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About the sessions
The 100 sessions in the Nova Pro 100 combine the rhythm, pitch and musical effect
of sound with kaleidoscopic effects from light stimulation to encourage relaxation and
mood changes. The effects can vary from energizing thru meditative to sleep-inducing
depending on the type of stimulation, just as music can produce any of those effects.
The session names and descriptions relate the effect that was intended for the
session — different persons will experience different actual effects, and the effect may
vary from day to day.
The titles give a general guide to the type of effect that can be expected. Some of
the sessions use fast-changing microloop sequences to give special effects.
The sessions are grouped by different general objectives, and the running time and
primary tone selection are given for each session.
In the study of mental states through the electroencephalogram, four different states
or types of waveforms have been characterized by neurologists:
Beta
13-30+Hertz
Awake and alert
Alpha
8-12 Hertz
Relaxed
Theta
3-7 Hertz
Reverie, Imagery, near sleep
Delta
0.5-2 Hertz
Sleep
A session’s general aim is to help you reach one of those states. Although different
frequency combinations in any one session will work differently for many individuals the
above are the four general categories and the frequency range which they fall into.
To play a session:
To play a session all you need to do is turn the NP100 on, plug the light frames and
the headphones, select a session and press PLAY. The system will count down for 10
seconds and start to play the session.
Close
Close
Close
Close
Close your eyes, put on the light frames and the
headphones, sit back and enjoy. It really is that simple.
USER TIP: We strongly suggest that you adjust the light intensity and the sound volume
to your personal comfort level
before
before
before
before
before playing a session. Brighter and louder is not bet-
not bet-
not bet-
not bet-
not bet-
ter
ter
ter
ter
ter.....
Always
Always
Always
Always
Always keep your eyes closed
closed
closed
closed
closed during a session. If this is your first experience with
photosonic (Light/Sound) stimulation, start with the short or half hour sessions once a
day or several times a week. Don’t overdo it — an hour a day is tops. Experiment and
find the sessions that work best for you.
OPTIONAL
OPTIONAL
OPTIONAL
OPTIONAL
OPTIONAL: Via the enclosed patch cord, you can connect your NP 100 EXT jack to a
music source (tape, CD player) and listen to your favorite music while enjoying the ses-
sion.
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About “dl” (downloading) sessions
The Nova pro 100 has room for up to 100 downloaded sessions, or a total of 1000
segments of storage space, that can be added via the cable from your computer. The
download choices are controlled from the PC with either Light/Sound Designer or Light/
Sound Librarian. With the Nova Pro 100 you received the free L/S Designer software.
The L/S Librarian and the additional session libraries we offer are free to download from
our web site <www.photosonix.com>. Both L/S Designer and L/S Librarian give you the
choice of which category you want to download the sessions into. The downloaded ses-
sions are displayed in each category above the built in sessions (like the relaxation
category built in sessions are displayed as r01-r15). When you download sessions they
will be displayed with a period after the category designation. Example: sessions down-
loaded in the relaxation category will be displayed as r.01, r.02 etc through the number of
relaxation sessions downloaded.
User tip
User tip
User tip
User tip
User tip: : : : : Use L/S Librarian to print a list of the sessions you are downloading. Keep
the list as a reference of the current dL sessions in your system. Make a separate library
file for each download category.
Light Sound Designer
Light/Sound Designer 100 is a program for the PC with Windows, that allows you to design
sessions in a spreadsheet format on the PC, save them to disk, display them graphically, and
download them to the Nova Pro 100 via a COM port of the PC. Mac users need to purchase an
adapter, please visit the downloading page on our web site for more information.
The L/S Designer for the Nova Pro 100 has 100 sessions with it. The sessions are included
as a variety of examples for you to look at in detail (LS Designer displays every session’s
segment and the corresponding segment parameter). These sessions can be altered to your
personal preference, saved and downloaded into the NP 100 as a download session. You can
also use LS Designer to design new sessions.
Light/Sound Designer is avaialble for download from our web site. Please contact us for
the current downloading URL as it changes as we upload new pages to our web site.
You also received a COM port cable. The cable is a 9 pin serial (female) port.
Information on current adapters to USB port is available on the downloading page on our web
site. One we have tested is made by Keyspan, the part number is 19HS
Computer manufacturers do not label the ports but LS Designer (and Librarian) will tell
you if a port is found when attempting to download. More documentation is on line and in the
HELP files.
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