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Posted January 16th 2006 under Sound, Tangible, Toys
Soundgarten by Michael Wolf is a tangible interface that enables children to record, modify and arrange sound samples in a playful way. Designed as a toy, the garden has 19 plug holes that can fit sounds in the form of mushroom objects. Children can use the pre-defined environmental or musical sounds, or use a wireless microphone to record their own. The three levels of the garden control the sound volume.
Each mushroom object is colour coded and contains an icon to indicate the sound. Effects and filters (echo, resonance, play backwards, increase & decrease) can be applied to sounds using the leaf objects. More than one filter object can be used on each sound, helping the child understand musical and sound principles from an early age.
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