Under Choose Reference, you choose the reference type to be used in the new montage. The following options are available for this:

Original. No new reference is calculated. This type of montage is only used to group channels together or optimize their presentation.

Average. The average reference is calculated, i.e. the average of all selected channels is used as the reference.

Laplacian: Source derivation, as described by Hjorth, is carried out. This is a method derived from the Laplace transform in which the reference is calculated from multiple neighboring electrodes of a channel.

Once you have selected the reference type, click OK. The montage editor appears. The montage editor has the same basic functions for all four reference types. A number of additional controls are displayed for the "Laplacian" and "Bipolar" reference types.

The montage editor contains the Head View and List View tabs. These tabs allow you to select the channels contained in the montage. The head view gives you an overview of the arrangement of the channels on the head.

The head view shows you the position of the channels on the head

Channels whose position is not known are displayed to the left of the head. If you click the name of a channel, it is added to the montage. If you click it again, it is removed from the montage. Channels added to the montage are highlighted in black.

You can select multiple channels by clicking in a free area in the head display and dragging the mouse.

The list view displays the list of channels in the order in which they appear in the montage. You can select multiple rows in the list and delete them. In the last row,

you can add new channels by choosing them from the drop-down lists or by entering them directly.