Sound Board Makey Makey

My team and I created a way to give a smaller and simpler version of the hallway symphony project to test the idea, artistically and technically. We used everyone’s strengths to make this possible.

Supplies

Materials

• Makey Makey
• Scratch programmed into your computer
• foamboard
• cardboard
• card stocked
• tape
• 2 sheets of tin foil
• alligator clips
• 2 wires

Step 1: Grab Materials

1. Gather all your materials, first the foam board, cardboard, tinfoil, cardstock, and duck tape
2. Cut cardstock, cardboard, and tinfoil to the size of foam board
3. Cut the cardboard into a rectangle form the inside

Step 2: Assembling Base

1. Attach the foil to the foam board by using tape
2. Poke two holes into foam board covered with tin foil and feed wire through to the back
3. Place the cardboard frame on top of the foam board and secure it with tape
4. Cover the back of the cardstock in tin foil and keep it tight with tape
5. keep the cardstock to the other parts by taping the edges

Step 3: Makey Makey

1. connect the USB to your computer/laptop
2. Attach alligator clips to the wire poking out from the base
3. Using. Makey Makey, attach one clip to the space
4. Attach other clip to the ground

Step 4: Program Scratch

1. Go to scratch on your computer
2. From the event section, drag "When____ is pressed" (you will need to pick a key)
3. From the sound section drag "Play sound___" into the previous command
4. you can pick any key you want