The Sound Pipes: a project that allows people to create their own soundscape adventure using different colors to produce layers of sound.

The project Sound Pipes uses the color of balls and varying sizes of PVC pipes to create different sounds. A pipe of longer length would relate to larger organisms, such as a lion roaring or a falling tree.  A short pipe would relate to a frog croaking in the swamp or monkeys chattering in the trees. The colors of the balls are also associated with different concepts of nature.  For example, green represents flora,  blue represents water, yellow represents, and the other colors relate to animals in the ecosystem. 

This project was designed to engage the users' imagination through the use of sound. Sound Pipes was designed more towards elementary children, but all people can  enjoy using it. Sound pipes can also be used as a relaxation tool through the soothing sounds that the user can trigger. Some of the problems that the creators of the Sound Pipes faced was that the color sensor needed about three seconds to read the color of the ball. The creators designed a “Ball Stopper” that was 3D printed to fit the precise measurements of the tube. The design of this mechanism went through many iterations in order to ensure more accurate reading of the color sensor. Two other problems that the creators of the Sound Pipes had to overcome was housing the electronic equipment as well as keeping the lighting conditions of the color sensor consistent. Both of these problems were solved through the design of the box. The box allowed more than enough space to house the Arduino, breadboard, and the servo motor. It also created an environment where light remained the same regardless where the installation was placed. 

The creators of sound pipes envision this installation to occupy a massive field, allowing pipes to be spread out and give the users' more freedom of imagination.