Final Project

06/29/2024

Description

The sound altar is a ritual/contemplative piece that is a miniature of the cosmos and functions as a sythesizer and small reverberation chamber. It's an object for playing with sound as a form of meditation, offering, prayer and grounding.

Slide

Video

Bill of Materials

Electronics

• 1 x ESP32 WROOM: €4,57
• 8 Switches: €5,00
• 3 Potentiometers: €3,00
• 2 Circuit Boards: €3,00
• Jumper wires: €3,00
• 2 SL 87 FS - 8 OHM speakers: €32,00
• 1 generic AC/DC wall adapter: €6,00
• 1 PAM8610 Mini Stereo AMP: €8,50
• 1 Bela Mini Kit: €150,00

Housing + Components

• Black PLA for 3D printer: around €5,00
• Transparent TPU for 3D printer: around € 0,98
• 1 medium sheet of Plywood or MDF: €15,00
• 1 20x40cm Bronze plate: €10,00

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Files

Speakers

• Speaker face
• Speaker Body
• Speaker Grill

Synth Body

• Synth Body 3D
• Synth Body Drawing

Touchpad

• Touchpad

Button Pad

• Button Pad

Legs

• Synth Legs

MIDI controller

• MIDI

Pure Data + Arduino Code

• Code

Sourced materials

PAM8610 Amplifier

Bela Mini

Trill Craft

Speakers

Thank You

Thank you to the entire team at Fab Lab Barcelon. Thank you to Josep, Julia and Adai for your incredible help and attention, which was admirable. Thank you to each and every one of my classmates. I have learned so much from all of you and could have not done it without you. I understand how my brain works in such a better way thanks to watching you all work.