Wave and River

“Wave” and "River" are new series of toy instruments created as part of research for the “sound-playground.” ‘Sound-Playground’ is the playground, that i am going to make one day, where the children’s play generates the sound.

Wave

Wave was created as an improvement of the “Block Play Panel” from the previous Mischief series. Instead of pressure sensors, it now uses weight sensors, making the relationship between the weight of the placed blocks and the generated musical scales more accurate.

River

River is an attempt to make Wave smaller and more flexible in structure. By using 4-pin connectors, users can assemble and disassemble hexagonal pillars to create their own shapes. In addition, LEDs were added so that users can intuitively observe the sequencing steps and better understand how the work operates. Instead of weight sensors, it uses Hall sensors and magnets, and an ATtiny85 was used to achieve a more compact design.

Hardware

Both works operate through a master controller that communicates with slave MCUs via the I2C protocol to retrieve sensor values. The master controller converts these values into control voltages (CV) for modular synthesizers and sends them out accordingly.

All source code and 3D models used in the works are released under the GPL license. The source files and models can be accessed through this link.