I thought I'd pass on some info about using Mindplace mono-colour glasses with the Procyon and the ganzframe adapter (adapter that lets you use mono-colour and bi-colour glasses with your Procyon) together with AudioStrobe.
The most important thing to know is that the adapter only outputs Red and Green channels (not Blue). Andy has already mentioned this in the Adapter Sticky thead in this forum.
The mono-colour glasses are wired to give each channel on opposite sides. If you have set your Procyon AudioStrobe (AS) settings (via the Procyon software) so that one side is Blue (only) and the other side is either Red and/or Green, you will find that only one side of the mono-colour glasses will flash. So, you have to make sure that your Procyon AS software settings have Green assigned to one side and Red to the other. I'm pretty sure that all Procyons shipped have this as a default anyway.
So, in theory, you should be able to use your Procyon together with the adapter, and any Mindplace mono-coloured glasses, and experience the way that the original AudioStrobe CD's were designed around. Namely, mono-coloured (Red at that time) and single-sided channels, at that time.
Unfortunately, I have not found this to be the case. I personally find that the AS patterns are much more defined and vivid using my mono-coloured glasses with either my Sirius or Proteus units (both are about the same, very good). I also find that the bi-coloured glasses work much better with the Sirius and Proteus units than with the Procyon (slightly better, in my opinion, than even the AS dedicated MindExporer Light & Sound Synergizer).
The interesting thing is that if I set the Procyon AS settings to Red on one side and Green (or Blue) on the other, the AS patterns are about as good (using the Procyon AS Analog mode) using the Procyon RGB glasses as they are with either the Sirius or Proteus with bi-coloured glasses.
As an aside, with the Procyon, I find that it's better to assign either Red on one side and either Blue or Green on the other to get the best AS patterns with AS CD's. Mixing a third colour just seems to blur thing a bit, for me anyway. Same goes if you are using the Laxman goggles. Still, bi-coloured does not give as crisp and vivid AS pattens as mono-coloured in my opinion.
I'm not sure what the problem is. Either the Procyon AS decoder is not as good as the Sirius or Proteus ones, or maybe it's due to the very long leads on my original adapter and hence more in-line resistance. I might try shortening my leads and see if this makes any difference.
Anyway, I thought I'd pass my findings on and I hope it helps.
Cheers,
TomC
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