THE subCONCH PROJECT BLOG http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2 A blog on the progress of my work on the interactive art installation: the subConch, a mind controllable synthesizer. en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 The podcast part 2 http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=the_podcast_part_2&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:47:33 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 94@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ Part two of the podcast about the subConch.

Part two of the podcast about the subConch.

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=94&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments The subConch in a podcast! http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=title_7&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:54:29 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 93@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ Hello! It’s been a long time without many updates – I will blog more soon about why. Here is a podcast by Gordon McGladdery, a sound designer from Vancouver, who stumbled upon the subConch on YouTube while researching audio mind control conspiracy theories! Hello! It’s been a long time without many updates – I will blog more soon about why. Here is a podcast by Gordon McGladdery, a sound designer from Vancouver, who stumbled upon the subConch on YouTube while researching audio mind control conspiracy theories!

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=93&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments General release http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=general_release&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:26:09 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 92@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ Finally the subConch is out in a general release. Version 0.8.5. You can download it from this site or at the Emotiv Store. Please leave comments, feature requests and bug reports here. Download subConch V0.8.5 logoFinally the subConch is out in a general release. Version 0.8.5. You can download it from this site or at the Emotiv Store. Please leave comments, feature requests and bug reports here.

Download subConch V0.8.5 download

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=92&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments subConch 360º http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=subconch_360o&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:08:29 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 91@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ I’ve done a small test render to visualize the sculpture in 360. Some error in the HDRI though, but I haven’t figured it out. Anyway, it’s just a simple render so people can see. The CAD model will be finished this week and shipped off to get quotes from modelling workshops. http://www.subconch.net/more.html I’ve done a small test render to visualize the sculpture in 360. Some error in the HDRI though, but I haven’t figured it out. Anyway, it’s just a simple render so people can see. The CAD model will be finished this week and shipped off to get quotes from modelling workshops.

http://www.subconch.net/more.html

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=91&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Update http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=update&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:27:54 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 90@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ This week the CAD drawing for the conch sculpture will be finished and I can go ahead and find a contractor to produce it. Looking forward to beginning this part of the project. Also, I’m eagerly awaiting the dry sensor version of the headset from Emotiv, which is expected this quarter. I’m pretty sure the new headset will make my gallery installation much less of a hassle for the average audience member. Also, Emotiv shipped be the DLL I need to make a general release for all Emotiv users of the subConch software application. I’m hoping to get this done in the next couple of weeks. This week the CAD drawing for the conch sculpture will be finished and I can go ahead and find a contractor to produce it. Looking forward to beginning this part of the project. Also, I’m eagerly awaiting the dry sensor version of the headset from Emotiv, which is expected this quarter. I’m pretty sure the new headset will make my gallery installation much less of a hassle for the average audience member.

Also, Emotiv shipped be the DLL I need to make a general release for all Emotiv users of the subConch software application. I’m hoping to get this done in the next couple of weeks.

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=90&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Just King! http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=just_king&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:46:52 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 89@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ This might be a bit sneaky since it doesn’t concern the subConch, but another project of mine. However I need to get word out to as many as possible on this other effort. It’s the crowd funding of an underground comic book of mine: an ambitious piece about war, media and politics called “Just King” If you are interested in supporting this please read more about it here on Ulule. This might be a bit sneaky since it doesn’t concern the subConch, but another project of mine. However I need to get word out to as many as possible on this other effort. It’s the crowd funding of an underground comic book of mine: an ambitious piece about war, media and politics called “Just King” If you are interested in supporting this please read more about it here on Ulule.

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=89&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments The software is out! http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=the_software_is_out&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:20:57 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 88@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ I hope I have written my last bit of c++ code for a while, at least until the bug reports come flowing in. It’s been quite a ride. I started with absolutely no knowledge of c++ at all. I knew Flash Actionscripting and some Javasript. But in c++ there is a whole world of libraries, linking, preprocessor directives, debug and release configurations, dependencies(!), memory leaks, awkward type casting… the list just goes on. Actually I more or less finished a working application a year ago, but I needed a break and worked on some other projects. It still had many bugs and I knew nothing about deployment. Mind you, I have still only tested it on Windows XP 32-bit, where it seems to work just fine, but I’m looking forward to some feedback. The release is an 0.8.0 version, so it’s still kind of BETA. I’ve codenamed the public freeware verison as “subConch - Charonia", differentiating it from the (internal) version I’m using in the gallery installation. The differences are few, but the gallery version outputs OSC messages and has a different initial setup as well as different audio for the voice. Right now the application is awaiting approval at the Emotiv Store. Since it’s free I’ll put up a download option here on the subConch site as well. I’ll keep you posted. screenshotI hope I have written my last bit of c++ code for a while, at least until the bug reports come flowing in. It’s been quite a ride. I started with absolutely no knowledge of c++ at all. I knew Flash Actionscripting and some Javasript. But in c++ there is a whole world of libraries, linking, preprocessor directives, debug and release configurations, dependencies(!), memory leaks, awkward type casting… the list just goes on. Actually I more or less finished a working application a year ago, but I needed a break and worked on some other projects. It still had many bugs and I knew nothing about deployment. Mind you, I have still only tested it on Windows XP 32-bit, where it seems to work just fine, but I’m looking forward to some feedback.

The release is an 0.8.0 version, so it’s still kind of BETA. I’ve codenamed the public freeware verison as “subConch - Charonia", differentiating it from the (internal) version I’m using in the gallery installation. The differences are few, but the gallery version outputs OSC messages and has a different initial setup as well as different audio for the voice.

Right now the application is awaiting approval at the Emotiv Store. Since it’s free I’ll put up a download option here on the subConch site as well. I’ll keep you posted.

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=88&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Pending software release http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=pending_software_release&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Wed, 18 May 2011 13:35:31 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 87@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ The release of the software version of the subConch is now just around the corner. I have finally managed to deploy a working release configuration on another computer and everything seems to be working just fine. Some work still needs to be done though, like a small user manual, some new voice instructions and perhaps some new graphics for the interface. All in all it’s looking good. There will probably be a free “BETA” version out first where people can use it and report bugs back to me. The release of the software version of the subConch is now just around the corner. I have finally managed to deploy a working release configuration on another computer and everything seems to be working just fine. Some work still needs to be done though, like a small user manual, some new voice instructions and perhaps some new graphics for the interface. All in all it’s looking good. There will probably be a free “BETA” version out first where people can use it and report bugs back to me.

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=87&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Components http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=components&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:45:08 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 77@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ After discussing it with product designer Ragnhild Haugum I have decided that the conch sculpture as I have designed it will be nothing more than a “speaker” with an audio socket in the back. I previously toyed with the idea of a self contained solution where the PC and all other components would be built into the sculpture as well, but have concluded that it will create nothing but problems: cooling, wiring, power supply, upgrades etc. The PC with all its externals will now be placed outside. This is the simplest and most scalable solution. The driver in the conch will be an Eminence KAPPA Pro 10 inch. The plughole a 6.35 mm jack. After discussing it with product designer Ragnhild Haugum I have decided that the conch sculpture as I have designed it will be nothing more than a “speaker” with an audio socket in the back. I previously toyed with the idea of a self contained solution where the PC and all other components would be built into the sculpture as well, but have concluded that it will create nothing but problems: cooling, wiring, power supply, upgrades etc. The PC with all its externals will now be placed outside. This is the simplest and most scalable solution. The driver in the conch will be an Eminence KAPPA Pro 10 inch. The plughole a 6.35 mm jack.

speakersocket

]]> http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&p=77&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Mattel! http://www.aktuba.no/blog/index.php?blog=2&title=mattel&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:39:44 +0000 admin Announcements [A] 76@http://www.aktuba.no/blog/ A friend of mine sent me this link he found. Makes my subConch feel a tad pretentious… A friend of mine sent me this link he found. Makes my subConch feel a tad pretentious…

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