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READ THIS BEFORE USING PROCYON

Procyon is intended for use as a tool for enhancing con-
sciousness and for personal growth. It is not intended for
use as a medical diagnostic or therapeutic device, and no
medical claims of any sort are made for it.

DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT without your doctors specific
guidance if you or any family member has ever experienced
any form of seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, or if you are or
have been taking any form of psychoactive drug, such as am-
phetamines, barbiturates, etc.
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Pr o c y o n
Audio-Visual Synthesizer
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User's guide and Reerence


I. Introduction

Congratulations! \ou hae just purchased the most adanced per-
sonal light and sound system aailable on the market today. 1he
Proc,ov .vaio1i.vat ,vtbe.ier
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is a powerul tool or exploring a
wide range o interesting and beneicial states o awareness, and
we think you will ind it ery helpul when used regularly.

1he Procyon includes 50 unique, pre-programmed light and sound
stimulation sequences ,called .e..iov. and sometimes rograv.,
within its internal memory, each designed with a speciic goal in
mind. \e suggest that you irst work with those sessions which
best suit your needs beore exploring urther. All sessions were
designed to support the mental processes required to integrate the
lessons o daily lie, and we beliee they will help make your inner
traels more productie.

1he Procyon also proides you with maximum lexibility, because
you can create your own sessions using our ree Proc,ov aitor sot-
ware or \indows ,aailable rom www.mindplacesupport.com,.

\ou can mix your own audio sources ,CD`s, MP3`s, etc., with the
internally synthesized audio tones. And the Procyon is the irst
light and sound system aailable that includes compact-disc quality
digital audio. Now you can transorm the experience o your a-
orite music, or enhance the eects o learning, personal growth,
and imagery-based audio with the powerul eects o light and
sound.



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Cov.ciov.ve.. a. artforv.

Procyon`s ability to create and luidly control a palette o millions
o colors, and to precisely synchronize this lowing rainbow with
music and other audio sources presents the opportunity to create a
new kind o consciousness-altering artorm. Be sure to check our
website ,www.mindplacesupport.com, or the latest operating sys-
tems updates.


Cotor, vooa ava arareve..

It has long been known that color can hae a proound eect on
cognition and perception. 1hat`s why colors such as blue and
green are oten used in hospitals and prisons-due to their calming
eects. Research has shown that pure colored light can achiee the
same goal: or example, red light is more eectie at inducing men-
tal and physiological actiation, while blue light reduces such acti-
ation and can instill a sense o deep calm. \ellow, on the other
hand, appears to help the mind ocus while studying and can allow
access to peak perormance` mind-states. 1he Lumatron

is an
example o a system which uses colored, lickering light in a thera-
peutic context ,though o course we make no therapeutic or medi-
cal claims o any sort or the Procyon,.

It is possible to use the Procyon to produce pure, jewel-like colors
which do not licker at all. It can also play sequences which un-
old gradually, or shit rapidly rom hue to hue. \hen this is done
in the range o about 4 to 20 times per second, especially unusual
isual and psychological eects can be produced, inducing the illu-
sion o complex, shiting geometrical imagery. 1his imagery can be
so compelling that the mind clears o extraneous thoughts and
distractions and the other stressors o daily lie. In this way the
Procyon is like a orm o "accelerated meditation."




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Benefits

\e'e created the Procyon as an experimental tool or the explora-
tion o a wide range o colored light ,and sound,-induced alternate
states o awareness. And, although we hope you will take adan-
tage o our sotware tool or creating your own works o "mind-
art" and other applications, we'e also included a ariety o preset
sessions to get you started. Sessions are grouped into these general
categories:

1ranquility and calming. 1hese sessions use mostly "calming"
colors, especially blue and green, but also shades o purple and oc-
casionally other colors or isual ariety. 1hey tend to change
slowly and are intended to lead the mind towards a state o tran-
quility.

Before bed. Similar to the calming sessions, but een slower and .
1he goal is to help clear the mind beore bed. Some users hae
reported haing unusually iid dreams with these sessions.

Learning. Most o these are based upon the twilight learning and
super-learning paradigm, and are intended to lead your mind into a
light trance-like state known as hypongogia.

Peak performance. Mostly "middle o the rainbow" colors and
requencies associated with the goals o mental actiation and peak
perormance, oten used or learning and sports preparation.

Lnergy/rejuvenation. More actie, patterns shit rapidly and are
intended to prepare the mind and body or actiities such as sports
and other physical actiities, or beore meetings and tests. Perect
or use during breaks rom work and or study.

Visualization/artform/entertainment. 1hese sessions demon-
strate the more purely aesthetic aspects o the Procyon, and are
intended to induce more complex ,een hallucinatory, isual im-
agery, and as preparation or exploring altered states o awareness.

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Ieatures

Compact Iull-Color Personal Display. Our new Cavrave.'
design uses state-o-the-art surace-mounted solid-state optoelec-
tronic emitters which generate and mix pure red, green and blue
light. \ith 255 brightness leels or each color, there are literally
millions o colors to choose rom.

Ganzfeld feature. A Cavfeta is a ield o pure color which does
not licker. \ith Procyon, you can select a aorite color and use it
or color meditation, or example. O course, the colors can trans-
orm into another hue at any rate you choose.

Independent color channel programming. Lach color channel
,red, green, blue, can be assigned its own brightness and requency,
or creation o complex isual eects and mind states.

Large internal program store. More than 1500 segments, which
can be diided between up to 250 sessions, stored in internal lash
memory..

USB port. 1ranser new sessions into your Procyon, update its
operating system, and back up your current sessions to your PC.
Control the Procyon in real time rom your PC.

Digital audio input/output. Another Procyon irst: low-noise,
compact-disc quality audio, or more precise control o internal and
external audio mixing, and irtual elimination o clicking` rom
the lights.

Internal audio synthesizer. Creates binaural beats, locked to the
requency o one o the three color channels.

AudioStrobe

compatible. Play your legacy AudioStrobe-

encoded CDs by selecting this unction. Or make your own using
such sotware as 1ransparent Corporation`s Mind \orkstation`.

Multiple visual waveforms. Choose rom pulse, sine, triangle.
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Multiple visual effects. Pba.e.biftivg creates a constantly chang-
ing, complex range o colors, while vt.eriatbvoavtatiov creates
"hard-edged" isual eects. Mix licker with ganzeld or subtle
"shimmering" eects!



II. Setting your system up

\our Procyon package should include the ollowing items:

Procyon console
Cavrave.
tv
personal isual display
Stereo earphones
USB "mini" to standard USB cable
Stereo audio patch cord
Carry case
Manual

\ou will also need three "AA" alkaline batteries, not included, or
standalone operation. I you connect it to a PC, then your Procyon
will be powered ia the USB cable.

Please reer to the illustration blow while setting your system up.



Step 1: Install the batteries

Remoe the sliding battery coer rom the back o the Procyon
Install three alkaline "AA" batteries. Be sure to obsere proper
orientation.
Replace battery coer.

Step 2: Connect the Ganzlrames and headphones

Plug the Ganzlrames gently into the top o the console.
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Plug the headphones into the correct jack on the right side o
the unit.

Step 3: Select and run a session

1urn the unit ON by pressing the on,o button. 1he LLD
display will briely lash the word "on" then os` ollowed by the
installed ersion o the operating system, then SLS` ollowed by
the currently selected session.

Press the Up,Down key to select a session. See pages 18-22
or a description o internal actory sessions. \hile holding the key
the session number will initially adance slowly, then accelerate
,like setting a clock radio,. 1o cause the session number to decre-
ment, press the Up,Down and Start,Stop button at the same time.

Press the Start,Stop button once to start a session.

Use the dials at the top o the unit to adjust the audio olume
and light brightness. \e recommend starting at low settings and
gradually increasing them until you ind your optimal leels.

1o stop the session, press the Start,Stop button once. 1he
display will lash "Lnd" one time, then the session number.


CAU1ION: Do not open your eyes while wearing the Gan-
zIrames. 1he LLDs are ery bright! Do not start a session at
high brightness leels unless you are certain that you will ind it
comortable.
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III. Using your Procyon


How to have a perfect session

linding a comortable and quiet setting is an important ingredient
or haing an ideal session with your Procyon. It can also help to
loosen any tight clothes, belts, etc.

I your goal is to unwind during your session, then lying down
can also help, but is not essential.

I you think you might all asleep during your session, turning
the light out helps, since some ambient light would normally
make its way to your eyes rom the sides o the Ganzlrames
and slightly wash out the intensity o the colors. Choose a ses-
sion with a slow pulse rate. Using just the Ganzlrames alone
while listening to your stereo ,or listening to nothing, would
probably be most comortable, unless you wanted to use binau-
ral beats, in this case you can use loudspeakers i your head is
between them .

I your goal is a short relaxation break, then sitting in a comort-
able chair is ideal. I you are taking a break at work, short ses-
sions seem to gie the best results, around iteen minutes. A
longer period could put you to sleep, i you are at all tired, by
remoing the enironmental cues which would normally keep
you awake.

1o experience a clear-headed, meditatie state, use one o the
"meditation" sessions.

I you are eeling tired, try an "energize" session. 1heir acceler-
ating tempos unction in a manner similar to listening to music
with similar tempo changes.





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On/off and power-saving

1he system is turned on and o ia the button on the right side o
the console. In order to sae power in case you orget to turn it
o, it will automatically turn o in the ollowing manner:

In Session mode ,display shows three digit session number,:
ater three minutes o inaction.
In PC, dL1 or dL2 modes, ater 20 minutes.
In AS or DAS modes, ater 80 minutes ,allowing time or a ull
CD to play beore shutting o,.

\hen powered by USB, auto-o is disabled.

Buttons, connectors, and display

1he three buttons on the ront panel hae the ollowing unctions:

1he 1OP button is the S1AR1,S1OP button. Just press and re-
lease the button once, briely, to operate.


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1he MIDDLL button is or selecting a voae ,see page 13). \hen
you turn the system on it automatically sets itsel to SLSSION
mode, which displays a three digit session number. Lach time you
press it, it steps to the next mode, displaying the ollowing se-
quence:

Session ,SLS, PC dL1 dL2 dAS AS SLS.

1he BO11OM button is or selecting a speciic session, while in
Session mode ,the display shows three digits,.

1he ON,Oll button is located on the upper part o the right side
o the console.

1here are two dials on top o the console. 1he LLl1 one is AU-
DIO VOLUML, and the RIGl1 one is LIGl1 BRIGl1NLSS.
1he audio olume aects only internal audio, not external audio,
use your CD,MP3 player's olume control to set the proper bal-
ance between the two.

\e recommend that you set the dials to a low leel beore starting
your session, and increase them slowly until you ind the most
comortable setting.


1here are four connectors on the Procyon:

On the 1OP o the unit is the Ganzlrame connector. It resembles
the other ,3.5 mm, connectors, but includes an extra contact band.

At the top o the RIGl1 SIDL o the console is the USB jack.
Use the included ,or any standard to mini USB, cable to attach it
to your PC ,but do not do so until ater you hae installed the Pro-
cyon drier and sotware on your PC,.

Below the USB jack is the PO\LR button. Press once to turn on,
and once to turn back o.

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Next is the lLADPlONL jack. Plug the included phones into
this. \ou can use other headphones as well, though the Procyon
may not hae suicient power to drie larger, "studio" style head-
phones.

1he BO11OM jack is or audio input. Use the included stereo
mini ,3.5 mm, cable to connect the output o your CD, computer
or MP3 player to this i you would like to mix your music with a
session, or i you are using AudioStrobe style encoded CDs and
MP3`s. \ou can also plug the line output o your stereo into the
system here, though you will need a stereo phono-to-3.5mm stereo
cable ,Radio Shack, or example, usually carries these,.

Selecting a session

\our system has been pre-programmed with a number o sessions
o arious lengths and suggested applications. \ou can ind a list
o these on pages 18-22.

Choose a session rom the session list at the end o this man-
ual, noting its associated number.
1urn the Procyon on and use the up,down button to select
that number.
Press the Start,Stop button to begin your session.

1he 'random' session

Session "000" is random-that is, the sequence and length are di-
erent eery time you run it. Use this or pure entertainment, and
to gain a sense o some o Procyon's color-mixing capabilities.


Brightness and volume

1he unction o these controls should be clear. Note the symbols
printed on the case next to the dials: headphone on the let and
brightness on the right. 1he long thin triangles printed next to
these symbols indicate leel: moing the dial towards the thin part
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,to the right, will reduce audio olume and light brightness.


Modes

1here are seeral dierent "modes" in which your system can unc-
tion. \hen you turn Procyon on, it is automatically in SLSSION
MODL ,SLS, and displays the currently selected session number.
Lach time you press the mode button, it will step through the oth-
ers in sequence, their unctions are as ollows:

PC. Use this mode when creating your own sessions, or experi-
menting with color mixing. Normally, you would use our Procyon
Lditor sotware or \indows, which may be downloaded rom the
Procyon section at http:,,www.mindplacesupport.com. lor more
inormation about how to create sessions, see the Procyon Lditor
Programming Guide ,also aailable on our site,.

dLJ 1his is or transerring sessions or albums ,collections o
sessions, to the Procyon`s internal memory. It is selected automati-
cally when transerring this inormation ia the Procyon Lditor
sotware and is proided or use with potential uture open-source
sotware.

dL2 Choose this mode i you are transerring sessions rom a
compact disc, this is useul when a user does not hae a PC aail-
able but would like to update their system. Also used with Syn-
chroMuse-encoded compact discs.

dAS ,Digital Audio Synchrony, Used when listening to Syn-
chroMuse

encoded compact discs.

AS AudioStrobe

compatibility mode, use when playing

AudioStrobe or other high-requency encoded compact discs and
audio iles. 1here are two ersions aailable: digital and analog.
1he digital ersion produces a more hard-edged experience, while
analog precisely reproduces the original signal. 1o toggle between
them, press the up,down button while in AS mode, the display will
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read Dlg` or digital, and AnL` or analog. Visit our support
site or more details on how to use the arious adjustments to the
analog mode, i you are interested in experimenting with it.

1here are some ariations o some modes aailable as well:

etectabte avtooff. Normally the Procyon shuts down ater 80 min-
utes in AS or dAS modes. I you want it to remain on indeinitely,
press the start,stop button while in AS or dAS mode, the display
will now show AS_` or dA_`.

etfte.t. Pressing the top two buttons while in Session mode will
start a sel-test, causing the LLD display, audio and Ganzlrames to
cycle. Useul or eriying that eerything is working properly.

D ai.ta, btav/ivg. In most modes, pressing the bottom two
buttons will cause the display to turn o. Useul in case you hear
any slight clicking during a session.

tervat avaio teret. During a session, you can change the external
audio leel by pressing the bottom key, display will change rom A0
,external o, to A8 ,external maximum olume,.


Connecting to a PC

\e'e included a USB cable so you can connect Procyon to your
PC. Beore doing so, be sure to download the Procyon Installer
rom the Procyon section o http:,,www.mindplacesupport.com
and install it on your PC beore connecting your system.



What happens during a session

Sessions are made up o a number o .egvevt. o arying lengths.
During a session, these play back sequentially. A segment includes
beginning and ending alues or all o the parameters that can
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change during that segment.

lor example, the irst segment may last or ten seconds, hae only
blue light selected, and the light may start by being turned com-
pletely o ,brightness~0, and end the segment turned completely
on ,brightness~255,. During the course o the segment, you will
notice that the light gradually grows brighter. 1he requency may
be set to ramp rom 14.0 lz down to 8.0 lz, and will be perceied
to start relatiely quickly and gradually slow down. All such ramps
are linear-that is, straight lines.

Color, mind and mood

Color is known to hae a strong eect on mood and conscious-
ness. lor example, red light tends to be stimulating and actiates
the mind and body, while blue and green light are soothing. lor
this reason, pale blue and green light are oten used in hospitals and
prisons to help calm the inmates. \ellow light is associated with
"peak perormance" actiities, and is useul or achieing a relaxed
yet alert state o mind.


Mandala imagery

Most people notice and enjoy the complex, shiting, mandala-like
imagery they see behind their closed eyelids during licker stimula-
tion. Len single-color licker stimulation can generate more than
one irtual` color. But the use o more than one color dramati-
cally enhances this eect, and with all three primary colors now
present, the eect can be remarkably beautiul, helping to transport
you to a splendid inner world.

Red, green and blue light waveforms

Most o the light,sound systems on the market today use a single
isual waeorm, the vt.e waeorm. 1his switches rom maxi-
mum brightness to o almost instantly. Although this can induce
more iid imagery, it can also tire the eyes. In addition to pulse
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waeorms, the Procyon also oers pure .ive ,which gently and
smoothly moes rom on to o,, and triavgte ,which moes more
briskly rom on to o, modulation.

Mixing colors: phase shifting, pulse width modulation

A broad range o color-mixing eects possible with additional ea-
tures o the Procyon. Pba.e.biftivg means that the way in which
each colored wae o light mixes with the others changes oer
time. lor example, i red and green are waing together` the col-
ors mix and produce a perceied yellow color. Now imagine that
the red starts irst, ollowed by the green: the oerall perceied
color starts out as red, then transorms irst to yellow, then to
green. Now, imagine this happens multiple times each second, and
you can begin to isualize the color-mixing potential o the Pro-
cyon.

Irom flicker to ganzfeld

A gavfeta is a ield o light which ills your isual ield. Best known
or its use in parapsychological studies ,where typically hal o a
ping-pong ball is placed oer each eye, then illuminated by a steady
red light,, our ganzeld eature allows the creation o such ields in
a wide ariety o colors. Be sure to keep your eyes closed!

llicker can also be mixed with the steady light-ield, creating a
range o subtle, easy-on-the-eyes shimmering eects-perect or
those with sensitie eyes or who otherwise cannot tolerate the in-
tense lickering produced by most light,sound machines.

Internal audio synthesis

1he internal audio synthesizer is currently preset to create binaural
beats, which lock onto any one o the three color channel requen-
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Audio mixing

\ou can mix external audio with Procyon's internal synthesizer.
Use your CD or MP3 player, or any other audio source with a
headphone output. 1he audio olume control on top o the unit is
used to change the internal olume, use your player`s headphone
olume control your source. In this way you can mix the two in an
optimum manner.

Advanced: external control

1he Procyon can be controlled in real-time rom a PC or other
deices ia its USB port. 1he Procyon Lditor controls it in real-
time ,PC`, mode when you test segments or sessions rom your
PC. \e`e also written a beta Actie-X control which is aailable
on www.mindplacesupport.com or those interested in deeloping
PC applications to control it.

Online resources

Be sure to isit www.mindplacesupport.com or the latest docu-
mentation, sessions, tutorials, etc.




A Guide to the Procyon preset sessions

1he internal sessions all into a number o general categories, asso-
ciated with suggested use. 1hese include: learning, peak perorm-
ance, tranquility, night oyage, energizing, rejuenation, isualiza-
tion, and mind art`. 1he tables on the ollowing pages list the
sessions and include a brie description.







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Glossary

Some o the words deined below are used to describe as-
pects o the programming o Procyon sessions in the ollow-
ing Appendix.

Clipped Waveform A waveform which is attempting to exceed its
maximum allowed amplitude and in consequence is clipped, or set
equal to the maximum possible amplitude.

Color Channel A single color from the three available (red, green
and blue), and all of its associated parameters. Each channel is com-
pletely independent of the others and can be set to its own frequency,
brightness, phase, etc.

DC offset This controls the amount of steady (ganzfeld) light is
mixed with the flicker component. A setting of 127 allows each pulse
of light to vary between completely off and completely on, while a set-
ting of 255 completely eliminates flicker. Intermediate settings gener-
ate gently pulsing or flickering output, which is generally quite pleas-
ant. Settings in the range 140 to 230 or so produce a nicely balanced
mixture of flicker and steady light.

Flash memory Nonvolatile memory, which may be reprogrammed.
Both the Procyon operating system and data storage utilize this type of
memory, which may be programmed and erased up to 100,000 times.

Frequency The number of waveform cycles per second. Also re-
ferred to in this document as Hertz (Hz for short). The frequency range
for the Procyon is 0.1 Hz to 75.0 Hz.

Ganzfeld a field of light which glows steadily, without flickering.
Weve extended this definition to include fields of light which can
change from one hue to another.

Hertz (Hz) Also know as cycles per second; this is a measure of
how many oscillations (for example, binaural beats or flashes) occur
each second.

Phase The relationship between two or more waveforms, relative to
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the start of the waveform. If two sine waves are moving together, they
are said to be in phase; if one starts before the other, they are out of
phase.

Phase Shift The degree by which two waveforms are out of phase.
One complete cycle of a waveform is equal to 360 degrees; when pro-
gramming the Procyon, it varies in the range 0 to 255, so there are
about 1.41 degrees per 1 unit Procyon phase change.

Programmable Parameter Any aspect of a Procyon session which
can be altered (or programmed). For example: light waveform,
phase shift, frequency, brightness, etc. See the Procyon Programmers
Guide for more details.

Pulse Width One of the Procyon light waveforms is a pulse wave-
form. That means that the light turns on and off more or less instantly.
Pulse width is a measure of how long it remains on before turning off,
and this is a number between 0 (always off) and 255 (always on). For
example, if the pulse width is 25, then the light will turn on briefly and
remain off for the remainder of the waveform periodwhich in this
case is equal to (255-25=) 230. In other words, in this case the light
remains on about ten percent of the time and is off the other ninety per-
cent. Pulse widths in the approximate range 20 to 80 seem to produce
the most interesting visual effects.

Pulse Width Modulation The pulse width can change over the
course of a segment, from an initial value to a final value. This shift is
called pulse width modulation.

Segment The basic unit of structure for a session. It can have a
variable length, typically is in the range from a few seconds to a few
minutes. Programmable parameters always have starting values and
ending values, which are defined by the beginning and end of a seg-
ment. For example, if a one minute segment starts at 5 Hz and ends at
10 Hz, the speed will gradually increase (in a linear way) during the
segment.

Session The sequence of one or more segments constituting a pro-
grammed Procyon audio-visual experience.


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Wavetable A series of numbers representing a waveform. In the
case of Procyon, there are both visual and audio waveforms; in both
cases, they are 255 numbers long.


Appendix: Procyon AVS

: Ieatures and Program-

ming

1he ollowing section includes a brie reiew o the technical eatures o
the Procyon, ollowed by in introduction to how sessions are constructed
and the arious programmable parameters. I you wish to author ses-
sions, you should download the Proteus Lditor guide rom
www.mindplacesupport.com .


Ieatures

1he Procyon incorporates the ollowing unique eatures:

Create millions o colors, including pastels, with our Procyon
Visual Lects Lngine
Colored ganzeld option-create nonlickering ields o light
which shit in hue and brightness
lybrid ganzeld,licker capability ,i.e., ariable brightness in-
tensity instead o on,o,.
16,24 bit audio codec or audiophile sound quality.
30- kbytes o lash memory or session storage.
USB port.
1he ability to control external deices, such as LLD arrays.
1urn the entire room into a shiting, kaleidoscopic isual sculpture!

In the irst part o this document I will discuss the programming
model we`e deeloped or the creation o isual eects, this is
ollowed by a brie introduction to session programming.



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Visual Lffects Programming: Basics

lere is a summary o the capabilities o our Visual Lect Lngine:

1hree simultaneous color channels ,red, green, blue,.
255 shades o each color ,plus o`,.
Light modulation ia waetable ,sine, pulse, triangle,.
Variable phase control o light waeorms, including real-time
phase shiting.
Lights may be modulated to 5 hz, unnmodulated ,ganzeld,,
or ariations between them. Lach color channel may be set to its
own set o requencies, color ramps, etc.
Lights may be intensity modulated, meaning they ary in brightness
rather than turning rom on to o. \e call this eect .bivver.


I will discuss the technical details o this system in the context o
the Proc,ov aitor sotware tool we`e deeloped or session crea-
tion.



Segments and session format.

A session is made up o a number o a number o segments.

Segments may ary in length rom 0.5 seconds to 10.0 minutes, in
hal to a tenth o a second increments.

lor each segment, the author determines a start value and a finish
value or each programmable parameter, those alues then change
in a linear manner rom segment start to inish.





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igvre 1.

1he illustration aboe shows the irst two segments o a session,
only brightness and requency rom a single color channel are dis-
played or the sake o clarity. lrequency 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,.

1he main segment edit screen looks like this:


















igvre 2.

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Programmable parameters or isual eects include the ollow-
ing items, which may be set independently or each o the three
color channels:



Irequency - 1he rate at which lights are lickering. 1his may
range rom 0 to 5 lz, in 0.1 lz increments.

Amplitude -- 1his sets the brightness leel, and ranges rom 0
,o, to 255 ,maximum,.

DC Offset - Used to set the leel o shimmer` in a light channel.
1he deault setting is 12, which would modulate normally be-
tween on` and o` as determined by the selected waeorm. A
setting o 250 or example will barely be lickering. Setting this
to a alue below 12 will cause the waeorm to clip at top and
bottom, which can generate additional interesting isual eects.

Duty Cycle - 1his determines the ratio o on` to o` time or
the Square waeorm. Ranges rom 0 ,o always, to 255 ,on al-
most always,.

Phase - Determines when a waeorm starts, relatie to the start
o a segment. I this is set to 0 or each color channel, all colors
would be aligned, turning on and o at exactly the same time.
loweer, ery interesting eects are obtained ,especially at low
requencies, by osetting the phases o the arious colors. ee
Cotor Cbavvet .aravcea Covcet., betor.

Wavetable - Use this popdown menu to select sine, square, trian-
gle or user waeorms.

Notice also that there are check boxes below each color channel
which allow you to turn a channel on or o in each segment.



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Introduction to Session Creation

A session consists o a series o segments, you build a session one
segment at a time. \hen you irst open the Procyon editor, it will
load a deault segment.

\hen you`e inished editing this segment, insert another ater it
using the I3 key ,or: e..iov 1oot.,v.ert egvevt,. At this point, a
slider bar appears in the lower right portion o the edit window,
which looks like this:


igvre a.

Use this slider to toggle between the segments you are editing. Be
sure that the Current Seg. 4 box is purple in this case, rather than
the Run 1o Seg. 4 box.

\ou can also use the slide control to choose which segments to
preiew rom the current session. lor example, suppose your ses-
sion includes 8 segments, and you wish to preiew numbers 3 to 8.
lirst click in the Current Seg 4` box and adjust the slider to 3`.
1hen click in the Run to Seg 4` box and adjust the slider to 8`.
1he results will look like this:



igvre b.
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\hen inserting segments ,which may be done at any point within a
session,, the deault alues displayed in the newly inserted segment
will be identical to those o the segment preceding it. 1his is in-
tended to make the process o session creation aster and easier,
since that newly inserted segment remembers` or you what the
preious segment settings were.


1esting segments and sessions

\ou can test an indiidual segment or a group o segments
,including the entire session you are editing, by doing the ollow-
ing:

1. Click your mouse pointer in the Current Seg. 4 box, it will
conirm selection by turning purple.
2. Use the slider to select the irst segment you wish to test.
3. Click your mouse pointer in the Run 1o Seg. 4 box, and
4. Use the slider to select the last segment.
Click the Run Segments button on the right side o the screen.

Sometimes you may ind, while running a segment, that a certain
special color appears which you would like to capture and repro-
duce or a longer period. 1o do so, click the Pause and Get Status
button, which will produce a list o current parameters on the let
side o the screen. 1o presere this inormation:

1. Right-click on the text area and choose Select All.
2. Right-click on it again and choose Copy.
3. Open Notepad or \ordpad |Start,Accessories,.| and paste the
text into it or uture reerence.
Manually enter the alues in a new segment.

lor complete session creation instructions and tutorials, see the Procyon
section at www.mindplacesupport.com.


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Color channel advanced concepts.

In this section we`ll discuss the color channel programming options
in more detail.

ligure 4 ,below, illustrates the eect o shiting the ba.e o the
red, green and blue lights relatie to one another. In this case, a
.ive rare is being used.

One ull cycle o a waeorm occurs oer 360 degrees, and i there
is no phase shit, it starts at 0 degrees, rises and alls in a hal-circle,
intersects the X-axis at 180 degrees, and completes the lower
,negatie, hal circle at 360 degrees. In the example below, this is
illustrated by the color red. Notice that blue is exactly the opposite
o red and so they are 180 degrees out o phase with one another.

1his means that when red is at maximum brightness, blue is o
and ice ersa.

igvre 1.

Green is shited by about a quarter o a ull wae to the right, a 90
degree phase shit. So it starts to turn on just as red reaches its
maximum brightness, and reaches its maximum brightness as red is
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just turning o. So the red and green are changing brightness rela-
tie to one another, producing a range o intermediate colors.

Green reaches its maximum brightness leel 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.

In the next example, we`ll examine pulse width, using the square`
waeorm.

1he square waeorm is more accurately a vt.e waeorm since its
width may be aried. it turns rom o to maximum brightness
,and ice-ersa, almost immediately. 1he pulse can hae a ariable
width, i it is 50, then it is a true square wae. In the example
pictured below, both blue and green hae a width o about 40,
while the red is narrow, about 10.

Also illustrated is the eect o ba.e .bift on the mixing o pulse-
width modulated color. Notice that blue and red turn on together,
starting at 0 phase. 1he color would be purple until red turns o,
then blue until green turned on, then blue-green.


1his combination o pulse width modulation and phase shiting
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can create spectacular isual eects-allowing you to present
entire sections o a rainbow in each pulse period.


Figure 5.

Pvt.e riatb is set by an integer alue ranging rom 0 ,not on at all,
to 255 ,on all the time,, these are the equialent o 0 to 100.
A pulse width o 12, then, would be about 50--a square wae.

lor single colors, our experience indicates that pulse widths in
the 20-40 range produce the most interesting isuals, but this
should only be taken as approximate guidance, since the eect o
mixing colors with a ariety o pulse widths is a new area or
research.

Notice that a undamental dierence between the pulse, sine and
triangle waeorms is that, while the pulse waeorms turn on
and o instantly, sine and triangle waeorms increase rom
minimum to maximum in a smooth manner.

1ry experimenting with the sine and triangle waeorms when
the pulse rates are low, especially in the 1 to 8 hz range, and
pulse waeorms when the pulse rates are in higher ranges ,8-
hz,.


Example approximate pulse width settings
Pulse width
%
Setting Pulse width
%
Setting
10 25 60 153
20 51 70 178
30 76 80 203
40 102 90 229
50 127 100 255
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How phase shift affects color mixing

So ar we hae considered only the cases o static pulse width
and phase shit. loweer, you can also choose to ary either or
both across a segment. \hen the phase o one color is changing
at a dierent rate than another, the resulting colors are con-
stantly changing. \e call this dynamic phase shit, illustrated in
the example shown below.

lor simplicity, only the irst and last pulses rom a segment are
shown. 1he phase shit is programmed as ollows:

Color Start phase shift Iinish phase shift
Red 0 ,degrees, 90
Green 90 0

In other words, the phase o the rea sine wae is moing slowly
orward, while the phase o the greev sine wae is slowly moing
backwards. 1his causes the amount o each color to mix slightly
dierently in each cycle, producing a range o yellow,gold colors
as well as green and red. Using this eect with low requencies
can produce some especially interesting eects.






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How to create a Ganzfeld

1he easiest way to create a Ganzeld display is as ollows:

1. Set the amplitude o the color channel,s, to 0.
2. Set duty cycle and phase to 12, and the requency to a low
alue ,requency is not used in a Ganzeld, and a low alue mini-
mizes processor load,.
3. Vary the the DC oset between 12 ,minimum brightness,
and 255 ,maximum brightness,.

\ou can also create a pseudo-ganzeld by setting the requency
to its maximum alue, which appears unlickering to most peo-
ple, and arying the brightness. 1he triangle and sine settings
proide the best results in this case.

DC Offset: Creating waveforms that flicker and clip

DC Oset allows you to mix unlickering ,ganzeld, light with
lickering light. 1he normal setting or this is 12, setting it to a
higher alue moes the waeorm upwards`, meaning that as
the setting grows larger ,up to 255,, the light remains on at what
would normally be the o` part o the waeorm. 1he closer
to the maximum alue o 255 you set it, the more ganzeld-like
the lights will be.

1hough space does not permit a urther treatment o this topic
in this User`s Guide, we coer it in detail in the documentation
or the Procyon Lditor sotware, aailable at:
www.mindplacesupport.com.

\ou can also post any comments, suggestions etc. on the Pro-
cyon User`s lorum at that site.

May your Procyon experience be blissul!



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PROCYON LIMITED WARRANTY AND RELEASE FROM LIABILITY

1. Your Procyon console is guaranteed to be free from manufacturing defects for a
period of two years from the date of purchase. Accessories are guaranteed for a
period of one year. Any defective parts will be repaired free of charge (exclusive of
shipping costs) during that one period. Damage caused by a purchasers misuse or
accident, or by fire, flood or natural disaster is not covered by this limited warranty.

When returning Procyon to the Manufacturer, purchaser should be sure to include
name, address, telephone number and description of the problem. PURCHASER
MUST CONTACT MANUFACTURER FOR AUTHORIZATION BEFORE RETURNING UNIT
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2. DISCLAIMER. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED INPARAGRAPH 1 ABOVE, THE PURCHASER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE/SHE IS PURCHASING THE PROCYON AS IS. THE
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SELLER ALSO ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM
THEORIES OF TORTIOUS CONDUCT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT CON-
DUCT.

3. Release from Liability. The purchaser is fully aware that Procyon is an experi-
mental device that provides audio and visual stimulation. Because it is experimen-
tal, the purchaser understands that The MindPlace Company Inc. is not certain that
it is suitable for all applications or users, each of whom may be affected differently
by the devices because of individual physical and emotional makeup. Persons who
have a history of seizures, hallucinations or other physical or mental problems
should use Procyon only under medical supervision.

The purchaser further understands that The MindPlace Company Inc., its agents
and employees, will not be held liable in any way for any occurrence of any kind
and nature whatsoever in connection with his/her use of Procyon, or another per-
sons use of Procyon, that may result or ostensibly result in physical or emotional
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tion with his/her use of the product, and shall advise other users of the product of
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history of seizures. Furthermore, the purchaser assumes all risks in connection
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Instruction Guide before using Procyon.
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