The Ring is a multi-channel computerized sound effects system. It consists of a central computer with 16 independent audio outputs connected to 16 speakers that are on the circumference of an 80ft diameter circle and pointed towards the center.
Listeners stand in the center of the circle to hear the sounds.
The software is still being developed. The software also includes a text to speech generator that will occasionally announce things such as the time of day or maybe tell a joke or read poetry or plays. We also hope to include a microphone and allow people to record sounds and have them played back with different effects processing, and then allow later users to recall those sounds and listen to them. Each pair of speakers includes one subwoofer which also contains the amplifier for the speakers. The speakers used are Cambridge Soundworks Microworks speakers.