Nagy “Stc“ Ágoston, Juhász Márton András and myself produced this first test to show one of many touch canvases for a larger sound reactive exhibition.

The pad was made using conductive thread, wired to an Arduino microcontroller. As a hand is placed on the pad, the human body provides resistance which can be measured to act as a switch. The touch pad can trigger a note, chord or effect that will always relate to the “base note” of the installation. This way the sound can change over time and the sounds will still work well together.

The theme was communities and our proposal was to make an installation to bring communities together through generating music. We were aiming for something that was easy for people to understand, explore and play with.