How to build an interactive sound installation when you have little money. The presentation discusses different options such as using existing technologies such as audiocubes, or DIY kits such as Arduino.

1. How to Design a Great
Interactive Sound Installation
on a Budget?
By Percussa: http://www.percussa.com
you can read the article here
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2. Why do I need an Interactive
Sound Installation?
Let your visitors interact
with each other, sounds
and visuals.
Introduce people to new
technologies, art and
sound.
Hydraulophone Word-of-mouth: it will
make them excited and
talk about your event and
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3. How can I build an Interactive
Sound Installation?
Build your own electronics
from scratch.
Use a do it yourself kit,
such as an Arduino.
Use a higher level solution
you can quickly integrate
into your installation, such Electronics Percussa AudioCubes
as Percussa AudioCubes.
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4. Building your own
electronics: pro and con
PRO: you have full control on
how your installation works
and looks like.
CON: takes a large amount
of time to build.
CON: requires quite some
expertise.
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5. Use a do it yourself kit (e.g.
Arduino): pro & con
PRO: requires less expertise
than building an installation
from scratch.
CON: you need to build a
robust solution based on an
open source platform which
still takes a lot of time (and Arduino RS-232 serial communication
time = money).
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6. Use a higher level solution, Percussa
AudioCubes: pro and con (1)
PRO: well-supported
platform with several tools
and libraries to make your
own software.
PRO: built from the ground
up and reliable (more than 10
years of R&D).
PRO: building your interactive
sound installation in a very
short time frame.
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7. Use a higher level solution, Percussa
AudioCubes: pro and con (2)
PRO: free and
professional 24h
support from the
developers who created
AudioCubes.
CON: costs more than
DIY tools, but you get
what you pay for.
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8. How do AudioCubes work?
AudioCubes are smart
light-emitting cubes.
Detect each other’s
position, location and
sense distances.
You can build a large
network of cubes: upto
16 cubes per USB Lysets Lyd: Interactive Light and Sound installation
with 12 AudioCubes (by Kim Pedersen)
connection.
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9. Case study: Interactive Sound Installation
using AudioCubes by Kim Pedersen (1)
Used AudioCubes to build an
interactive sound and light installation.
Instead of building an installation from
scratch, he opted for AudioCubes to
save time.
Kim Pedersen
The installation was shown at the Vor
Frue Kirke (Church) in Copenhagen.
Visitors manipulate sound simply by
grasping, turning, and touching the
cubes.
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10. Case study: Testimonial by Kim Pedersen
Kim’s testimonial about using AudioCubes for his interactive light and sound installation.
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11. Case study: Video of Interactive
Installation Kim Pedersen.
Click HERE to watch the video
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12. Next:
get free advice on building an amazing
interactive installation or a quote for an
installation with AudioCubes ...
Contact us
More info what are audiocubes
Check out the AudioCubes developer page
More info about Kim Pedersen
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