
These speakers will play sounds of the Rock River’s spillway with ambient birds,
I-280 road traffic, and random flange squeal from an ISE Arduino module. The spillway and bird sounds have a zen-like quality that puts me in a good mood.
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October 28, 2019 — 9:11 am
Very nice – and a really professional installation. Looking at this, I realize I have to up my game on my fascia…
Cheers!
November 3, 2019 — 10:47 am
Nicely done! Did you record the sound files yourself and then load them into the Arduino, or are they stock sounds?
November 4, 2019 — 11:49 am
So far I have downloaded sounds from YouTube and isolated the flange squeals I like and that have good variety. I’ve been encouraged by an audio engineer to make my own recordings by scraping metal together. Sounds intriguing, but I think I’ll stick with the actual prototype sounds. 🙂 I also include sounds of cars popping, and the groans we often hear trackside. This variety makes my approach unique.