smart Cajón

The Smart CajónA wireless electroacoustic instrument

SALT

SALTThe Bela-powered programmable synth module

Opal Rhythm Computor by DMX Krew

Opal Rhythm Computor by DMX KrewA drum machine and sampler

Kalichord Strum

Kalichord StrumAn instrument that offers nuanced rhythmic strumming

Making the one-handed bass

Making the one-handed bassAccessible instrument design with Bela

Making a percussion instrument with Bela

Making a percussion instrument with BelaHow low-latency makes beautiful percussion possible

The D-Box

The D-BoxA hackable musical instrument made with Bela