Re: Braimaster vs Bioexplorer vs Biotrace software

[Guest guest]

Dan,

I have (as you know) used BE and BMr software.

I am now using BE exclusively. It is fully featured and includes

integrated ability for feedback using Midi, Wave, MP3, and CD for

audio, video formats include wmv, mpeg, avi and divx if you have

installed the free codec, and DVDs although you do need to have either

WinDVD or PowerDVD installed so their codecs are available to BE.

Midi feedback can vary pitch and volume along with simple on/of. The

video player can play forward and back (if you use frame numbers as the

reference for playing) it. The Video and DVD player can use

play/pause, volume, brightness and size as feedback options. Bandpass

filter options are very flexible with the ability to select from a

variety of filters and to modify each filter as well.

The neuro amp is advertised as being ready for peripheral feedback, and

has its own implementation of pIR HEG. At iSNR they were showing an

HEG sensor of their own design. I am not sure how well BE in version

1.+ is set up to handle the peripheral feedback.

I have not used this version of the BioTrace software. I have seen it

demonstrated and was impressed with how worked. If I decided to go

with peripheral feedback integrated with NFB I would most likely go

with Nexus-4. THe only issue for me with the software is that it does

not allow quite the flexibility I need to implement some the more

advanced protocols I am using now.

WaveRider also has some peripheral options.

> I recently joined the list and read some older posts. The software

> comparison posts have been very helpful.

>

>

> Several questions:

>

> Has anyone used Brainmaster 3.0, Bioexplorer and BioTrace that could

> give some comparisons?

>

> Am I hearing right that Bioexplorer is a complete package and

> includes DVD?

>

> Is there any instrument out there other than Nexus that is ready to

> go (vs. promised in the future) with EEG plus multiple peripherals

> (e.g. HEG,Hand temp., GSR,HVR)?

>

> Any on have experience with NeuroAmp yet?

>

> After much deliberation, I went with Brainmaster software a year ago

> instead of Bioexplorer. As I keep paying for add-ons, my regret keeps

> increasing, esp. for add-ons that don't always work. Two channel

> Multimedia is still glitchy and often crashes and DVD player doesn't

> work at all on my 1 yr. old computer (although it does work on my

> three year old computer).

>

> Dan

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for the info.

You've referenced my ramps several times as a way to move towards

Roshi. Indeed, squash plus AVS ramps was a very specific effort to

try to use the equipment I had to get as close as I could at that

time to approximating Roshi without laying out any more money (for a

Roshi) at the time. I never have gotten around to spending that

money, but would still like to have one. I've been trying to

determine if the other photostim add ons to BE, etc. will do

something similar.

Dan

>

> > I recently joined the list and read some older posts. The software

> > comparison posts have been very helpful.

> >

> >

> > Several questions:

> >

> > Has anyone used Brainmaster 3.0, Bioexplorer and BioTrace that

could

> > give some comparisons?

> >

> > Am I hearing right that Bioexplorer is a complete package and

> > includes DVD?

> >

> > Is there any instrument out there other than Nexus that is ready

to

> > go (vs. promised in the future) with EEG plus multiple peripherals

> > (e.g. HEG,Hand temp., GSR,HVR)?

> >

> > Any on have experience with NeuroAmp yet?

> >

> > After much deliberation, I went with Brainmaster software a year

ago

> > instead of Bioexplorer. As I keep paying for add-ons, my regret

keeps

> > increasing, esp. for add-ons that don't always work. Two channel

> > Multimedia is still glitchy and often crashes and DVD player

doesn't

> > work at all on my 1 yr. old computer (although it does work on my

> > three year old computer).

> >

> > Dan

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Dan,

QDS photostim can easily be made to work in a manner approximating

Roshi. I use an algorithm based on some research I heard at iSNR in

Houston a bunch of years ago. It does produce a complex flicker

pattern and works very well with slow wave problems. A few people I

know are also using it to approximate the old Flexxyx routine of

offsets that Len Ochs created. Len has a patent on his manner of

adding offsets so I have chosen not to do it that way. PhotoStim

plus BE is a good cost effective way of doing eeg driven photic stim.

There is the Nexis that runs with NCP and another unit also produced by

PhotoSonics called neurointegrator which also runs with BE but the BE

version with teh driver for it is not in general release.

PhotoStim is nice as it allows for much more flexible use than the two

other options out there today.

> ,

>

> Thanks for the info.

>

> You've referenced my ramps several times as a way to move towards

> Roshi. Indeed, squash plus AVS ramps was a very specific effort to

> try to use the equipment I had to get as close as I could at that

> time to approximating Roshi without laying out any more money (for a

> Roshi) at the time. I never have gotten around to spending that

> money, but would still like to have one. I've been trying to

> determine if the other photostim add ons to BE, etc. will do

> something similar.

>

> Dan

>

>

>

>>

>>> I recently joined the list and read some older posts. The software

>>> comparison posts have been very helpful.

>>>

>>>

>>> Several questions:

>>>

>>> Has anyone used Brainmaster 3.0, Bioexplorer and BioTrace that

> could

>>> give some comparisons?

>>>

>>> Am I hearing right that Bioexplorer is a complete package and

>>> includes DVD?

>>>

>>> Is there any instrument out there other than Nexus that is ready

> to

>>> go (vs. promised in the future) with EEG plus multiple peripherals

>>> (e.g. HEG,Hand temp., GSR,HVR)?

>>>

>>> Any on have experience with NeuroAmp yet?

>>>

>>> After much deliberation, I went with Brainmaster software a year

> ago

>>> instead of Bioexplorer. As I keep paying for add-ons, my regret

> keeps

>>> increasing, esp. for add-ons that don't always work. Two channel

>>> Multimedia is still glitchy and often crashes and DVD player

> doesn't

>>> work at all on my 1 yr. old computer (although it does work on my

>>> three year old computer).

>>>

>>> Dan

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>