Communication Breakdown

Exhibit Electronics and Audio Design

for Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

This tangled maze of large pipes contains 6 microphones and sets of speakers for somewhat convoluted communication. Each station broadcasts its own unique voice changing effect to a station of matching color. 

Hiding in the middle of the pipes is a box containing amplifiers, LED drivers, an audio interface, and PC running Ableton Live. Ableton was used to create all the voice "characters" (a duck, a bear, etc) and manage routing from station to station, as well as some monitoring feedback, properly leveled to avoid the bad kind of feedback.