Re: Can Kasina play AudioStrobe sessions ?
Actually that is a statement on an affiliate site. It is accurate in this sense:
Our mind machines up to (and including the Kasina) play back sessions as digital instructions that are stored in session files. This allowed for very small files to use in the limited internal memory of past releases. It also allowed for very accurate playback as the files sent instructions directly to the onboard microcontroller on each machine. The Kasina has a form of this digital session called a KBS file and it is very accurate even at very high frequencies. This format doesn't address all of the lights in the same way that the Procyon does for instance. Yet is has some excellent tricks that we use to configure the light displays 'on demand'. That is, you the user set the colors as the file plays back. The KBS format is in continuing development, so its capabilities will grow.
All of our machines process AudioStrobe files too. AudioStrobe files have the light signals embedded as audio in the music files beyond the range of hearing. They can be very accurate depending on the method/software used to create the AS pulses. Also, it depends on how good the decoder is. MindPlace makes the best decoders in the business. Kasina can not only play all AudioStrobe, the user can reassign colors and pan positions to the AS signals as they play back. No other mind machine can do this (well technically on the Procyon you set the mapped colors in the software but not switch them in realtime)
Kasina also introduces SpectraStrobe which is an expansion of the AS format. It maps the full range of colors (instead of only 2 at time like AS). It is an amazing advance and the things you do with it to control the light display is unprecedented and the fulfillment of our wildest dreams.
Again though for SpectraStrobe to be really accurate it depends on how 'clean' the signals are and how well they are encoded. Fortunately we have also partnered with the industry leader, Transparent Corporation, to use their clinical grade software NeuroProgrammer 3 and especially Mind Workstation.
One thing that should be mentioned that is relevant is that because the decoders in the machines are 'tracking' the pulses in the AS and SS files, very high speed pulses are not quite as crisp as with pure digital instructions.
So the above statement has validity. It is true that the Kasina doesn't replace the Procyon. The Procyon has a unique character to the lights. At this point I think it is an ideal 'second purchase' to expand your kit.
Whereas the Kasina is a major all around expansive and excellent machine, and should be considered by all as the first purchase and probably will be your primary machine.
Hope this helps,
Scott
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