Interactive posters - proximity sensing to trigger audio

posted this in the interactive art forum but realised i should have put it here instead. sorry

Hello everyone,

i am super super new to the forum and to the world of arduino and programming so i was wondering if you could advise me on a project im trying to complete.

I have been experimenting with combining technologies to make interesting new work from printed visuals.

I am looking to create a poster that plays audio when it detects the presence of a person.

i've been using conductive ink for the posters and i have manage to use an arduino to create a basic capacitive proximity sensor when connected to the ink.

i want to move on to the next step which is to make this sensor trigger audio but i have no idea how to go about it or program it. I've figured i need a waveshield which i've purchased and soldered but now i don't know how to go about combining the proximity sensor and the waveshield to trigger audio.

any help would be greatly appreciated as i'm feeling wayyyyy out of my depth here, i have no skills at circuits and programming whatsoever! stressed out

thank you

I've figured i need a waveshield which i've purchased and soldered

But, you don't want to tell us which one, or what connections you've made. Fair enough.

but now i don't know how to go about combining the proximity sensor and the waveshield to trigger audio.

Well, without knowing which shield or which pins you are using, all we can suggest is that you need the correct code. But, what that would be is impossible to say.

I'll assume that when you say Waveshield.. you mean the properly named Adafruit Waveshield.. (and not a varint of music shield, mp3 shield..etc..etc)

1.) have you gotten the Waveshield demo sketches working and playing audio yet? (is it just the merging of the two that is the problem?)

2.) your proximity/capacitance sensor?.. tell us more about it? hows it set-up? what values/readings are you getting (without the Waveshield portion)

post the code you have tried/attempted so far..