Sensor Sounds, Part 1: Introduction
From OK Go Sandbox · 2020
4 min3rd4th5th6thTechnologyScience
Summary
The first of the Sensor Sounds set: using the sensors already inside a phone or tablet — motion, light, compass — to trigger and control sounds. An accessible entry to designing with technology and making music from data.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
The device in your pocket is full of sensors that can 'feel' the world.
- What is a sensor, and what can it detect?
- How could moving a device turn into a sound?
- What sensor would you want to turn into an instrument?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: sensor, input, output, design.
Try it: List three sensors a phone might have and, for each, name a sound you could trigger with it.