Just to update this, I was able to get some coding help from two people at my school and the project was finished in time. (barely, but that’s design school, lol!)
Here’s a video of it in action if anyone is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hQDslM6mg
It has a few things I need to change like adding in a pot and an on/off switch. If I ever decide to make it an actual product there will need to be a lot more finessing of the the threshold requirements such as sound frequency and duration, but overall I’m pretty happy with how it came out for such a short turnaround time.
Thanks for the help here!