Analyzer 2
Overview


The analysis software for EEG/ERP research
BrainVision Analyzer started in 1997 and is used in thousands of research labs. Scientists use BrainVision Analyzer to process a variety of neurophysiological data. Analyzer is easy to use and offers a variety of powerful features.
Analyzer 2 at a glance
- Stable, reliable and fast
- Quick to get started and intuitive to learn
- Based on reliable scientific methods
- Easily expandable features (MATLAB®) and compatible with other analysis software (BESA)
- More than 50 data formats, coordinates, triggers, etc.
- Free scientific support
Self-documenting and easy to learn
- Visual representation of analysis steps in a structure called History Trees®
- Analysis steps in History Trees® let you explore and compare various data processing strategies
- Each History Tree® node contains full description of parameters used for data processing
- Short learning curve = Less time from recording to publication
- Templates from History Trees® applied to multiple datasets for quick and consistent analysis
- Templates applied automatically (or manually using drag and drop mode) to multiple subjects
- On-demand calculation = No need to re-process your data!
- Multiple views for fast data visualization and comparison
- Automatic import and export of data, events/triggers, channel coordinates, etc.
- Filters, Raw Data Inspection, interactive ICA, FFT, Wavelets, Coherence, LORETA and more.
- Tailored transformations for MR and CB artefact correction; integration of Eye-Tracking data
- Real-time communication with MATLAB®
- Video integration for frame-by-frame monitoring of participant’s behavior
- Free support via email from scientists at the Brain Products headquarters
Support includes: Installation, license/dongle issues, data analysis – We support you in every step of the research process
- Additional assistance for scientific data evaluation during the peer-review process. Support will help you address reviewer questions!
- Frequent scientific workshops and webinars to help you best use Analyzer 2
- Great tool for teaching EEG/ERP analysis due to its user-friendly interface
- Perfect for workshops, seminars, EEG boot camps, webinars, etc
- Easy EEG/ERP analysis education; no need to learn a programming language or read/write scripts
- Effective data processing from day one
- One time purchase (no annual fee)
- Long-lasting Backwards Compatibility across versions
- Detailed documentation of analysis methods (user manual, release notes, scientific support)
Interested in more?
- Learn more about our Analyzer 2 Educational License (special offer for educational events held by our users) and the Application Suite Trial Package (2 months trial license for 100 Euro only)
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Our products are scientific equipment for INVESTIGATIONAL USE ONLY! Medical use e.g. for diagnosis, treatment of disease or other such purposes is strictly forbidden.














Technical Specifications
Transformations | Comments |
Add Channels | for importing Eye Tracking data |
Artifact Rejection | |
Average | |
Band Rejection | |
Baseline Correction | |
CB Correction | detection and correction of cardioballistic artifacts during combined EEG-fMRI measurements |
Change Sampling Rate | |
Coherence | |
Complex Demodulation | |
Correlation Measures | |
Cross-Correlation | |
CSD | Current Source Density |
Data Cache | for improved performance |
Data Comparison | |
DC Detrend | |
Edit Channels | |
Edit Markers | |
Edit User Properties | |
ERS/ERD | Event-related synchronization and desynchronization |
FFT | Fast Fourier Transform |
FFT Inverse | |
Formula Evaluator | |
Grand Average | |
Grand Segmentation | |
ICA | Independent Component Analysis |
Inverse ICA | |
IIR Filters | Zero phase shift infinite impulse response Butterworth filter |
Import Markers | |
Level Trigger | |
Linear Derivation | |
LORETA | for source analysis |
LRP | Lateralized Readiness Potential |
Matlab | inbuilt interface to MATLAB® and EEGLAB |
MR Correction | detection and correction of MR scanner artifacts during combined EEG-fMRI measurements |
New Reference | |
OcularCorrection | based on a regression algorithm |
Ocular Correction ICA | based on ICA |
PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
Peak Detection | |
Pooling | |
Raw Data Inspection | |
Rectify | |
RMS/GFP | Root Mean Square and Global Field Power |
Segmentation | |
Topographic Interpolation | |
t-Test | paired and unpaired t-Tests |
Wavelets | |
Wavelet Extraction | |
Views | Comments |
3D Head View | 3D topographic mapping |
(Band) Channel Pair Views | 2D connectivity graphs |
Butterfly View | |
CSD Map | for transient display of 2D topographic mapping of CSD data |
FFT | for transient display of FFT spectral amplitude |
Grid View | |
Head View | |
LORETA | for transient display of 2D distribution of neural sources |
(Band) Mapping View | 2D topographic mapping |
Standard View | |
Time-Frequency View | 2D representation of time-frequency data |
Zoom View | |
Additional View features: | |
View Toolbox | e.g., Delta Tool for indicating differences in latency and amplitude Graphics |
Overlay of data sets with different sampling rates and lengths | |
Overlays of Wavelet data | |
Block markers | |
Multiple transient transformations | |
Scaling Bars | |
Manual and automatic marker settings | |
Montages | |
Readers for Analyzer-supported file formats | Comments |
Astromed Reader | Twin 3.x and Astromed-Version 4.7 |
Besa Reader | |
Biopac Reader | Versions 2.0 to 3.9 |
Biosemi Reader | |
BrainLab Reader | |
BrainPath Data Reader (*.bhdr, *.bmrk, *.eeg) |
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Brainstar Reader | up to Version 4.0 |
Cogniscan Reader | |
Datawave Reader | |
DC-MES Reader | |
Easys Reader | EASYS2 (1996) |
EDF Reader | EDF and EDF+ format; min. sampling rate: 200 Hz |
EGI Reader | continuous, segmented and averaged EGI simple binary format (*.raw) with integer precision (format versions 2 and 3) and floating-point single precision (format versions 4 and 5). |
Eldith Reader | Neroprax format (2004) |
Generic Data Reader (*.vhdr, *.vmrk, *.eeg) (*.xhdr, *.xmrk, *.eeg) |
BrainVision Core Data format 1.0 BrainVision Data format 1.0 and 2.0 |
Graph Tek Reader | |
Harmonie 5 Reader | Harmonie 5.0b, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1. |
Learning Data Reader (*.lhdr, *.lmrk, *.eeg) |
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Micromed Reader | up to Version 4 |
Monitor Reader | Rhythm 7.1 |
Neurofile Reader | |
Neurofile 2 Reader | Neurofile NT (1999) |
Neuroscan Reader | |
Nihon Kohden Reader | 2110 / 1100 |
PolyDC Reader | |
SBI Reader | Version 1.1 |
Sigma Reader | Version 3.0 |
V-Amp Data Reader (*.ahdr, *.amrk, *.eeg) |
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Vitaport Reader | VarioPort I and II |
XLTek Reader | format versions 8 und 9 |
Miscellaneous | |
Supported operating systems | Windows® XP Service Pack 3 - up to BrainVision Analyzer 2.2.0 Windows® Vista 32 Service Pack 1 - up to BrainVision Analyzer 2.2.0 Windows® 7 Windows® 8 and 8.1 - only BrainVision Analyzer 2.0.3 and higher Windows® 10 - only BrainVision Analyzer 2.1.1 and higher |
Minimum configuration | Intel® Pentium IV Processor or higher, 512 MB RAM, Graphics adapter with 64 MB internal memory, 8 GB space on hard disk, Monitor display size: 17’’ for up to 32 channels; 21’’ for more than 32 channels |
Medical product | no |
CE marking | no |
Software classification according to IEC 62304 |
Class A |
Brochures
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Manual, Tutorials & Downloads (only for registered users)
Press Release Articles
4.2021
Extend your BrainVision Analyzer 2 to its full potential with Solutions
by Dr. Bastian Schledde
Type: Weblink
4.2021
The latest news on dongles: upgrade your old Analyzer 2 key today and learn about our new license update portal
by Dipl.-Psych. Michael Hoppstädter
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4.2021
Combining EEG and eye tracking: a workflow for your lab experiment
by Laura Leuchs, Ph.D. & Sara Pizzamiglio, Ph.D.
Type: Weblink
12.2020
What’s new in BrainVision Analyzer 2.2.1? – Integration of Tobii Pro Lab data in Add Channels & more
by Jose Raul Naranjo & Dr.-Ing. Kidist Mideksa
Type: Weblink
8.2020
Offline analysis of sensor data in BrainVision Analyzer 2
by Dipl.-Psych. Michael Hoppstädter and Dr.-Ing. Kidist Mideksa
Type: Weblink
4.2020
A pocket guide to BrainVision Analyzer 2 licensing
by Dr.-Ing. Kidist Mideksa
Type: Weblink
5.2019
The Brain Products Webinar Channel: Watch a training video anytime and anywhere
by Dipl.-Psych. Michael Hoppstädter
Type: Weblink
5.2019
Choosing your reference – and why it matters
by Laura Leuchs, Ph.D.
Type: Weblink
5.2019
Fingerprints of excellence: A great journey towards the new features in BrainVision Analyzer 2.2.0
by Jose Raul Naranjo
Type: Weblink
5.2018
A guided tour through LORETA – Source localization in BrainVision Analyzer 2!
by Dr.-Ing. Kidist Mideksa
Type: Weblink
12.2017
Analyzer 2 Educational License – a letter of appreciation to great EEG/ERP teachers
by Jose Raul Naranjo
Type: Weblink
4.2017
New views made easy – Visualizing ECoG grids and connectivity matrices via Analyzer 2’s MATLAB® transformation
by Jose Raul Naranjo
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12.2016
BrainVision Analyzer 2 at SfN 2016, Upgrade Special and Educcational License
by Stefanie Rudrich
Type: Weblink
7.2016
All you ever wanted to know about markers in BrainVision Analyzer 2
by Dipl.-Psych. Michael Hoppstädter & Dr. Michael Schubert
Type: Weblink
3.2016
User Research: Using resting state EEG to investigate long-term stability in children’s frontal EEG alpha asymmetry
by Barbara C. N. Müller & Markus Paulus
Type: Weblink
3.2016
New Licensing Model for Brain Products Software
by Pierluigi Castellone & Dominik Dietze
Type: Weblink
12.2015
BrainVision Analyzer 2.1.1
by Jose Raul Naranjo
Type: Weblink
10.2015
Non-parametric permutation statistics made easy – Analyzer 2 and BESA Statistics 2.0
by Michael Hoppstädter
Type: Weblink
10.2015
Exports for all occasions – A selective overview of Analyzer 2’s most useful export options
by Michael Hoppstädter
Type: Weblink
7.2015
Proceedings of EEG Spring School at King’s College London
by Glenn Kitsune, PhD & Grainne McLoughlin, PhD
Type: Weblink
7.2015
Want to test all our software for two months? – Check out the “Application Suite Trial Package”
by Pierluigi Castellone
Type: Weblink
7.2015
How to reprocess EEG data to correct offsets between EEG and coregistered markers
by Lydia Timm, Ph.D.
Type: Weblink
7.2015
New offer: The Source Analysis Bundle – CapTrak, actiCHamp and BESA
by Dr. Patrick Britz and Dominik Dietze
Type: Weblink
4.2015
(More) tricks and tips around BrainVision Analyzer 2
by Dr. Filipa Viola & Dr. Tracy Warbrick
Type: Weblink
12.2014
Tricks and tips around BrainVision Analyzer 2 – these ten little knacks will help make your work with Analyzer even easier!
by Dr. Filipa Viola
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10.2014
Beyond surface EEG: An invitation to source analysis with LORETA
by Jose Naranjo
Type: Weblink
10.2014
VIGALL 2.0: Analyzing different functional brain states and their regulation during resting states
by Ulrich Hegerl, Tilman Hensch, Daniel Böttger and Christian Sander
Type: Weblink
7.2014
Independent Component Analysis – demystified
by Dr. Markus Plank
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4.2014
How can you create a customized overlay plot in BrainVision Analyzer 2?
by Dr. Filipa Campos Viola
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12.2013
Combining EEG with NIRS
by Pierluigi Castellone
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12.2013
Ocular Correction ICA
by Dr. Markus Plank
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7.2013
Add Channels transformation - Import and synchronize eye tracker data to EEG
by Dr. Roland Csuhaj
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7.2013
Aspects of the new BrainVision Analyzer 2.0.3
by Dr. Lisa Glass
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7.2013
Create New Dataset
by Lydia Timm, Ph.D.
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4.2013
Perceiving while acting: How visual selection is tuned to action intensions
by Agnieszka Wykowska (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany)
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4.2013
How to add methods to BrainVision Analyzer quickly and easily
by Dr. Roland Csuhaj
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12.2012
High-frequency neural activity modulated by crossmodal haptic-to-auditory priming
by Till R. Schneider (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany)
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12.2012
Tips and tricks to master the Advanced Boolean Expression (ABE)
by Jose Raul Naranjo
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9.2012
Did you know how to use the new features of the Edit Channels transformation in BrainVision Analyzer 2?
by Dr. Filipa Campos Viola
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7.2012
How to keep BrainVision Analyzer 2.0.2 up to date
by Jose Raul Naranjo
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4.2012
Visual processing in the auditory cortex of cochlear-implant users
by Pascale Sandmann
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4.2012
The new BrainVision Analyzer 2.0.2
by Dr. Lisa Glass
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12.2011
New Analyzer 2 Module synchronization of co-registered external data: a preliminary look
by Dr. Michael Jachan, Stefanie Rudrich
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12.2011
Electrode locations in Analyzer 2: where they are defined and how to get them right
by Dr. Nikolay Novitskiy
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10.2011
EEG recorded during gross-motor behavior
by K. Hoedlmoser, J. Birklbauer, S. Rigler, E. Mueller & M. Schabus
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4.2011
Introducing the new „All-In-One Installer“ for BrainVision Analyzer 2
by Dr. Nikolay Novitskiy
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12.2010
End of Analyzer 1 support - An old gem is going into retirement
by Dr. Lisa Glass
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10.2010
Have you located the Solutions help documentation for Analyzer 2?
by Dr. Roland Csuhaj
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10.2010
Do you know how to install Software Sub-Licenses?
by Dr. Davide Riccobon
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7.2010
Did you know how to select the correct responses in BrainVision Analyzer 2?
by Dr. Roland Csuhaj
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3.2010
Brain Products joins the MathWorks Connections Program
by Pierluigi Castellone, General Manager & Stefanie Rudrich, Marketing
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3.2010
Hasta la vista, Windows Vista! Windows 7 on the advance
by Dr. Lisa Glass
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12.2009
Looking back at BrainVision Analyzer and RecView in 2009
by Dr. Achim Hornecker, General Manager
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12.2009
BootCamp - BrainVision Analyzer on Apple Mac Systems
by David Kadlec, MES Sales & Support
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12.2009
Brain-Computer Interface technology: a challenging research field
by Maria Schatt, Software Developer
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8.2009
Changes to Analyzer 2.0.1: Bugfixes and new Features
by Dr. Achim Hornecker, General Manager
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12.2008
MATLAB ® transform fundamentals
by Patrick Britz, Sales & Support
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9.2008
An introduction to the ICA in the Analyzer 2 way
by Patrick Britz, Sales & Support
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4.2008
Analyzer 2 – Redefining workflow oriented EEG analysis
by Ingmar Gutberlet, Ph.D., Customer Support Manager
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1.2008
BrainVision Analyzer 2
by Alexander Svojanovsky, General Manager
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