event
Synth Design Hackathon 2023

CONEstruction

A musical instrument inspired by the sound of construction
Ableton
Touch sensor
Arduino
prompt
A reclaimed artefact
category
Performance instrument
category
Performance instrument

Coaches & collaborators

institute
Betzalel Academy Jerusalem
Inspired by the rebuilding and moving of our academy to a new campus, and being constantly surrounded by construction, we decided to create a noise box using a traffic cone and other materials we found in the construction zone. We utilized the objects that we now see on our day to day as hazardous, and reclaimed the noise that is taking over our academy, from loud and destructive construction noises into music.
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the tech

How does it work?

A traffic cone, Office rubberbands and metal plate & spring connected to create an electric musical instrument connected to Ableton using Piezoelectric microphones in order to create new sounds.
Open source code
Click here to grab this project's code
Ableton
Music production program
Touch sensor
A touch capacitance sensor can detect anything that is conductive
Arduino
About the instrument
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