We create inclusive digital tools that help people communicate, learn, and interact with technology in ways that work for them. Our projects combine thoughtful design, accessibility-first development, and creative problem solving to make software that is practical, flexible, and easy to use.
Use Phrasis to analyse MIDI, explore harmony, generate musical ideas, and shape arrangements before moving them into production. It is built for theory-aware composition, accessible piano-roll editing, and fast sketching when you want to turn rough ideas into structured material.
Go to PhrasisUse TrackAble to build songs, edit patterns, route MIDI, and refine performance-ready sequences. It combines accessible sequencing tools, lyric and marker workflows, MIDI FX, and detailed piano-roll control so ideas can be arranged, developed, and prepared for external instruments or software.
Go to TrackAbleJoyToMIDI is a browser-based prototype for turning game controller input into MIDI data. It is designed for experimentation, alternative-access performance setups, and flexible controller mapping when a keyboard or conventional interface is not the right fit.
The prototype currently focuses on routing MIDI output, setting response behaviour, and building custom mappings that can support expressive performance or simplified access to music-making tools.
Web MIDI is not supported in every browser, so JoyToMIDI works best in browsers such as Chrome or Edge on desktop.
Go to JoyToMIDIExplore a growing collection of Alien Instruments projects, experiments, and creative tools. Alongside the main Alien Instruments website, this collection brings together additional accessible instruments, sound design environments, MIDI tools, accessibility utilities, and interactive experiments. Each project continues the same approach found across Alien Instruments: browser-based technology, customisable interfaces, keyboard access, screen reader support, and alternative ways to create, control, and explore sound.
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