below is a sample preset file. For portabililty the presets are essentially xml files.

<length>

This tag is the total length for which the preset will be played in seconds

<description>

This tag is the description which will be shown on the window when the preset is selected

<signalsegment>

IMPORTANT:
Only one Isochronous channel can be used at any one time, whereas multiple binaural channels (up to 8) can be used.

This tag describes the actual binaural/isochronous signal(s) to generate
<ch id> - tag is channel number. Useful for multi channel binaural beats
<btype> - tag specifies the channel type. type=0 for binaural, type=1 for isochronous
<sgseg> - tag describes the actual signal to generate. We can have multiple sgseg to presizely describe the signal we want to generate. This is a very flexible yet powerful way to provide control over the transition between various range of frequencies.
You can set the following attributes of the signal:
     fstart = starting carrier frequency
     fend   = ending carrier frequency
     binfstart = starting binaural/isochronous frequency
     binfend = ending binaural/isochronous frequency
     length = sub signal segment length in secounds
     volstart = starting volume 
     volend = ending volume

<noisesegment>

This tag provides details of the pink noise to be played along with the binaural/isochronous signal
<nseg> - tag has attributes for the noise to be generated
     length = length of the noise to be generated in seconds
     noisevolstart = starting noise volume
     noisevolend = ending noise volume

<wavsegment>

This tag provides details of any wav file to be played in background along with the binaural sound
<wvseg> - This tag describes the background wav file properties.
     starttime = when this wav file be played in the background
     num = how many times this wav file will be played. An argument of -1 will play the wav file  throughout
     filename = the name of the wav file to play 
     IMPORTANT: the wav file to be played must be available in the same directory as the brainZapr executable
     vol = volume at which the wav file will be played in the background

IMPORTANT:
When creating you own presets based on the available ones, make sure the file has the following line at the top as shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>

The best way to create your own preset is to open one existing preset and save it as new one and experiment with the new preset. This leaves the available default persets intact and you can have a copy of the same which you can finetune for your own need.

While modifying the presets please make sure the values are in double quotes " ". They are important delimiters, which should not be missed.

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Posted by drkwc, on 18-11-2008 01:34, , Registered 1. Excellent Tutorial EXCELLENT tutorial. Thanks so much!    --kwc   » Reply to this comment...