The philosophy behind the Open Ephys GUI differs from that of existing commercial software for neuroscience. Taking inspiration from audio processing software such as Ableton Live, the GUI is structured around independent modules that can be mixed and matched to build a custom signal chain. We hope that this structure will give users and developers a tremendous amount of flexibility, without compromising functionality.
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- Click the vertical bars on the right side of the Bandpass Filter to open the channel selector drawer. You can listen to the data coming out of any Source or Filter processor, but your spikes will sound better if the data is filtered between ~300 Hz to ~6000 kHzHz.
- Click the "AUDIO" button to see the channels that can be monitored within this module.
- Click on the channels you'd like to listen to. You can select as many as you'd like, and they will be overlaid.
- Made sure the volume slider in the middle of the control panel is at least partially activated. You should now be able to hear something coming out of your computer's default audio output.
- Move the "gate" slider to the left to remove some of the baseline noise
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The signal chain should be re-loaded exactly as you left it, including the parameters within each module. If it appears that something is changed, it could mean there's a bug in the loading code. In that case, consider submitting an issue if one doesn't already exist.
We have prepared some example configuration files that show some of the basic features described here. You can find them in Resources/Configs/ , or on github.
Alternatively, you can select the "Reload on startup" option from the "File" menu, which will automatically reload the last-used configuration the next time the application is launched.
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