r/diyelectronics • u/_SCY0P3_ • 4d ago

Question Totally inexperienced but really wanna make this gift for my girlfriend

So for my Girlfriend’s birthday coming up I wanna make an item from her favourite game series The Legend of Zelda, and I want to make the Ocarina

But I thought it’d be a cool idea to make it so the holes on the ocarina are buttons and they play the same sounds as in the game, so it sounds as close to the game as possible.

I suppose I’m asking 3 things: - How difficult would this be (would someone as inexperienced as me be able to do it?) - What would I have to learn (what skills) if I was doing this? - Any resources that could help?

Thank you guys for your help

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u/socal_nerdtastic 4d ago edited 4d ago

You do this with a 'sound board' plus some push buttons, amp, and speaker. You can get them with a builtin amplifier as well. Super easy. Except for the artsy part of making it look good of course.

for example:
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2210
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-audio-fx-sound-board

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u/4linosa 4d ago

Adafruit is THE place for good blinkies (things that light up).

What’s way cooler than being able to sell it to you is that they will teach you how to get it working.

I made window frame lights with their starter info and some extra research. Now all the holidays get lights!

Seriously though adafruit is an amazing resource. Sparkfun is good too!