This bulbous-looking instrument is made for music therapy and inclusive design, too

Musicians already know well this feeling of expressing with an instrument what words cannot. The open Omniphone instrument does that for some of the people who may desire it most – but who are too often left at the sidelines of music technology.

Fenestra supports visually impaired musicians and synthesis; here’s why it matters

Serious visual impairment or blindness is not a fringe case. And yet, a lot of electronic music technology is designed as if everyone has perfect vision. From Riga, Latvia, here’s an effort to change that attitude – and support those musicians.

Peter Kirn - October 13, 2020

Bionic synthesis: artists make music with a prosthetic arm, eye motion

Accessibility in music can mean expanding expression beyond what is normally physically possible. For one artist, that means jacking a prosthesis as CV – for another, overcoming paralysis to make music with eyes alone. Bertolt Meyer was already producing and DJing, even with a birth condition that left him without the lower portion of one […]

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2020

An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines

Peter Kirn - June 10, 2019

Apple’s latest GarageBand will help you learn an instrument, for free

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2018

The KellyCaster reveals what accessibility means for instruments

Ashley Elsdon - September 20, 2017

A New Lab Opens Music Making to People with Learning Disabilities

- July 1, 2014

Eye-Tracking Interfaces and More April Fools’ Creations We Could Have in Real Life

- April 1, 2010

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