One instrument... Two rack spaces... Millions of sounds... Infinite possibilities.
The Muse Research Receptor PRO Jr. features the same stunning specification as Receptor PRO, albeit with a slightly smaller Hard Drive - 400 Gb instead of 750 Gb.
The Muse Research Receptor is a unique and versatile musical instrument that takes the best software-based synthesizers and effects processors available, and turns them into real instruments. With the push of a button, Receptor can transform itself from a sampler into a guitar processor; from a drum module into a synthesizer; or from a delicate mastering tool into a screaming drawbar organ.
Plugin software has completely changed the way we make music. Puny samples crammed into tiny chips are a thing of the past. Fixed architecture synths, by their very nature, are forever incapable of adapting to an ever-shifting sonic landscape. In today's musical world, virtual instruments reign supreme. But using plugin software can be an exasperating experience. Stability concerns and high latencies limit their effectiveness on stage, and high CPU demands limit their flexibility in the studio.
Receptor solves these problems by combining everything that's good about plugins with everything that's good about hardware.
"Whereas traditional synthesizers have limited our sonic options, the possibilities seem endless now with Receptor!"
-Jeff Babko
Keyboardist on Jimmy Kimmel Live
"The Receptor is the ultimate tool for bringing the power of plug-in technology to the stage."
-David Rosenthal
Keyboardist & Synthesizer Programmer for Billy Joel
Nothing could better illustrate the fact that Receptor combines the best of both worlds (hardware and software) than the previous two quotes. Mike Babko loves his Receptor because it blows away the hardware synthesizers it replaces. David Rosenthal loves his because it gives him the ultimate way to use software instruments and effects on stage. Two worlds. Two vantage points. One product to satisfy them both.
Applications/Configurations
- A Receptor for Composers: 5 Receptor Pro 400s with 400 GB Hard Drives
Composers demand the highest polyphony performance, usually only achieved with a system composed of multiple Receptors. Libraries such as East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Platinum include four separate plug-in licenses so that each machine can be dedicated to a section of the orchestra: Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, and Percussion. Additionally many serious composers will rely on a separate machine to host EWQL Symphonic Choirs.
Depending on your writing style, additional Receptors may be required. For example, if you write using more string players than brass players, you may want to dedicate two Receptors to the string section articulations, instead of one. Or, you may wish to combine Woodwinds and Percussion libraries on the same Receptor, if you do not typically write heavily for these sections. Therefore your polyphony usage for these sections may not justify two separate Receptors.
Additional Optional Plug-ins for composers: Garritan Personal Orchestra, Chris Hein Horns and Garritan Jazz and Big Band.
Uniwire Technology
UniWire is a technology that allows up to 10 Receptors to connect to a single host computer via gigabit ethernet. You communicate with each Receptor using the UniWire plugin. There are no audio or MIDI cables to connect, because everything is transmitted over the single ethernet connector. This means that Receptor hardware integrates with your studio exactly like a plugin running natively—except that Receptor (not your computer) is doing all the sound and effects processing. Essentially, this lets you create complex sequences without ever running out of CPU power and without freezing tracks. And you can do all this without changing your computer-centric, plugin-based workflow because, as far as your Mac or PC sequencer is concerned, Receptor is a plugin—just one that happens to run outside of your computer.
Macintosh and Windows Compatibility
The Receptor can work with or without any computer. Since Receptor uses standard networking protocols, you can mount Receptor onto any type of standards-compliant computer, where you can install, manage, or delete files on Receptor. UniWire technology exists for both Macintosh and Windows digital audio workstations and, if you're not really much of a computer person, Receptor works with MIDI and audio exactly like any other hardware synth or effects device sold in the last 25 years (only much much better, of course).
