Brain Products Press Release
October 2010, Volume 36
Product Update
BrainVision Recorder 1.20 to be released shortly
by Dr. Davide Riccobon
We just have successfully concluded user
testing of the beta version of BrainVision
Recorder 1.20. I’d like to take this opportunity
to thank all those customers who have
supported us with their valuable feedback
and crucial suggestions both currently
and in previous years. I look forward to
this much-appreciated cooperation both
continuing and increasing further.
Moreover, it is possible to select different
video resolutions if the camera supports
this, and thus to fine-tune the recording in
accordance with individual requirements.
actiCAP users can control the impedance
check of active electrodes directly via
BrainVision Recorder (Fig. 2), and the
impedance values are automatically saved
in the Recorder header file.
Very few problems were reported regarding
the most recent version, but every report we Fig. 1: BrainVision Video Recorder
received has led to valuable improvements.
The time for BrainVision Recorder 1.20 to be
released is now very close – namely, by the
end of October.
We ask our users to be patient just a little
longer; the wait will be worth it. BrainVision
Recorder 1.20, the most stable and userfriendly version ever, contains innovations
that will satisfy researchers from different
scientific disciplines having a variety of
needs and expectations.
Fans of speed will really appreciate our
BrainVision Recorder 1.20 running under
the 64-bit version of Windows 7. This new
combination opens up new frontiers to
all those researchers who have reached
the performance limits of their 32-bit
processors.
Fig. 2: Impedance Check
Customers who have already come to
Fig. 3: Virtual Amplifier
appreciate the advantages of synchronous
recordings of video data together with EEG
and/or peripheral activity, either as a way
of monitoring their subjects or because it is
essential to their experimental design, will
be pleased with the improvements made
to the Video Recorder (Fig. 1). Even under
bad operational conditions, such as when
the camera cable becomes disconnected
and reconnected when saving data, the
recording is carefully safeguarded and the
loss of information is minimized from a
software perspective.
Fig. 4: Static Overlay
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With the new “Select Virtual Amplifiers”
function (Fig. 3), BrainAmp users can create
new workspaces even if no amplifiers are
actually connected. In this way, complex
workspaces (with up to 256 channels,
individual channel properties, different
filters etc.) can be designed and developed
offline out of the lab, for instance at the
office or even at home.
The handling of workspaces, the display of
time intervals and the selection of single or
multiple channels during EEG monitoring
are all easier and more intuitive.
The Online Average functionality has been
further enhanced with a view to its potential
use for educational purposes, for the
detailed online monitoring of data, or for
some other application. It is now possible
to add to the average view an averaged
wave that would previously either have
been recorded with BrainVision Recorder or
generated using BrainVision Analyzer, and
thus to compare the real-time wave with a
prototypical one (Fig. 4).
These are just a few of Recorder’s new
features. You will find an exhaustive list on
the BrainVision Recorder download site as
well as in the manual.
We are anxious to know your opinions.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with
your invaluable questions, suggestions and
feedback.
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