Tacana
Group Project with Lidia Dynes-Martinez, Jacob Mitchell and Tessa Smulders
October / December 2016
Brief: Design and build a noise making machine.
Outcome: A rain-forest soundscape simulator
Contribution: Geneva mechanism, Rainsticks, Assembly, Control Panel
Rain
A Geneva mechanism provides an intermittent motion, turning the rainsticks producing the sound of the monsoon.
Whistling Bird
Thunder
A string - disk disturbs a thunderdrum; an instrument made up of a spring and hollow tube.
Warbler
The same mechanism is used for both the whistle and warbler. A motor powered crank slider forces a set of bellows open and closed, sending air through the warbler and whistle creating noise.
Control
A Raspberry Pi running a Python script toggled the motors via a breadboard control panel.
