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Weather Thingy by Adrien Kaeser is a sound controller that uses real-time climate-related data to produce sound art. The data is used to modify the settings of the various instruments included in the station. The station consists of three climate sensors: a rain gauge, a wind vane, and an anemometer. The data collected from the three sensors pops up to an interface that allows the user to use the information to generate sound. The device is made with various machines including the Arduino mega. The software that connects the various machines includes Arduino, C ++, and MIDI protocol. I admire the performance aspect of the piece, where the audience can experience the live process of sound generation. The machines are put together in a visually appealing way. Furthermore, openness to human control over the data implementation seems to add more creativity to the project. The artist’s design to compose music through programming, live data collection, and human interaction seems to uplift the artistic sensibility of the entire piece
.https://www.creativeapplications.net/sound/weather-thingy-real-time-climate-sound-controller/