All features of M4CAVE can be accessed through the three wand buttons. The leftmost button acts as a switch to activate the sound file and start the simulation. The center button is a toggle that switches the grid in the spheres representation on or off. All other features of M4CAVE are accessed through the menu that is made available by pressing the right wand button. The user points with the wand, highlights the desired option, and presses the right wand button.
Submenus allow the user to change sound files or switch between graphical representations.
The user is also able to toggle certain parameters on and off. For example, if a user were to turn off the frequency option, the resulting visualization would not be affected by the frequencies of the sounds. Visual parameters that depend upon frequency would be set to default values until frequency was toggled back on. The following are still images of M4CAVE visualizations of sounds. Click on any image to see a larger version.