DIY Sound Amplifier with a Slinky and Cup

DIY Sound Amplifier with a Slinky and Cup Star Wars Sounds with a Slinky (How vibration makes sound) Blaster sounds with a Slinky Made for parents and teachers Science Kits and more https://elementarysciencen.wixsite.com/sciencekits Chapters 0:00 Kids Fun Science Intro 0:06 What you need 0:13 1st experiment Star Wars sounds with Styrofoam cup 0:34 The original blaster sounds heard in the Star Wars were made by the artist Ben Burtt 0:53 2nd experiment with different cups, styrofoam, plastic and paper 0:53 The science behind it 1:40 3rd experiment with string and fingers in your ears. Slinky US Amazon https://amzn.to/3qQSiJh Slinky UK https://amzn.to/3ri25ZA Also try my other Slinky experiment Slinky Drop Science https://youtu.be/FWKGseEQA0g Kids Fun Science Online Store https://teespring.com/stores/kids-fun-science My Filming equipment: Cell Phone Tripod 54 inch Travel Tripod with Bluetooth Remote - https://amzn.to/34REzbB Blue Yeti USB Microphone - https://amzn.to/3ePJwGu Green screen & lights - https://amzn.to/2XT9Yc1 Apple iMac 21.5in 2.7GHz Core i5 8GB memory - https://amzn.to/34ZMIe7 iPhone 8 - https://amzn.to/3byn4zw iMovie for editing Star Wars Sounds with a Slinky works with vibration that makes the sound. With just the slinky it doesn’t make much sound, but when we add a Styrofoam cup, it acts like a speaker and when you gently shake the cup from side to side. You should hear the sound effects that can be similar to those heard in Star Wars! Try bouncing the metal slinky up and down on the floor to get a sharper sound. Now using a combination wrench even adds more. The original blaster sounds heard in the Star Wars were made by the artist Ben Burtt who repetitively hit the high tension wires of a radio mast with a wrench! These sound samples were then taken back to the studio to be eventually heard on the film’s soundtrack. In the case of the metal slinky and the Styrofoam cup, you’re simply transferring vibrations up the slinky into the Styrofoam which also then vibrates. The metal slinky vibrates against foam and creates part of the buzz that you hear, with the rest of the sound being formed by the foam itself vibrating and the sounds echoing within the cup. the larger air space within the cup caused the sound to amplify.