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Scottish Bela Workshops 2017
In February 2017 we organised workshops in Edinburgh and Glasgow in collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art and the Music Department at Glasgow University.The workshop kit we used to build up the...
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Axis: A kinetic sculpture made with Bela
Axis is a kinetic sculpture that is made to illustrate the irrational number Phi. It is constructed out of paper, and its movement is created with 20 stepper motors controlled by Bela. In this post...
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Upcoming: SuperBooth, Imperial CDT, Anvil Hack III
We are excited to be participating in three events next week; the Superbooth modular synthesizer trade show in Berlin (20-22 April), the Imperial College London CDT Festival of Science (21 April), and...
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LovePad: Bela and Soft Robotics at Goldsmiths' Sex Technology Hackathon
NSFW Warning: this post contains no explicit imagery, but does reference adult themes.This post describes the LovePad, a sensory play interface which was awarded the Best in Show prize during...
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Kalichord Strum by Dan Moses
The Kalichord Strum is an instrument designed to offer nuanced rhythmic strumming to keyboardists. In this post, creator Dan Moses explains the design and thinking behind this innovative new...
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Bela Projects: Skull Music
Pierre Tardif shared this video of a performance he did as part of the Water Tower Festival 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria.Pierre created a custom instrument from a sheep’s skull, Bela and other bits of sound...
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Interactive Spatial Audio Workshop
The first Soundstack workshop on interactive spatial audio.In September 2017 the first Soundstack workshop for spatial audio took place at Queen Mary University of London. The day-long event was...
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Till Bovermann's tips and pointers for using Bela
Till Bovermann has put a series of tips and tricks for using Bela on his website that cover topics such as connecting bela to wifi, SuperCollider and interfacing with hardware.Based in Berlin, Till...
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SuperCollider and Bela: live code your sensors
This post is an update on the latest developments in using SuperCollider with Bela. It explains how to get SuperCollider running on Bela and how you can start live coding your projects.Bela is a...
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Acapela cape and case for Bela
Acapela is a very useful breakout cape and case for Bela created by Juan Gil that makes it easy to prototype on the go.Acapela is composed of two things, a circuit board and a box (or enclosure). The...
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An Ensemble of Instruments by Fedde ten Berge: of Nature and Things
In this post we present the work of Dutch artist Fedde ten Berge who has created a beautiful and dazzling ensemble of instruments that use Bela.Fedde ten Berge is a sound artist who creates work across...
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TSR by Ege Gonul: Bela on the Trans-Siberian Railway
In this post we present TSR, a 4-track sampler and sequencer groovebox created by Ege Gonul.Ege built this instrument to use as a mobile music studio during a train journey throughout Siberia (the name...
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Introducing the new Bela Mini
Bela Mini is the latest evolution of Bela, the open-source platform for responsive audio and sensor processing. It is now available for pre-order at a special discounted price.Preorder nowOver the past...
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Sverm-Resonans: interactive installation with resonating guitars and Bela
Sverm-Resonans is an interactive installation developed for the Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Oslo which features 6 suspended guitars, each fitted with an actuator, distance sensor and a...
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ChandeLIA: sound, light and brass by Lia Mice
The ChandeLIA is a suspended musical instrument created by Lia Mice that transforms a chandelier into an audio-visual performance instrument.Performing with sound, light and brassThe performer creates...
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Interactive Spatial Audio Workshop
The first Soundstack workshop on interactive spatial audio.In September 2017 the first Soundstack workshop for spatial audio took place at Queen Mary University of London. The day-long event was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Till Bovermann's tips and pointers for using Bela
Till Bovermann has put a series of tips and tricks for using Bela on his website that cover topics such as connecting bela to wifi, SuperCollider and interfacing with hardware.Based in Berlin, Till...
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SuperCollider and Bela: live code your sensors
This post is an update on the latest developments in using SuperCollider with Bela. It explains how to get SuperCollider running on Bela and how you can start live coding your projects.Bela is a...
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Acapela cape and case for Bela
Acapela is a very useful breakout cape and case for Bela created by Juan Gil that makes it easy to prototype on the go.Acapela is composed of two things, a circuit board and a box (or enclosure). The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Ensemble of Instruments by Fedde ten Berge: of Nature and Things
In this post we present the work of Dutch artist Fedde ten Berge who has created a beautiful and dazzling ensemble of instruments that use Bela.Fedde ten Berge is a sound artist who creates work across...
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