How to use it
In the gallery the installation consits of the conch sculpture, hanging from the ceiling; a large flat screen TV on the wall in front of it; a small chair; a small PC; and the Emotiv EPOC headset. The subConch is basically a piece of software running on the small PC. The PC is hidden in the gallery sending wireless sound to the scultpure and visuals to the monitor. Before playing the user must moist the 16 felt pads on the headset with a saline solution, put it on his/her head, and switch the power on.screen shot In a gallery setting you will have an assistant to help you with this.

Once the headset is on and powered up, the conch will enter training mode. In this mode a voice will guide you through the steps needed to record your unique brain profile, without which the conch cannot recognize your actions. This process takes about three minutes and constitutes of recording your neutral state, and training a lift and drop action (a skilled performer can train two additional actions, like push and pull, or rotate left, rotate right etc). The way to do this is to visualize the sound hovering in virtual space. Concentrate on the sound and imagine lifting it with the pure force of your mind. Don't try and move mountains, just think clearly and calmly. Gradually the pitch of the sound will rise along with your mental image of the audio. Likewise the pitch will fall as you lower the sound in virtual space. On the wall in front of you there will be a screen with visuals to help with the visualization. After the training you can immediately interact with the sound. The degree in which you have control depends on how successful your training was, but every user will experience some level of control and every user will hear how the sound’s character changes based on their own excitement and frustration.