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Making Sounds and
Composing Rhythms
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Drum Machine
04/13/2004
I was trying to make an instrment that makes a sound by pushing a button.

My biggest problem was when I had to make the procedures for the cricket so I could make the cricket do what I wanted it to do. I could get the instrument to play by using my hand, but not when it used the motor. I over came this problem by asking my friends and my teacher for help.

My sound maker didn’t change but my sound maker rhythm changed. I changed my rhythm because it was too crowded before. It was just one long sound. There were no pauses in between the notes. Now it doese make a rhythm.

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Watch a movie of my finished project.

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This shows the sensors and the rhthym machine’s dark spots about to go past the red light sensor.

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This shows my cricket procedure. It makes the sound maker make sound by turning on the motor when a dark spot goes by the light sensor.

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This picture shows our band of machines. There are three sound makers.

Making Sounds and
Composing Rhythms
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