README To run project: 1. Download vss3.1 from website, if not already present on computer. 2. Run vssDemo.exe on any computer (must be at least networked with client computer) 3. Open shell prompt and change to directory with audpanel.exe in it. 4. Copy presentation.ap and presentation.aud from website to directory with audpanel.exe in it. 5. If running vssDemo.exe on a computer other than client computer (the next substeps are not needed if vssDemo is run on client): 5.1 type in shell prompt: set SOUNDSERVER="" where is the IP address of the host machine. 5.2 Type in shell prompt: vssPing 5.3 If the server is not found, an error message will show up; if this is the case, make sure you have the right IP. Otherwise contact your network administrator to resolve the issue. 6. At shell prompt, type: audpanel presentation.ap presentation.aud To operate project: 1. If the project is running correctly, there should be a menu of Presets for the audpanel in the upper left corner. Choose the desired preset: FilterDemo, Ribbons, or Surprise. 2. FilterDemo is a basic equilizer. To begin a sound, move one of the sliders (the audpanel only begins sending signals when a slider is changed) and click one of the buttons to the left: Marimba (descending and ascending marimba tones), Noise (basic, random noise at all frequencies), or Shimmer (a set of randomly walking tones and harmonics). Then you can mess around with the sliders to attenuate certain frequency ranges. 2.1. To stop sound in this preset, click "Marimba" and wait. 3. Ribbons is a demo of what was planned for the "Ribbons" program in the CUBE. To start a sound, move one of the sliders (same note as above) and click one of the buttons to begin a sound: Flute (basic flute tone), Marimba (basic marimba tone, only heard when frequency is changed) Mandolin (doesn't seem to work), and Brass (basic brass instrument tone). You can then play with the slider on the left to adjust frequency and the square/slider combo on the right to adjust where in three dimensional space the sound is coming from (we can't pan left because the square only allows for parameters between 0 and 1, while the parameters for SetPan are between -1 and 1. 4. Surprise is basically a first look at the most basic thing VSS can do: play a sound. Hit the button and see what comes out. (it's not actually random; this is pretty much the first thing I did in VSS).