SONOGRAPHY

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SONOGRAPHY IS A CAMERA THAT PHOTOGRAPHS SOUND. USING LIGHT-SENSITIVE PAPER, THE DEVICE CAPTURES DIFFERENT SOUND TONALITIES AND PROJECTS THEM TO CREATE A UNIQUE GRAPHIC PATTERN.

THIS PERSONAL PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED IN EARLY 2021 AS A SYNTHESIA REFLECTION, COMBINING THE HUMAN SENSES OF SOUND AND VISION AND CAPTURING THE MIXTURE IN A PERMANENT IMAGE.

HOW

THE PRODUCT CAPTURES AND PROCESSES THE FREQUENCIES EMITTED BY AN INTEGRATED MICROPHONE, DIVIDING THEM INTO EIGHT DIFFERENT CHANNELS RANGING FROM BASS TO TREBLE. EACH TIME A CHANNEL DETECTS A DECIBEL LEVEL THAT EXCEEDS A PREDETERMINED LIMIT, IT ACTIVATES ONE OF THE EIGHT SERVOS.


EACH SERVO OPENS A SMALL 3D PRINTED SLIDING DOOR, ALLOWING LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH A TINY HOLE AND PROJECT ONTO PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER.

MEANWHILE, A STEPPER MOTOR HOLDS A ROTATING PLATFORM WHERE THE SENSITIVE PAPER IS PLACED. THE RESULT IS A CIRCULAR PATTERN ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER THAT, AFTER BEING DEVELOPED IN A DARKROOM LAB, BECOMES A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SOUND.