Re: Lexicor versus Brainmaster

[Guest guest]

Hi;

I have both Lexicor and Brainmaster. The primary limitation of the Lexicor POD (the name for their 2 channel device) is that you can't develop new protocols without access to someone who has a Lexicor NRS 24. Both the NRS 24 (The brain mapper, and the POD use BLX software. However, you can develop new BLX protocols from the POD.

With the Brainmaster you can easily decide which things you want to uptrain and which you want to downtrain with a couple of mouse clicks.

Lexicor is a little easier to use if you want to watch the changes in the numbers of the various frequency bands.

Brainmaster is better at showing the raw eeg than the POD display if you look at raw waves.

Another difference is that Lexicor is DOS based and the Brainmaster is Windows based.

Hope this helps.

Hal Schaus

[Guest guest]

There is no way to write new Biolex files with the POD units. The protocols that come with the POD are all you can run.

With the NRS 24 you can write new protocols.

Hal Schaus

[Guest guest]

why do you need access to the NRS 24?

Alan J Strohmayer

CalmFlight

The Executive Fear of Flying Program

[Guest guest]

Why compare a 24 channel machine to the POD? Why not compare the NRS-2D to the POD which is fairly similar, not much more expensive than the POD and you can write your own protocols.

There is no way to write new Biolex files with the POD units. The protocols that come with the POD are all you can run.

With the NRS 24 you can write new protocols.

Hal Schaus

[Guest guest]

Lexicor makes both home training units and clinical units. The

clincial unit software is completely progammable. The hometrainer is not.

The good thing about Lexicor is that they can be programmed to do

about any kind of training. Until bioexplorer came out, lexicors were

the most adaptable units out there. The bad thing about them is that

they are dos based and have boring displays and are fussy about hardware.

Brainmaster software is continually improving while lexicor has been

unchanged for the last 10 yrs. There are a few people who have done

biofeedback for a long time and may have used lexicor for more than 10

years. They keep using it because they can make it do anything they

want. A few oldtimers such as Kirt Thornton, Marvin Sams, and Tom

Brownback have come up with protocols that require lexicor hardware

and software.

The rest of us who are not dependent on specialized protocols that

only run on Lexicor can do fine with brainmaster. Tom Collura keeps

upgrading his software and it now can do most of what lexicor can do.

Brainmaster with bioexplorer can do even more than Lexicor can. Both

brainmaster and bioexplorer software have much nicer displays and

sounds than the dos based lexicor.

A good experienced therapist will not get better results with

brainmaster or lexicor equipment. However, non techno therapists will

be able to get up and going much faster with brainmaster software. The

difference will be in motivating people to keep at the training until

the benefits from the sessions kick in.

Lawson

> Why compare a 24 channel machine to the POD? Why not compare the

NRS-2D to

> the POD which is fairly similar, not much more expensive than the

POD and you

> can write your own protocols.

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> There is no way to write new Biolex files with the POD units. The

protocols

> that come with the POD are all you can run.

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> With the NRS 24 you can write new protocols.

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> Hal Schaus

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