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The Syn-Song mode


graphicThis mode combines visual and auditory effects to represent the moment to moment syntax changes, as well as the syntax 'musical rhythm'. Make sure that your computer's speaker volume is up. Move the 'Time control' towards 2/3 to the right, click 'DVD Play/Stop' and Click on the 'Dynamic movies' tab and select the Syn-Song mode. In this mode you can see the short-term syntax transitions accompanied by clicks of different pitch. The pitch is determined by the Y axis location of each current syllable. After some listening, try accelerating the movie by manipulating the position of the 'speed' slider. Next, try changing features observed on both X and Y axis. As you can hear, the Syn-Song mode generates a sort of 'synthetic song' out of the syllable tables. Changing the rate of this 'song' allows your mind to integrate across time scales that are way above your integration capacity of song heard in real-time, and the combination of visual and auditory stimuli is also good. You can manipulate the 'memory' of the observe trajectory by changing the interval duration.  


Try also different combinations of features. Remember that the tones will change only with the Y axis, so that each feature selected for Y axis will give a different 'music'.
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