Arduino Wind Instrument

I wanted to create an Arduino instrument that was easy to play, but would sound better with practice. This "wind" instrument combines the Sparkfun Electret Microphone breakout board with the Tone library and 5 buttons on one analog pin. The musician must make a sound or blow into the microphone in order to enable the buttons. The buttons use the input from the microphone to determine what frequency to play. One of the buttons disables the buttons and the musician must make a sound or blow into the microphone to re-enable the instrument.

If you're blowing into the microphone, be careful, too much practice can make you dizzy! 

Step 1 Parts

1 Arduino Microcontroller
1 Breakout Board for Electret Microphone (BOB-09964 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/996 )
1  8-ohm speaker
5  1KΩ resistors
1  100Ω resistor#
5  6mm Tactile switch, flat top Model # SW-6mm-TACT-FLAT-01 
(http://www.allspectrum.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=298 )
1 Solderless breadboard
22-AWG hookup wire

Comments

[TheWaddleWaaddle]

The link for the Sparkfun Electret Breakout Board is broken. The ending is actually "9964", not "996".
-TheWaddleWaaddle

[hardwarehank]

Shouldn't this be in the Arduino category?

[REA]

ive always wondered, and please forgive me if this is common knowledge, why do people bridge the two sides "rails" together?

[xtremd]

You mean the long red and black wires at the bottom of the schematic? It is because the side rails are not connected to each other (the left side vs right side of the board). You need to connect them together if you want easy access to power and ground on each side of the breadboard. It's just a standard thing that people do to make their lives easier when wiring breadboards.

[REA]

Ok, I get it now. Thanks!