Procyon Editor Software User's Guide
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1. Creative Visualization 10 PRw k a Serial Communication Display Help freq 13 44 amp 126 dc off 126 duty cycle 51 phase off 0 wave type Sqr green state freq 13 44 amp 132 dc off 126 duty cycle 62 phase off 0 wave type Sar blue state freg 13 44 amp 132 dc off 119 duty cycle 127 phase off 12 wave type Sin white state Stop Session freg 1 amp 255 dc off 126 duty cycle 127 phase off 0 wave type Sqr Edit Session Header V Blu LF active Blue Start Finish Sound Lei Start migm own Current Segment Number 5 Y eae Finish Finish Run to Segment Number 11 Pitch 261 261 262 262 Volume 200 200 200 200 _ ______ _ Sound Bue Bue O Modulation Blue zj jBlue i Total time Sol Phase 0 degrees 180 degrees 0 10 00 0 de Notice that information is organized according to color and each one includes the current frequency amplitude DC offset duty cycle phase shift and waveform We created this command for development purposes and so it has a rough edge in this version the best way to save this information is as follows a Right click in the text area and choose Select All which will highlight all of the status text and the select Copy b Open a Notepad window and paste the text into it R click Paste You will note a white state included this supports a future upgrade Utilities Stop Session Stops the currently2. Segment Time Determines how long the segment runs for When you left click in this box a new bar appears which shows the current segment time you can drag the bar towards the time you wish to use and or use the left right arrow keys to fine tune the time Or you can type the length of time into the Segment Time box The format displayed is minutes seconds tenths of a second If you right click on the segment time slider bar you will see a choice of four available times 30 seconds one minute five minutes and ten minutes Total time This keeps a running tally of the length of all the segments in your session including any looped segment sequences I Create a session The basic steps for creating a session are as follows Connect your Procyon to your PC and turn it on Open the Procyon Editor software Open a COM port Create a session Test your session Save it and transfer it to your Procyon moan et Procyon Editor User s Guide 22 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved This section describes the process in detail We ll use the default Text Editor this time around Getting started One important point to bear in mind when creating a session is what is your goal This determines which frequencies you use whether segments change quickly or slowly and ramp or jump between segments etc e Once you re ready to start plug your Procyon into an available USB port and turn it on Be sure
3. Get Status Get Status Dutycycle 96 9 96 96 Duty cycle gg 95 f Phase ro na HA Ew Stop Session Phase ro nw Foai Em Stop Session wave table Sine Sine Edit Session wave table Sine x i Edit Session Header Header Looping V RedLFactive V GmLF active Looping V Red LF actiwe Grn LF active J Sound rg a ae Start Current Segment Number 1 m Sound pani i Start aoe Start Current Segment Number 1 Active inis inish Active Finish Finish Punto S Number Punto S Number Pitch 20 fy 20 H so 250 eee Pitch 250 W 250 E 250 E 250 a Volume f o f 255 o 255 J Volume f o 255 o 255 J Sound _ Sound zas Modulation Red gt Green x Taine Segment Time aa Red Green Taare Segment Time Phase Qdegrees Odegrees 0 15 13 0 0 10 0 Phase Odegrees Odegrees 0 15 13 0 0 10 0 Utilities Send Highlighted Information This command which can also be accessed via the Send data to Procyon button on the top right side of the Editor window allows you to update When you click on one of the data boxes the background is highlighted From there you can type in new values or drag the scroll bar to the desired value Once a value has been set you have to click on the Send data to Procyon command button or menu item to update the value in the PROCYON unit Note if you click on the colored Red Start Finish label all the start
4. Learning 35 PRw Quick Alertness PRw Concentration PRw Attention Booster 15 PRw Attention Booster 20 PRw Quick Break PRw Athletic Warm Up PRw Power Recharge PRw Peak Composure PRw Performance Intensive PRw Mind Sauna PRw Quick Work Break PRw Regeneration 35 PRw Regeneration 45 PRw Quiet Hour PRw Deep Meditation PRw Meditative Mind 15 PRw Meditative Mind 60 PRw Deep Tranquility PRw t Voyage 15 PRw Voyage 25 PRw Voyage 35 PRw Voyage 45 PRw Voyage 60 PRw c Energy 10 PRw c Energy 15 PRw Full Energy 25 PRw Full Energy 35 PRw Full Energy 45 PRw Total Alertness 60 PRw Afternoon Break PRw Rejuvenation 15 PRw Rejuvenation 25 PRw Lunch Break 35 PRw Lunch Break 45 PRw Middle Mind Centering PRw Creative Visualization 10 Creative Visualization 15 Creative Visualization 25 Creative Visualization 35 visualization 45 visualization 60 Fast Trip PRw Symbol Spaces PRw Kaleidoscopic Mind PRw Pyromania PRw Procyon Editor User s Guide Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved 33 Appendix One Converting Proteus sessions to Procyon format You can convert any Proteus sessions you may have developed or the factory Proteus sessions included with the Proteus Editor to Procyon format using the Proteus to Procyon conversion software tool available in the Procyon support section of www mindplacesupport com instructions are included with that tool Appendix Two SynchroMuse Your Procyon include
5. PRk Selecting this command brings up the following dialog box which allows you to select what directory to store the file in as well as naming the file Rave fore epee Procyon Editor User s Guide 5 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Session Tools Restore Archived Sessions Use this command to replace the current contents of your Procyon with another album When you select it you ll see a dialog box warning you that the current bank will be replaced and giving you the option for backing it up Procyon AVS All exisiting session data will be erased Do you wish to save a copy of the existing sessions before they are erased If so then select lt Yes gt To continue without saving any data select lt No gt To stop the erasure of any sessions select lt Cancel gt Session Tools Get Session Header Session Headers are blocks of text which can be associated with a session which includes various information about the session They are intended mainly for use when creating SynchroMuse audio synchronized sessions for distribution on compact disc If 1 Procyon is connected to your computer 2 The serial port is open 3 Procyon is in SES mode and a session selected then the Header for the selected session is retrieved and displayed on the screen If you are working on a session then the Header file for that session can be authored or edited by clicking the Edit Session Header command
6. an individual segment or a group of segments including the entire session you are editing by doing the following e Click your mouse pointer in the Current Seg box it will confirm selection by turning purple e Use the slider to select the first segment you wish to test e Click your mouse pointer in the Run To Seg box and Use the slider to select the last segment e Click the Run Segments button on the right side of the screen Sometimes you may find while running a segment that a certain special color emerges which you would like to capture and reproduce for a longer period To do so click the Pause and Get Status button which will produce a list of current parameters on the left side of the screen To preserve this information e Right click on the text area and choose Select All e Right click on it again and choose Copy e Open Notepad or Wordpad Start Accessories and paste the text into it for future reference e Manually enter the values in a new segment For complete session creation instructions and tutorials see the Procyon section at www mindplacesupport com Color channel advanced concepts In this section we ll discuss the color channel programming options in more detail The following image illustrates the effect of shifting the phase of the red green and blue lights relative to one another In this case a sine wave is being used Procyon Editor User s Guide 17 Copyright The MindPlace Company
7. i127 if 127 A 127 aeaa oyge a Cam lam Cac ner Ge Get Status Phase o a 0 0 0 0 StopSession wave table Square Square Sine Edit Session Header Looping V RedLFactive M Grn LF actiwe V Blu LF active py Sound Let Start Right Start Current Segment Number 2 Active Finish Finish Run to Segment Number Ea Pitch 220 220 220 220 Volume 255 255 255 255 Ss Sound Modulation Total time Phase 0 degrees 0 degrees 0 01 00 0 0 20 0 Segment Time Procyon Editor User s Guide 25 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved The settings are all flat and show no ramps That s because the parameters for inserted segments always copy the finish values from the preceding segment as the new start values and the start values from the following segment as the finish values Let s change the sound for this segment to a binaural beat Sound Left Start Right Start E Active Finish Finish Fitch 220 220 295 225 Volume 255 255 255 255 Sound None Modulation 7 ba Phase 0 degrees 0 degrees Notice that the sound modulation has been changed from Blue to None and the pitch for the right side is now 225 Hz This means that a 220 Hz sine wave will play in the left ear while a 225 Hz sine wave plays in the right the result is a 5 Hz binaural beat This also means that the binaural beat does not have to be locked to the frequency of any of the color channels Try playing the e
8. on the middle right side of the application window In both cases you will see this screen Procyon Editor User s Guide Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved i Procyon project Editing scratch PRw File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display m Session Header Information Session ID synTST Title ae sync test Author TBS Date 3 15 2006 Size of Header Session Time ARR Okay Description a z The eight character Session ID entry is what DAS Digital Audio Synchrony uses to access and play SynchroMuse sessions that have been stored in the Procyon The other entries are used for general information Holding the lt Shift gt key while left clicking the following textboxes will automatically enter the following Title Displays the PRW file name Author Looks in the Environ string and if it finds USERNAME will display its content Date The current date Session Time Calculates Displays total time The Size of Header box indicates how many bytes of memory are used by the session header Note remember adding session headers to your sessions does consume system memory and will reduce the amount of memory available for other sessions For this reason we have not included them with the factory programmed sessions Serial Communication Set COM port After you ve connected your Procyon to your PC and and turned both on
9. running session Utilities Swap Color Parameters This swaps all the information about one color channel with another one this is particularly useful if you are converting Proteus sessions to Procyon sessions using our conversion software applet Proteus Procyonl_l exe available from the Procyon section of www mindplacesupport com Procyon Editor User s Guide 9 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved It s also a very helpful tool for quickly evaluating how various parameter changes can affect the visual effects In the example below on the left side the currently selected segment uses just red and green light note the blue parameters are ghosted I then swapped the blue and green channels to produce the image on the right Procyon Editing Accelerated Learning 15 PRw E a Procyon Editing Accelerated Learning 15 PRw E a File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help Port 5 Red Start Green Port 5 Red Start Blue Star 19200 Finish Start Finish Send data to 19200 Finish Finish Send data to Procyon 12 11 7 pa stl aL P Frequency 12 118 12 11 77 Frequency 12 118 Run Run Amplitude 0 255 0 255 Segments Amplitude 0 255 0 255 Segments DCoftset f 127 f 127 If 127 f 127 Pause and DCoffset 127 127 127 I 127 Pause and
10. to make adjustments as above w Procyon Editing scratch PRw l ioj x Fie Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help f Frequency Amplitude f DC Offset C Duty Cycle Phase 2 4 4 5 O00 20 0 O00 20 0 O00 20 0 O00 20 0 O0 20 0 Display Display Sound Values This window displays left and right Hz pitch and volume if you right click on one of the channels you can change the other audio parameters available in this firmware revision as shown below Procyon Editor User s Guide 30 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved i Procyon Editing scratch PRw i O x Fie Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help disable sound Disable RIGHT sound modulation set RIGHT sound modulation phase to 180 deg RIGHT Sound Modulation will follow Options in this case include e To enable disable the sound for that segment If the sound is active then more options will appear e To enable disable the left and right sound modulation for that segment If the sound modulation is active then more options will appear e Set the phase of the left and right sound modulation O or 180 degrees relative to the driving light source e Set the source of the left and right sound modulation Red Green or Blue source Both the flash rate and the waveform type Sine Square etc will affect the sound modulation You can change parameters using short
11. 0 20 0 0 20 0 Segment Time This is the default text editor screen If you ve used the Proteus Editor software you will immediately notice a difference whereas with the Proteus Editor shows a sequential list of segments the Procyon shows only a single segment in this case segment as shown in the current segment number box on the lower right side of the window We ll describe the various parameters shown on this screen in the following section for now let s review the menu functions File New Session This command closes any session you are currently working on after offering you the chance to save it then opens a new one segment session called scratch PRw File Open Session File Opens a session file Procyon sessions use the suffix PRw Procyon Editor User s Guide 1 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved File Save Session Saves the current session with the filename which shows on the bar at the top of the window the dummy file which loads when you launch the program is called scratch PRw File Save Session As Saves the currently open session with a name other than the one shown on the window s top bar This is useful for creating multiple versions of a session as well as changing the name of the current session File Close Session Closes the session currently displayed in the Editor Notice that closing a session preventing further changes to it does not cause the session inf
12. All rights reserved One full cycle of a waveform occurs over 360 degrees and if there is no phase shift it starts at O degrees rises and falls in a half circle intersects the X axis at 180 degrees and completes the lower negative half circle at 360 degrees In the example below this is illustrated by the color red Notice that blue is exactly the opposite of red and so they are 180 degrees out of phase with one another This means that when red is at maximum brightness blue is off and vice versa Green is shifted by about a quarter of a full wave to the right a 90 degree phase shift So it starts to turn on just as red reaches its maximum brightness and reaches its maximum brightness as red is just turning off So the red and green are changing brightness relative to one another producing a range of intermediate colors Green reaches its maximum brightness level as blue is starting to turn on so although red and blue are not on at the same time they both are on while green is on and mix with it Notice that you can specify phase in the range 0 255 which corresponds to 0 360 degrees So a 90 degree phase shift requires a value of about 64 and 180 degrees a value of about 127 In the next example we ll examine pulse width using the square waveform The square waveform is more accurately a pulse waveform since its width may be varied It switches from off to maximum brightness and vice versa almost immediatel
13. Procyon Editor Software User s Guide Preliminary January 2006 Software version 1 6 8 Introduction This document describes how to use the Procyon Editor software This is a work in progress we expect to continue to add features fix bugs etc in an ongoing way following the release of the Procyon The Procyon is not precisely a successor to the Proteus because there are some things that the Proteus can do better than the Procyon at this stage it includes more sophisticated audio features such as multiple waveforms and cross fading of the sounds and also includes ThoughtStream controlled sessions What the Procyon does especially well is to synthesize a wide range of colors and that is our focus in the initial release This software also includes a graphical editor in addition to the text based editor this can prove helpful since there are so many programmable functions for each session segment We also introduce a valuable new feature with this software looping This allows the construction of very complex sessions without consuming excessive system memory The Procyon is also the first system we ve released with a USB port which most users have come to expect from their personal electronics Installation Once you ve downloaded the software from the Procyon section of http www mindplacesupport com unzip it and run setup exe Follow any instructions you see on screen Once you ve completed installation connect your Pr
14. allows you to display multiple segments on the screen and to create segments by click dragging on the ends of line segments to change the various parameters It s especially useful for keeping track of frequencies and amplitudes but can be used to work with the other parameters as well e Open the graphical editor by selecting Display Use Graphics Editor Once you open the Grapics Editor you can display information in a number of ways as you will see by selecting the Display command The options are described below Display Display by Function This command opens a screen showing all the functions for a given color Click on the option buttons to change color in the example below red is selected Left click on either end of the line segments and while holding the button down drag the line up or down to change its value A textbox appears showing the current value Notice also that the box near the top with the segment number turns white when you are editing that segment The Up and Down Arrows can be used to more accurately step the values If on a segment boundary then pressing lt gt equal key will force the segment to the value of the value of the other segment boundary endpoint Notice that segment three in the example below is darker than the others this indicates that the red color channel for segment three is inactive in this session Procyon Editor User s Guide 28 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights res
15. as long as two or more loops don t start on the same segment To add a loop to your session do one of the following e Select Edit Loop Control e Use the shortcut lt Ctrl gt L e Right click on the segment bar e Click on the blue Looping box just below the words Wave table on the middle left side of the Editor window The following window appears Looping Manager lt 0 gt loops detected Start Finish Times Rh ee W e amp Att si dW I E fot A e amp js p Tal m co Loops are constructed simply as lists to add a loop click in the first Start box type in the segment you wish to start the loop from and do the same in the Finish box and add the number of times you want the loop to run in the Times box You can include up to 32 loops in a session and each one can run up to 32 times Click the Update button to complete the process Notice that when you click the Run Segments button the total time now reflects the time consumed by all loops in your session Procyon Editor User s Guide 27 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved You can create very very long sessions this way though you might find yourself working more often with short segments You have enough information now to create your own sessions though we ll cover this subject in more detail in future tutorials posted to www mindplacesupport com Ill Using the graphics editor The graphical editor
16. at you can control the left and right channels independently Functions include Sound Active check box Use this to turn sound on or off for each segment Pitch The frequency of the internally synthesized sound Ranges from 60 to 600 Hz in Hz increments Notice that the pitch can change over time ramping upwards or downwards over the course of the segment Volume How loud the sound is Ranges from O off to 255 maximum We recommend Sound Modulation determines which color channel modulates an audio channel Choices are None Red Green and Blue If you wish to create binaural beats use the None option Phase Determines whether the sound is pulsing together with the lights O phase or in between light flashes 180 degrees Currently the Procyon synthesizes sine waves Segment control This section on the lower right side of the display looks like this Procyon Editor User s Guide 21 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Current Segment Number 1 Run to Segment Number 12 T otal time 0 45 10 0 Current Segment Number Left click in this box and drag the slider to the segment you wish to view edit or to set the first segment in a sequence you wish to run in real time Turns purple when active Run to Segment Number Works as above and determines the last segment in the sequence you wish to run You can right click on the segment bar as a shortcut to bring up the looping window
17. cut keys if you prefer Shift Ctrl 50 Hz n Procyon Editor User s Guide 31 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved w Procyon Editing scratch PRw e iol x Fie Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help Red C Green Blue If you Right click on a segment while in either the by Function or by Color modes a popup menu appears allowing you to e Activate deactivate individual color for that segment If the color is active then more options appear e Change the Wavetable that drives each color Sine Square Triangular or User defined Note User defined has not been implemented in this firmware revision IV How to create an album In order to create an album you need to build a list of them using Notepad and to save that list in the same directory that your sessions reside in When you save it do not save it with the usual txt suffix instead change the suffix to PRb When you build the list be sure to include the full name of the sessions including their Procyon Editor User s Guide 32 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved PRw suffixes For example the following image displays the album file for the factory programmed sessions included in your Procyon Procyon rev 1 PRb Notepad Minja File Edt Format View Help Relax before exams PRw Accelerated Learning 15 PRw Accelerated Learning 60 PRw Accelerated
18. en the pulse rates are in higher ranges 8 hz How phase shift affects color mixing So far we have considered only the cases of static pulse width and phase shift However you can also choose to vary either or both across a segment When the phase of one color is changing at a different rate than another the resulting colors are constantly changing We call this dynamic phase shift illustrated in the example shown below a a a 1 360 o For simplicity only the first and last pulses from a segment are shown The phase shift is programmed as follows Color Start phase shift Finish phase shift Red O degrees 90 Green 90 0 In other words the phase of the red sine wave is moving slowly forward while the phase of the green sine wave is slowly moving backwards This causes the amount of each color to mix slightly differently in each cycle producing a range of yellow gold colors as well as green and red Using this effect with low frequencies can produce some especially interesting color mixing effects Procyon Editor User s Guide 20 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Sound control The sound produced by Procyon is controlled via the orange box on the bottom left side of the Editor window Sound Lett Start Right Start v Finish Finish Pitch 250 300 255 Volume 755 255 55 Sound Nowe None Modulation UO ee ee Phase 0 degrees 0 degrees 305 255 Notice th
19. erial Communication Utilities Display Help Looping Manager lt 0 gt loops detected Green Blue Start Start Finish Times t Finish Finish Send data to z Procyon Run Segments Pause and Get Status 00 Stop Session Ye v Square v Edit Session Header nLFactive v Blu LF active Right Start Current Segment Number 2 Finish Run to Segment Number 305 400 i 2 2 lt Co oC Tada HA TLL TTL a a al al m A E EE rs iG H re Sound ial Modulation Total time Segment Time Phase 0 01 00 0 020 0 Session Tools Upload album of sessions to Procyon This command allows you to upload an album of sessions to your Procyon An album is a collection of individual sessions organized into a sequence of your choice see How to create an album later in this Guide When adding an album you have several choices Append if possible if enough memory remains to hold the album then it will add it at the end of the current album list For example if you add an album of 10 sessions to the factory album sessions O 49 then the sessions in your new album will be numbered 50 59 Overwrite Session Table This will replace any current contents of the Procyon s memory with your new album If you choose this a new dialog box will open offering the choice of backing up the sessions you are about to erase onto your PC There are also information boxes indicating where the start of the next sess
20. erved m Procyon Editing scratch PRw l loj xj Fie Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help 0 Red Green Use Text Editor Display by Color Display by Function If your session includes more segments than can fit into the display window a blue bar will appear near the top of the display which looks like this Procyon project Editing scratch PRw i File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display SiG Frequency Amplitude C DC Offset C Duty Cycle C Phase ha Ea Ea 4 a 4 75 1 i 1 i E Saas ER Just click on this bar and drag it to bring other segments into view Holding down the lt Shift gt and or lt Ctrl gt keys will affect how the color values change Amplitude DC Offset Shortcut Key s a Nome eS Shift Ctrl Shift Procyon Editor User s Guide 29 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved For the DC offset function 127 is the midpoint Lower values can clip the bottom of the waveform O will shut the color off Higher values can clip the top of the waveform 255 will result in a full on color other functions won t have any effect the output Display Display by Color This invokes a window showing all the colors for a given function Click on the option radio buttons to change function choices include frequency amplitude DC offset duty cycle and phase Left click drag the ends of the line segments
21. gments button on the right side of the screen to see what your first segment is like Procyon Editor User s Guide 24 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Adding segments Press the F3 key or use the Edit Insert Segment command to add a second segment to your session Notice that the color channel and sound settings are mirror images of the first segment the sound volume decreases again to zero and likewise for the various light brightness settings These settings are ideal for the last segment in your session providing a gradual fade out at the session s end Let s let that sessions be the final one and add a third one between the two In order to do this click in the current segment number box and move the segment slider to the left the current segment number will now show as I as below Current Segment Number 1 Run to segment Number a Total ime segment Time 0 00 40 0 ET When you insert a segment it is always inserted following the current segment number Press F3 to insert one now Notice what has happened to the settings which appear by default in the segment you ve just inserted Procyon Editing example PRw Fie Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help Port 5 Red Start Green Blue Star 19200 Finish Start Finish Finish Send data to Procyon cates o ff 0 iy io 1 gt Amplitude 200 200 255 255 0 0 segments D otest 127 M 127 If i2z M
22. ing values are highlighted Clicking on the Send data to Procyon button will update all of the Red color s parameters This works for the green and white columns too Note the color LF active and Sound active check boxes only have an effect when running segments When checked the corresponding parameters are grayed out and cannot be adjusted or sent Utilities Update Procyon OS This command allows you to update the Procyon s internal operating system OS As with the Proteus we expect to offer periodic free updates to add functions etc as we receive user feedback The file suffix used for code updates is PR2 When you ve selected the OS file to transfer a progress dialog box opens Procyon Editor User s Guide 10 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Sending data to the Procyon unit i Cancel We don t recommend cancelling the transfer once it is underway as part of the original OS will have been overwritten Utilities View Status Bar We included this for testing and debugging purposes you normally won t need to access this function When selected messages associated with communications or other errors will be shown in a bar at the bottom of the Editor window Utilities Create PreSage Biofeedback Segment This function will be activated when our PreSage biofeedback system is released early in 2007 and allows users to use the multiple channels of biofeedback provided b
23. ion is in memory and the amount of memory remaining Procyon Editor User s Guide 4 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved You also have the option of cancelling the album transfer Albums have the filename suffix PRb Procyon Editing scratch PRw File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help Store Sessions in Procyon D bled Current number of Sessions 49 aE Frequency Start of next session 51504 Procyon af Run Amplitude Memory remaining 8832 E DC offset How do you want to store the program s RAE Get Status Duty cycle Append if Overwrite Cancel possible Session Table Phase Stop Session wave table Square v Edit Session Header v Looping V RedLF active Sound Left Start Right Start R 1 v Finish Finish Ea Yolume 255 255 Sound Modulation None Total time Segment Time Phase 0 degrees 0 degrees 0 00 20 0 0 20 0 Session Tools Upload Session to Procyon This command brings up the same dialog box as upload album of sessions to Procyon but in this case allows you to select individual sessions which have the suffix PRw and you can either append the session to the end of the currently stored session bank or erase that bank and replace it with the selected session Session Tools Archive Procyon Sessions You can backup the entire current contents of your Procyon as a single album with this command these are stored with the suffix
24. is determines the ratio of on to off time for the Square waveform Ranges from O off always to 254 on almost always Typically the most interesting visual effects are in the range of roughly 50 to 90 but this can vary with frequency etc Phase Determines when a waveform starts relative to the start of a segment If this is set to O for each color channel all colors would be aligned turning on and off at exactly the same time However very interesting effects are obtained especially at very low frequencies by offsetting the phases of the various colors See Color Channel Advanced Concepts below Wavetable Use this popdown menu to select sine square triangle or user waveforms Each of these light waveforms has a different apparent effect sine waves are the softest square pulse waveforms have the most intense shifts in brightness and tend to create the best visual effects and triangle waves are in between Procyon s sound is modulated by one or more of the light channels and this will affect the sound square pulsed waveforms produce a thumpier sound while sine produces the cleanest For this reason nearly all of the factory sessions used sine wave modulated audio Procyon Editor User s Guide 15 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Notice also that there are check boxes below each color channel which allow you to turn a channel on or off in each segment When you ve finished edi
25. nish values are the same Phase has been set to O degrees so the light and sound will pulse together and sound modulation is being controlled by the blue color channel Next let s set up the color channels The frequencies have all been set to 10 Hz and amplitude brightness for the red and green color channels ramp from O to higher numbers I ve set the peak red amplitude 200 lower than green 255 because green light does not make its way through your closed eyelids as well as does red Port 5 Red Start Green Blue Start 19700 Finish Start Finish Finish Amplitude I 200 If o 255 ogo DCoffset 127 127 M r 127 or 127 Phase ro om oo Wo eo ogo wavetable Square Square Sine Looping fv RedLF active V GmLFactive Blu LF active Notice that though all three color channels are set as active via the check boxes at the bottom of the image the amplitude for blue has been set to zero In this case we use the blue channel to modulate the sound with a sine wave We re using the square waveform to modulate red and green and I ve set the duty cycle pulse width for those channels to start at 50 and end at 90 Finally let s leave the segment time at it s default value of 20 seconds you can always change that later It should look like this Current Segment Number 1 Run to Segment Number 1 S tTI Total time Sea 0 00 20 0 0200 You re ready to test your first segment just click the Run Se
26. ntire session To do this make sure that the current segment number is set to I and the run to segment number is set to 3 Once you ve done this click the Run Segments button You can keep adding and testing segments until you have just the session you want try experimenting with different visual waveforms amplitude and frequency values Once you have a session you d like to keep select File Save Session As and save it with whatever name you wish Now you re ready to transfer it to your Procyon To do this select Session Tools Upload Session to Procyon When you see the following dialog box select Append if possible store Sessions in Procyon c Current number of Sessions 44 y start of next session 51504 Memory remaining bose How do you wantto store the program s Append it Ovenvrite et possible session Table Procyon Editor User s Guide 26 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved You ve just saved your session as the 50 internal session Remember session OOO is the random session which cannot be deleted or changed and isn t counted as one of the standard sessions so your newly added session will show as O51 on the display Adding looping to your session A loop is simply a sequence of two or more segments which repeat more than one time This is a great way to add complexity without using up too much memory in the process You can have multiple loops in a session and they can overlap nest
27. ocyon via USB and start the Procyon Editor software this completes installation of the USB driver Note This software is for Windows PCs only it should run on XP 2000 and 98 We do not produce or intend to produce Mac or Linux software for our products It is possible that it will run using a PC emulation program or Windows on Mac via Boot Camp or other PC emulation programs but we have not tested this Menu items This section describes the functions of the various menu items in the Procyon Editor program Some of the menu functions can be accessed by function key or key combination shortcuts these shortcuts are shown in parenthesis following the menu items below When you first open the Procyon Editor you will see the following window Procyon Editing scratch PRw File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help Pots Red Start Yee Oat 19200 Finish Stan rinse OS hl eee Frequency po Es ET Ez Em Ea R annae e as as as ae e oes Dioigat EEA EES Ea EEA EES EES Pause and peice ECA EEA EEA ECA EEA EEA Get Status Phase oo EB ze oo a mia Stop Session wave table Square Square ai Square z Edit Session Header Looping V Red LF active V Grn LF active Sound Left Start Right Star Current Segment Number 1 v ee Finish Finish Run to Segment Number 1 Pitch 250 300 255 305 Volume 255 255 255 255 Sound Modulation Total time Phase 0 deqrees 0 degrees 0 0
28. ormation being displayed to change in order to start a new session you need to exit and restart the program File Cancel Command F2 This command is only used if for some reason the USB link to the Procyon fails during a large file transfer such as an album or OS upgrade In this way it s similar to the escape key on your computer File Exit Terminates the Procyon Editor Edit Insert Segment F3 Inserts a new segment following the current segment number If you insert a segment between two others then the ending values of the previous segment will become the default start values for the inserted segment and the starting values of the segment which follows the inserted one will become the end values for the inserted segment In other words the inserted segment values will be set up as a ramp between the two segments between which it was inserted Of course you can change these values to whatever you wish we chose this approach because it seemed most likely to facilitate rapid session creation Edit Delete Segment Shift F3 Deletes the currently selected segment which is shown in the current segment number box Procyon Editor User s Guide 3 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Edit Loop Control Cntrl L Brings up the loop control list screen as shown in the image below Looping will be described in detail later in this guide W Procyon Editing scratch PRW File Edit Session Tools S
29. ou insert additional segments There is no particular limit to the number of segments in your session other than how much memory remains in your Procyon the maximum number of segments Procyon Editor User s Guide 14 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved that can fit into memory is about 1 500 this number is actually a variable and depends on how complex each segment is There is a limit of 250 sessions that can fit into memory at any one time Programmable parameters for visual effects include the following items which may be set independently for each of the four color channels Frequency The rate at which lights are flickering This may range from O I to 80 0 Hz in 0 1 Hz increments Amplitude This sets the brightness level and ranges from O off to 255 maximum DC Offset Used to set the level of shimmer in a light channel The default setting is 127 which would modulate normally between on and off as determined by the selected waveform A setting of 250 for example will barely be flickering Setting this to a value below 127 will cause the waveform to clip at top and bottom which can generate additional interesting visual effects When the number is set to a value above 127 the lights never turn all the way off so in the range 128 255 you are mixing unflickering light with flickering light and the flicker portion shrinks towards zero as the numbers increase Duty Cycle Th
30. s a technology called SynchroMuse which allows you to create compact discs which synchronize audio tracks on the CD with a session internal to the Procyon In effect this acts like a full color version of the AudioStrobe technology We anticipate converting our current AudioStrobe encoded CDs to the SynchroMuse format and watch our support site for detailed instructions for creating your own SynchroMuse CDs Tips If you are not using one or more colors in a segment turn the segment off this will Save memory One way to create a ganzfeld is to set the frequency to 80 Hz which will appear to be a uniform field of light The best way to create a ganzfeld is to set the Amplitude to O then adjust the DC offset value between 127 off and 255 full on All values less than 127 will result in zero brightness Sales www mindplace com Support www mindplacesupport com Procyon Editor User s Guide 34 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved
31. sion and serial number of the unit future use Procyon revision information Windows Editor Version 1 6 7 OS Version 1 6 5 Core Version 1 1 5 serial Number 11111122 Okay Help Open Log File This was developed for internal debugging use and in most cases you will not need to use it The file created by this command is called Procyon_LOG PRL and is located in the Procyon directory Procyon Editor User s Guide 12 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Help Revision Documentation You can view changes made to both the Procyon Editor and OS here Currently the Procyon Editor does not include online help beyond this How to create a Procyon session This section describes the programmable functions parameters included in this Procyon release how to use the text and graphical editors how to create albums and how to transfer your finished work to the Procyon I Session structure and description of parameters A session is made up of a number of a number of segments Segments may vary in length from 0 5 seconds to 10 0 minutes in half to a tenth of a second increments For each segment you choose a Start value and a finish value for each programmable parameter those values then change in a linear manner from segment start to finish Procyon Editor User s Guide 13 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Segment One Segment Two The illustration above shows the fir
32. st two segments of a session only brightness and frequency from a single color channel are displayed for the sake of clarity Frequency starts in segment one at about 15 hz and ends at about 35 hz while brightness starts at about 110 and ends at 255 the maximum setting The main segment edit screen looks like this Procyon Editing Symbol Spaces PRw File Edit Session Tools Serial Communication Utilities Display Help Port 5 Red Start Green Blue Start 19200 Finish Start Finish Finish ae data to rocyon Frequency 40 2 40 3 40 4 Run Amplitude 255 100 100 255 100 255 Segments DCofiset f 127 127 Mf 127 127 I 127 127 Pauseand Dutycycle 127 127 127 127 i 127 127 Phase EE EE oe Pogo Stop Session Get Status wave table Sine v Sine v Sine v Edit Session gt i Header Looping V RedLFactive V Grn LF active v Blu LF active Sound Left Start Right Start Current Segment Number 1 pee Finish Finish Run to Segment Number g Pitch 404 131 400 130 Volume f o 25 o f2 i Sound z Modulation ned v Green v Total time Segment Time Prose F aaae A a 7 o15 000 0300 This text display shows all the programmable parameters for a single segment To view other segments if present click in the current Segment Number box on the lower right side and drag the slider to the segment number you wish to edit If you have just launched the Editor only a single segment is present until y
33. ting this segment insert another after it using the F3 key or Session Tools Insert Segment At this point a slider bar appears in the lower right portion of the edit window which looks like this Current Seg tt 2 Run to Seg tt 2 Use this slider to toggle between the segments you are editing Be sure that the Current Seg box is purple active in this case rather than the Run To Seg box You can also use the slide control to choose which segments to preview from the current session For example suppose your session includes 8 segments and you wish to preview numbers 3 to 8 First click in the Current Seg box and adjust the slider to 3 Then click in the Run to Seg box and adjust the slider to 8 The results will look like this Current Seg tt 3 Run to Seg H 8 When inserting segments which may be done at any place within a session except before the first segment the start values displayed in the newly inserted segment will be identical to those of the segment preceding it and the finish values will be the same as the start values for the segment which follows it This is intended to make the process of session creation faster and easier since that newly inserted segment remembers for you what the adjacent segment settings were Procyon Editor User s Guide 16 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Testing segments and sessions You can test
34. use this command to view available USB ports those which are not available are ghosted For example in the image below the available ports are COMI COM3 and COMS5 If one of these is automatically selected you can proceed to open the port often you will find that you don t need to set a port since Windows will usually handle this for you Once the port is open the command changes to Close COM port Procyon Editor User s Guide 7 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved E e l ee ee a ee ee E A T l E TP Te I e l r Avalable Ports C COMI COMB z Utilities Run Segments This allows you to test your sessions while you re developing them To use it you first click in the Current Segment Number box and use the slider which appears to select the first segment in the sequence you want to test and do the same in the Run to Segment Number box Then select this command to run the segments you ve selected Note this is identical to the Run Segments button on the right side of the Procyon Editor window Utilities Pause and get status Suppose you are running a segment with multiple color ramps and suddenly a particular color emerges which you especially like and would like to preserve This command allows you to view the exact data at the moment you choose it The data looks like this Procyon Editor User s Guide 8 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Procyon Editing
35. y The pulse can have a variable width if it is 50 then it is a true square wave In the example pictured below both blue and green have a width of about 40 while the red is narrow about 10 Procyon Editor User s Guide 18 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved 0 2554 25540 255 4 2550 255 Also illustrated is the effect of phase shift on the mixing of pulse width modulated color Notice that blue and red turn on together starting at O phase The color would be purple until red turns off then blue until green turned on then blue green This combination of pulse width modulation and phase shifting can create spectacular visual effects allowing you to present entire sections of a rainbow within each pulse period Pulse width is set by an integer value ranging from O not on at all to 255 on all the time these are the equivalent of O to 100 A pulse width of 127 then would be about 50 a square wave Example approximate pulse width settings Procyon Editor User s Guide 19 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Notice that a fundamental difference between the pulse sine and triangle waveforms is that while the pulse waveforms turn on and off instantly sine and triangle waveforms increase from minimum to maximum in a smooth manner Try experimenting with the sine and triangle waveforms when the pulse rates are low especially in the to 8 hz range and pulse waveforms wh
36. y PreSage to control various parameters of your Procyon light and sound session For reference the window which opens appears as below m Bio Sense Segment Port 3 Red Start Green Blue Start 115200 Finish Start Finish Finish Duyeyete ia a mr ee eee tee ze a Phase 0 0 EN 0 0 x 0 0 Es wave table Square x Square EN Square x Left Start Right Start Set Sensor Sensitivity Finish Finish S 1 250 250 SEa 250 E 250 S x S 2 100 W 100 fx 100 10 fx J pam S E o edna None x None x ae i Sensord 10 Phase 0 degrees 0 degrees Display Use Graphics Editor This command opens the graphical editor screen which is described in detail in a later section once open the menu choices change as follows Procyon Editor User s Guide 11 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved Display Use Text Editor Changes the display back to text edit mode Display Display by color Shows information for a single parameter at a time for each color channel Display Display by function All parameters are displayed for a single color channel at a time Display Display Sound Values This allows you to adjust the audio pitch and volume graphically Display Adjust Border Allows you to tweak the appearance of the graphical editor screen Help About Opens the following window which displays the current Proteus Editor version OS version Core nonreprogrammable ver
37. your GanzFrames are plugged into the connector on top of the unit and plug your headphones into the appropriate jack on the right side of the console Note that you don t need to have batteries installed when it s connected to USB but if they are installed USB will still supply power to maximize your battery life e Open Procyon Editor and select Serial Communication Set COM Port You will see a list of available ports choose one which is not ghosted Usually those with higher numbers work best e Then choose Serial Communication Open COM Port The small red circle at the upper left side of the Editor window should turn green indicating that your Procyon is now communicating with the Editor You are now ready to start your first session It s often desirable to have the light and sound fade in during the first segment and to fade out during the last so let s start by changing the audio volume and brightness Here s what the audio section will look like with a fade in added Sound Left Start Right Start v Finish Finish Pitch 220 220 220 olume nia ees 255 Sound _ Modulation Bue fel ehg Notice that I ve set the audio pitch to 220 Hz A in all the Pitch boxes This means that the same sound will be heard in both ears and it will not change in Procyon Editor User s Guide 23 Copyright The MindPlace Company All rights reserved pitch during the segment because the start and fi
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