title: Multichannel audio monitor for detecting electrical signals.
abstract: The multichannel audio monitor (MUCAM) permits the simultaneous auditory monitoring of concurrent trains of electrical signals generated by as many as eight different sources. The basic working principle of this device is the modulation of the amplitude of a given pure tone by the incoming signals of each input channel. The MUCAM thus converts a complex, multichannel, temporal signal sequence into a musical melody suitable for instant, subliminal pattern analysis by the human ear. Neurophysiological experiments requiring multi-electrode recordings have provided one useful application of the MUCAM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Friesen
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Stent
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004560:Electricity; D004566:Electrodes; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011571:Psychoacoustics