RFID Beat Box

The RFID Beat Box is a instrument that allows a user to create and play music by placing RFID tags into wooden bowls. The tags, designed as small vinyl record discs, are labeled by color and each tag/disc activates a unique sound. The top of the instrument has four wooden bowls, each labelled by color to indicate a certain instrument/musical type (drums, guitar, bass and synth loops). The user can place the tags/discs into the bowls to layer and experiment with the different musical options. We also incorporated colored LEDs that blink to the music when a disc is placed into the each bowl.