The answer, my friend, is written on a Raspberry Pi 3 in this wind chime installation

At The Minories Galleries in Colchester, something is travelling on the wind. Sound artist Frazer Merrick has taken a set of wind chimes and connected them up to a Makey Makey board. The Makey Makey is then connected to a Raspberry Pi 3 which runs a Scratch script. The Scratch script interprets touches and movements of the chimes into additional sound, which are then player back through a set of headphones connected to the Pi. The effect is quite hypnotic:

Frazer has written up how he made it, and you can find the write-up on Instructables. You can read more about the project, and Frazer’s other work, over on his website.

 

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