Muse Research Receptor 2+ User's Guide

Receptor v1.2

User’s Guide

Muse Research, Inc.

970 O’Brien Drive

Menlo Park, CA 94025

USA

Tech Support: (650) 326-6180

Main Ofﬁce: (650) 326-5400

March 31, 2005

Muse Research, Receptor, MuseMachine, and the Muse Research logo are trademarks of Muse Research, Inc. VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media, GmbH. ADAT and the ADAT logo are registered trademarks of Alesis, LLC and are used here under license. Macintosh and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks used herein are property of their respective holders. No portion of this manual may be reproduced or distributed without the express written consent of Muse Research, Inc.

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--------------- Warning ---------------

To prevent ﬁre or shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Refer servicing to qualiﬁed service personnel.

Notice Regarding Electromagnetic Emissions

This device complies with part 15, subpart J of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, (2) this device must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes or modiﬁcations to this device not expressly approved by the manufacturer may void your authority to operate it. When connecting this product to accessories and/or other equipment use only high quality shielded cables.

Notice Regarding GPL License conditions

This product is based on the Linux Operating system, some or all of which may be administered under terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) agreement as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Software distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL may be redistributed or modiﬁed under the terms of the GNU GPL, either version 2 of the License, or any later version. Programs distributed under the GNU GPL are done so WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU GPL agreement is available from the Muse Research website (www.museresearch.com) as well as on the Receptor CD.

A machine-readable copy of the GPL compliant software in this product is available from Muse Research for a small fee to cover costs of producing and mailing the CD by writing to:

Muse Research, Inc. 970 O Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA. 94025

IMPORTANT SAFETY, INSTALLATION & USE INSTRUCTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS

WARNING: READ THIS FIRST!

When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, especially the following:

1 Read and follow the Safety, Installation, and Use instructions before using this product.

2 This product must be grounded. If it should malfunction or break down, grounding provides a path of least

resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product comes with a power supply cord with integral equipment grounding conductor and grounding plug. This power supply cord must be plugged into an appropriate outlet which is has been properly installed and grounded in accordance with local electrical building codes and ordinances. Use in countries other than the North America may require the use of a different power cable or attachment plug, or both.

DANGER

Risk of electrical shock or ﬁre exists if the grounding scheme of a product is defeated or modiﬁed so that the ground is improperly connected. Do not modify the plug on the power supply cord provided with this product — if the power plug does not plug into your existing outlet, or you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded, check with a qualiﬁed electrician.

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CAUTION

If Receptor is rack mounted, a standard 19-inch open frame rack must be used. Do not install Receptor in rack that does not allow or provide for free air movement in and around the device or overheating and possible product damage may result.

3 To reduce the risk of injury, do not allow children to operate any electrical product without close

supervision.

4 Do not use Receptor near water -- for example near a bathtub or shower, next to a sink, in a damp

basement, or near or in a swimming pool or wet location.

5 Receptor MUST be installed so that its location or mounting position does not interfere with its proper

ventilation on the sides, bottom and rear of the unit. Do not modify or obstruct any of the fans in this product or overheating will result, possibly causing permanent damage.

6 Receptor should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, ﬁreplaces, stoves, or

ovens, or on top of or in between amps or other heat generating devices.

7 Receptor should only be connected to a power supply of the type described in the instructions and marked

on the product using the proper power supply cable.

8 This product, in combination with an ampliﬁer, headphones, and/or speakers, may be capable of producing

sound levels that could cause full or partial hearing loss and/or damage other audio equipment such as speakers. Take all necessary precautions to protect your hearing when using this or any other audio device by ensuring that the maximum output volume of your monitoring system is kept to a safe level well below the threshold of damage.

9 Receptor may be equipped with a polarized line plug (where one blade is wider than the other) which

ensures it can only be inserted into a polarized outlet. This is a safety feature that prevents line and neutral from being inadvertently reversed. If you are unable to insert this plug into the outlet, do not modify the plug. Contact an electrician to install the appropriate power outlet.

10 The power supply cord should be removed from the power outlet when not being used for extended

periods of time.

11 Care should be taken so that foreign objects or liquids are not introduced into the product enclosure

openings.

12 The product should be serviced by a qualiﬁed service person when any of the following events occur:

A. The power supply cord or the plug have been damaged;

B. Objects have fallen into or liquid has been spill into the product;

C. The product has been exposed to rain;

D. The product does not appear to be operating normally or exhibits a marked change in performance;

E. The product has been dropped or the enclosure has been damaged.

13 Do not attempt to service this product beyond what is described in the user maintenance instructions. Any

required service should be performed by qualiﬁed service personnel. Please contact the factory for your nearest qualiﬁed service center.

14 For your personal safety and the safety of others:

A. Do not operate this or any other audio device for long periods of time at high volume levels or at a level that is uncomfortable. Ensure your hearing is protected against inadvertent, excessive sound pressure level in your studio or performance environment. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing of the ears consult your physician or audiologist.

B. Take care when programming any of the synth ﬁlters, distortion programs, or ﬁlter effects contained herein using extreme operating parameters. These actions could also produce signals which result in potentially damaging sound levels as noted previously.

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WARNING

Do not place objects on the product s power supply cord, or place the product in a position where anyone could trip over, walk on, or roll anything over cords of any type. Do not allow the product to rest on or be installed over cords of any type. installations of this type create the possibility of a ﬁre hazard and/or personal injury.

MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

1 This product should be kept clean and dust free. Periodically wipe the unit with a clean, lint free cloth. Do

not use solvents or cleansers as they may damage or scratch the ﬁnish.

2 There are no user lubrication, adjustment, or alignment requirements for this product.

3 Refer all other servicing to qualiﬁed service personnel.

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----- End User Software License Agreement -----

SOFTWARE LICENSING CONTRACT

The following information represents the contractual conditions for the use of software (hereinafter called the Licensed Software), manufactured by Muse Research, Inc. as well as 3rd party software developers (such as, but not limited to Applied Acoustics, Arturia, Dash Signature, DiscoDSP, FXpansion, GMEDIA Music, Kjaerhus Audio, LinPlug, Native Instruments, OhmForce, PSP, reFX, rgc:audio, WaveArts, and Wurr Audio) (hereinafter called the Company) by you, the ﬁnal user (hereinafter called the Licensee).

By installing the software, or by sending back the registration card, you are declaring yourself to be in agreement with the contractual conditions, so please read the following text carefully.

If you are not in agreement with these conditions, you must not install the software. In this event, please return the complete product (including all written matter and packaging) to the entity from whom it was originally bought. The price you paid will be refunded in full.

CONTRACTUAL CONDITIONS

1 Scope of use

The Company grants the Licensee, for the duration of this contract, rights - which are neither exclusive nor transferable (called hereinafter the License ) - to use the Licensed Software on one device only (i.e. one Receptor). If this device is connected to a multi-user system, this License shall apply to all users of the system.

2 Permission to copy

The Licensee is given the right to prepare machine-readable copies of the Licensed Software for keeping in storage, provided such copies are only intended to replace or reconstruct used or destroyed copies of the original Licensed Software, and are only used within the context of the rights assigned under this contract.

The Licensee is not entitled to transfer the Licensed Software into the core memory of another CPU.

The Licensee is under an obligation to keep a record of all the copies he produces, and of their locations. He must present the Company with this record at any time if there is any suspicion of misuse.

Upon the expiry of this contract, or of any subsequent contract covering the same Licensed Software, the Licensee is under an obligation - whether or not requested to do so - to totally destroy all copies of the Licensed Software, whether in machine-readable form or any other, and the pertinent documentation. If this Licensed Software is stored electronically, the Licensee must delete it totally, and make a legally binding declaration to the Company that this obligation has been fulﬁlled. The original software that the Licensee receives from the Company is exempt from this requirement.

3 The Company’s rights over the Licensed Software

The Company, or any licensor of the Company, is the holder of all rights of ownership and other rights over the Licensed Software, documentation, and printed material given to the Licensee in execution of this contract. In those cases when the Company is the Licensee, the Company is entitled to pass on the Licensed Software under the terms of this contract.

The Licensee assigns, and the Company accepts, the rights of ownership over all copies of the Licensed Software and/or documentation produced by the Licensee during the lifetime of this contract, including any such material that may be produced by the Licensee in breach of this contract. Ownership rights to disks, diskettes, or tape of any kind is likewise assigned, except in the case of non-separable copies in the core memory of a CPU.

Whenever a copy is made, it must be ensured that the Company’s copyright notice is attached, with an indication of all of the Company’s rights under the foregoing paragraphs in a machine-readable form (if machine-readable copies are being prepared) and/or in plain language. An indication of the ownership and all other rights of the Company as deﬁned in the foregoing paragraphs is to be attached clearly and visibly, printed on or ﬁrmly attached to all disks, diskettes or tape of any kind on which the Licensed Software is stored. The same applies for the documentation belonging to the Licensed Software, and the containers in which this documentation is stored.

4 Exclusivity of Licensed Software

The Licensee is to use the Licensed Software he receives from the Company, all copies thereof, and all pertinent documentation exclusively for his own purposes, and must keep it separate from third parties.

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He must ensure that no third party or any of his own employees, unless authorized, will have access to the Licensed Software, may copy part or all of the Licensed Software, or be given any opportunity to do so. The Licensee bears legal liability towards the Company for any loss or damage - including any subsequent losses incurred by the Company

- resulting from the Licensee not keeping the programs for exclusive use, or not doing so with sufﬁcient assiduity.

The Licensee is in particular not entitled to grant any third party rights of usership over the Licensed Software. Occasional use by a third party is only permissible if this is absolutely essential for the Licensee’s use. Renting or lending out the Licensed Software is expressly forbidden.

5 Guarantee and legal liability

The Company and the Licensee are aware that functional defects in the Licensed Software cannot be totally ruled out, despite the present state of technical knowledge, even if the very greatest care is taken. The unrestricted functionality of the Licensed Software and/or the rectiﬁcation of all faults therefore cannot be totally guaranteed.

The Company’s legal liability for programming errors in the Licensed Software, including later updates provided for under this contract, is therefore restricted to any case of the Company acting with intent or gross negligence.

The Company undertakes, for a period of six months from the conclusion of this contract, to undertake everything that can be expected to ensure the functionality of the Licensed Software in compliance with the speciﬁcations and the program description. The provision for this guarantee is that the Licensed Software be operated in the conﬁguration provided for, and under appropriate operating conditions. The Company does not guarantee uninterrupted and faultless operation.

All guarantee claims on behalf of the Licensee become invalid if he tampers with the Licensed Software, or modiﬁes them in any way whatsoever, regardless of the extent of such modiﬁcations. The translation of the Licensed Software into any other program language is also to be regarded as a modiﬁcation.

At the Company’s discretion, the guarantee can take the form of changing the Licensed Software, or exchanging it for different Licensed Software. In those instances when, within the context of the guarantee, the scope of the Licensed Software would have to be changed, in particular if more memory capacity is needed for the program, the Licensee can make no claims of any kind against the Company.

The Licensee has no rights over and above the aforementioned. The Company bears no liability for any loss or damage to the Licensed Software, or to other programs being used, for the loss of working results, turnover, or proﬁt, or for direct or indirect loss or damage suffered by the Licensee or any third party, unless such loss or damage has been caused by the Company acting with intent or gross negligence.

The Company in particular provides no guarantee that the Licensed Software meets the Licensee’s requirements and purposes, or can work in conjunction with other programs he may have selected. The responsibility for the correct selection and for the use of the Licensed Software, and for the results aimed for or achieved, is borne by the Licensee.

6 Duration of the contract and notice of termination

The contract comes into force from the moment the software is installed on your computer or when the registration card is returned, and remains in force for an unspeciﬁed time until notice of termination is served either by the Licensee or by the Company.

The Licensee can serve 30 days notice of termination at any time by registered letter.

Both parties are free to serve extraordinary notice of termination for a major cause. If the Licensee should infringe any of the above obligations, this will be regarded as a major cause justifying the Company’s termination of the contract. The Company is free to decide at its own discretion in what form this notice should be served.

As soon as the notice of termination takes effect, the Licensee is to return to the Company the originals of the Licensed Software he received from The Company, to destroy all copies and recordings of the Licensed Software, and to give a legally binding written assurance that he has done so.

7 Concluding stipulations

This contract shall be exclusively subject to the laws of the state in which it is published.

The Licensee declares himself to be in agreement with the personal data obtained through this business relationship that may be used by the Company for its own purposes within the boundaries of the relevant Data Protection laws.

If any stipulation of this License contract should be or become invalid, either completely or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining stipulations. The parties undertake instead to replace the invalid stipulation with a valid regulation which comes as close as possible to the purpose originally intended.

The place of jurisdiction is the location of the national sales company or agent. The Company can also however, at its discretion, open proceedings at the registered address of the Licensee.

Should you have any queries concerning this License contract, please contact in writing Muse Research, Inc., 970 O Brien Drive, Menlo Park, California, USA.

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Receptor Overview 15

1 Quick Start 17

I’m a synth player. How do I audition some patches? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

I’m a guitar player. How can I listen to some effects? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How and why do I network Receptor to my computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting: Is my computer’s Ethernet port already in use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Mounting: What computer Operating System am I using? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Remote Control: Seeing Receptor on your Computer’s monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How can I integrate Receptor into my recording environment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How do I demo and buy premium plugins? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2 Receptor Architecture 25

Instruments, Busses, and the Master Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Instrument Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Effects Bus Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Master Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Patch Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

VST (.fxp) Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Single Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Multi Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Power Button Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Under the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting a Musical Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Using Receptor’s Front Panel 33

4 Front Panel UI Overview 35

Front Panel Interface Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

View Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Modiﬁer Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

LCD and Display Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Soft Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

5 View Buttons in Depth 41

MULTI Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

MULTI: Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

MULTI: Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

MULTI: Load Blank Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

SINGLE Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

SINGLE: Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

SINGLE: Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

SINGLE: Load Blank Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

SOURCE Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

SOURCE: View Plugin Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

SOURCE: Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

SOURCE: Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SOURCE: Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SOURCE: Input Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SOURCE: Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SOURCE: Listen to MIDI Ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

SOURCE: Plugin MIDI Ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

SOURCE: Channel Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

SOURCE: Note Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

SOURCE: Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

FX A, FX B, FX C Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

FX: View Plugin Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

FX: Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

FX: Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

FX: Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

FX: Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

FX: Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

FX: Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

FX: Get From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MIX Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MIX: Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MIX: Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

MIX: Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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MIX: Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

MIX: Send 1 Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

MIX: Send 1 Pre/Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

MIX: Send 2 Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

MIX: Send 2 Pre/Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

MIX: Output Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

SETUP Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

SETUP: Channel Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

SETUP: MIDI Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

SETUP: Master Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

SETUP: Tempo Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SETUP: Tempo BPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SETUP: Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SETUP: Program Change Chan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SETUP: Digtl Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SETUP: Master Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SETUP: Sample Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

SETUP: View Bank MSB/LSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

SETUP: TCP/IP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

SETUP: TCP/IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

SETUP: TCP/IP Netmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

SETUP: Windows Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

SETUP: Windows Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

SETUP: Appletalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

SETUP: Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

SETUP: System Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

SETUP: Hardware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

SETUP: Memory Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

SETUP: Disk Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

SETUP: Enable Zload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

SETUP: Install/Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

SETUP: Uninstall Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6 Editing, Saving, and Metering 73

Modiﬁer Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

EDIT Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

EDIT: <Parameter> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

EDIT: Using the Soft Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

EDIT: “Panic” Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

SAVE/FILE Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

SAVE/FILE: Save Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

SAVE/FILE: Save Patch As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

SAVE/FILE: Copy Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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SAVE/FILE: Delete Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

SAVE/FILE: Delete Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

SAVE/FILE: Rename Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

SAVE/FILE: Rename Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Meters Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Metering Signal Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Metering CPU Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

METERS: “Load Blank Patch” Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Graphic Editor 85

7 Graphic UI - Mix View 87

Overview of Mix View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Mixer Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Channel Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Plugin Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Send 1 Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Send 1 Pre/Post button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Send 2 Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Send 2 Pre/Post button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Pan/Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Output Assignment Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Channel Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Channel Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Channel Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Channel Details Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Source Slot Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Source: Source Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Source: Bank Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Source: Patch Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Source: Prev/Next Patch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Source: Bypass Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Source: MIDI Filter Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Source: Edit Button / Gain Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Source: Output Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Source: Save/File Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

FX Slot Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

FX: Plugin Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

FX: Bank Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

FX: Patch Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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FX: Prev/Next Patch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

FX: Bypass Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

FX: Switch & Get Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

FX: Edit Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

FX: Save/File Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

FX Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Single Patch Slot Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Single: Bank Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Single: Patch Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Single: Prev/Next Patch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Single: Save/File Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

CPU Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Multi Patch Slot Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Multi: Bank Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Multi: Patch Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Multi: Prev/Next Patch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Multi: Save/File Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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Opening an Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Editing in VST Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Editing in Faceless Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Learn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Handy Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Reordering Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Knob Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using the Editor Select Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

9 Graphic UI - Setup View 117

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

SETUP View - Audio Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Master Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Sample Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Sample Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

SETUP View — MIDI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Master Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Tempo Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Program Change Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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SETUP View - Network Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Receptor Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

TCP/IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Appletalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Windows Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

SETUP View - Install Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Install Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Uninstall Plugins Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

SETUP View - Info Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

System Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Hardware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Enable Zload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

10 Graphic UI - Loading Patches 125

Load Panel Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Bank and Patch Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

ROM Banks and RAM Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Empty Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Accessing the Save/File Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Save/File Panel Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Save/File Panel: Bank and Patch Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Saving a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Saving a Patch to a New Location (Save As) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Saving Patches from ROM Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Renaming a Bank or Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Renaming a Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Renaming a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Deleting a Bank or Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Deleting a Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Deleting a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Copying a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Creating a New Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Viewing a Bank’s MIDI Bank Select Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Networking Receptor and your Computer 141

12 Connecting Receptor to a Computer 143

Networking Buzzwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Receptor <-> Computer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Crossover Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Mounting Receptor on your Computer’s Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Macintosh Mounting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Windows Mounting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Getting Receptor’s IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

13 Installing, Updating, & Managing Receptor Files 165

Overview of Receptor’s Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Banks and Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Drop Installers Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Local Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

My Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Program Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Register Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Ofﬂine Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Registering Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Automatic Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Manual Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Updating Receptor Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Checking for Receptor System Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Downloading Receptor Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Installing a Software Update on Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Getting and Installing Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Shopping for Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Downloading Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Installing a Plugin on Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Updating Existing Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Installing Patches (.fxp/.fxb) on Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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Installing and De-installing “Unsupported” Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Installing “Unsupported” Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Uninstalling “Unsupported” Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Delete/Copy Files from Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Get a Receptor’s Bank/Patch List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Remote Control of Receptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Installing Receptor Remote to your Desktop Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Launching Receptor Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Using Receptor Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

14 Patch Management 175

Managing Patch (.fxp) and Bank (.fxb) ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Manual Patch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Semi-Automatic Patch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Automatic Patch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Patch Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

MIDI Control 179

15 MIDI Control of Receptor’s Mixer 181

MIDI Control of Instrument Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

MIDI Control of Effects Busses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

MIDI Control of the Master Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

16 MIDI Bank & Patch Selection 185

Multi Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Single Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Source (VSTi) Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Effects (VST) Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Selecting Plugin Patches within Currently Loaded Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Viewing MSB/LSB Bank Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

17 MIDI Control of Plugin Parameters 191

Editing Plugin Parameters with MIDI NRPN Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

NRPN Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Editing Plugin Parameters with MIDI Controller Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Controlling the First 16 Parameters of Any Source Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Controlling the First 4 Parameters of Any FX Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

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Receptor Overview

This section helps your Receptor up and running quickly, and

provides a basic overview to Receptor architecture and hardware.

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1 Quick Start

Congratulations on purchasing Receptor. Muse Research understands that the desire to play with a new piece of studio gear is always greater than the desire to read the manual. For this reason, we’ve created this basic Quick Start chapter to help you ﬁnd your way around Receptor.

I’m a synth player. How do I audition some patches?

1 Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT port on your MIDI keyboard to Receptor’s MIDI IN port (Receptor

also supports some USB keyboards).

Make sure your MIDI controller is transmitting on MIDI Ch 1. Although Receptor is 16-part multitimbral, the Multi patches used in this tutorial are all designed to play on MIDI Ch 1.

2 Plug headphones into the front panel PHONES jack or connect the rear panel outputs to your mixer or

sound system, then press the POWER button.

Receptor will go through a short self-diagnostic and startup process.

3 Press the MULTI button.

This puts Receptor into Multi Patch mode, which deﬁnes an entire Receptor layout of up to 16 instruments and 57 effects.

0 1 B a n k >

III III B a n k : < S y n t h M u l t i s >

TIP: To the right of the LCD are two knobs. Turn the top one to select the parameter you wish to edit. Turn the bottom one to change the value of that parameter. If a parameter value is ﬂashing, you must push the bottom display knob to apply the change.

4 Rotate the top knob until the Bank parameter is displayed.

5 Rotate the bottom knob until the 2nd line says <Synth Multis>, then press that knob to apply your

selection.

The Patch parameter automatically appears on the top line with the name of the patch displayed on the bottom line.

6 Rotate the bottom display knob to select the patch you want to audition, then press that knob to load the

patch.

Because Multi patches sometimes require many plugins to be instantiated, it may take several seconds for the patch to load.

7 Play your MIDI keyboard.

You should hear the selected synth play through the headphones or rear-panel outputs. Use the front panel VOLUME knob if needed.

8 To audition more factory sounds, turn the bottom knob to select other patches. Remember to push the

bottom display knob to load the patch into Receptor!

9 When you’re ﬁnished, turn off Receptor by pressing the POWER button TWICE!

By requiring that the POWER button be double-clicked (like you would double-click a mouse button) you’re assured of never accidentally turning off Receptor in a live situation.

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I’m a guitar player. How can I listen to some effects?

1 Plug your guitar into Receptor’s front panel INPUT jack and set the LEVEL knob immediately above the

INPUT jack to about the midway point.

2 Plug headphones into the front panel PHONES jack or connect the rear panel outputs to your mixer or

sound system, then press the POWER button.

Receptor will go through a short self-diagnostic and startup process.

3 Press the MULTI button.

This puts Receptor into Multi Patch mode, which deﬁnes an entire Receptor layout of up to 16 instruments and 57 effects.

0 1 B a n k >

III III B a n k : < G u i t a r M u l t i s >

4 Rotate the top knob until the Bank parameter is displayed.

5 Rotate the bottom knob until the 2nd line says <Guitar Multis>, then press that knob to apply your

selection.

The Patch parameter automatically appears on the top line with the name of the patch displayed on the bottom line.

6 Rotate the bottom display knob to select the patch you want to audition, then press that knob to load the

patch.

Because Multi patches sometimes require many plugins to be instantiated, it may take several seconds for the patch to load.

7 Play your guitar. Set the LEVEL knob so that, when you strum a loud chord, its LEVEL LED just barely turns

red.

You should now hear your processed guitar. Use the front panel VOLUME knob if needed.

8 To audition more factory sounds, turn the bottom knob to select other patches. Remember to push the

bottom display knob to load the patch into Receptor!

9 When you’re ﬁnished, turn off Receptor by pressing the POWER button TWICE!

By requiring that the POWER button be double-clicked (like you would double-click a mouse button) you’re assured of never accidentally turning off Receptor in a live situation.

How and why do I network Receptor to my computer?

There are several reasons why you’ll want to network Receptor with your main computer, including:

• To transfer software updates that you download from the web into Receptor.

• To transfer new plugins, patches, or samples to Receptor.

• To remotely control Receptor’s graphical user interface from your desktop computer

The following sections will help you get your Receptor and computer communicating as quickly as possible. Detailed descriptions of all network operations are covered in Chapter 12, “Connecting Receptor to a Computer.”

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Connecting: Is my computer’s Ethernet port already in use?

You computer’s Ethernet port may already be in use if you’re connected to a cable/DSL modem or to an existing network. Check to see whether or not you’re already using your computer’s Ethernet port, and proceed as follows:

• If your computer’s Ethernet port is not in use, you can connect Receptor directly to your computer using a “special” Ethernet cable known as a ‘crossover Ethernet cable.’ This cable is available from most computer supply stores and differs from a standard Ethernet cable. Always make sure, when connecting Receptor directly to a computer (without going through a router/switcher) that you use a crossover Ethernet cable.

• If your computer’s Ethernet port is in use, that means you’ll have to use an Ethernet router/switcher to connect Receptor and your other Ethernet devices to your computer. Ethernet routers/switchers are widely available from most computer supply stores. Follow the instructions that come with your router/switcher and be sure to use standard Ethernet cables (not crossover cables) when connecting all your devices.

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Mounting: What computer Operating System am I using?

Now that you’ve connected Receptor to your computer, you’ll need to ‘mount it’ on your computer. All this means is that you want to see the contents of Receptor’s hard drive on your computer just as you see its own hard drive. This way, you’ll be able to transfer ﬁles back and forth between your computer and Receptor.

Naturally, every computer operating system has its own way of doing this and, while it isn’t the goal of this manual to explain every computer’s networking methodology, Chapter 12, “Connecting Receptor to a Computer” contains instructions for mounting Receptor with the following methods and operating systems:

• Mac OS X Panther (using either AppleTalk or Samba)

• Mac OS X Jaguar (using either AppleTalk or Samba)

• Mac OS 9 (using AppleTalk)

• Windows XP (using Samba)

• Windows 2000 (using Samba)

Remote Control: Seeing Receptor on your Computer’s monitor

One of the many cool things about connecting Receptor to your computer is that you can remotely control Receptor’s graphical user interface using your computer’s keyboard, mouse, and monitor — just as if you had plugged these directly into Receptor! This is very handy for live performance, where you can use a laptop computer to control your Receptor.

To do this, you must ﬁrst copy the Remote Control from your Receptor CD onto your computer’s hard disk and install it. Once the Remote Control application has been installed to your computer, you can use it to remotely control Receptor at any time. Receptor does not even have to be mounted on your computer in order to use the Remote Control application. For more information, see “Remote Control of Receptor” on page 174.

How can I integrate Receptor into my recording environment?

1 Connect Receptor to your computer exactly as you would connect a traditional sound or effects module.

That is, connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT port on your computer’s MIDI interface to Receptor’s MIDI IN port. Connect another MIDI cable from the MIDI IN port on your computer’s MIDI interface to Receptor’s MIDI OUT port.

Connect Receptor’s audio output (either analog or digital) to your mixer or, if you’re mixing on your computer, connect Receptor’s audio output to your computer’s audio interface. Should you also wish to use Receptor as an effects processor, connect instruments and/or a couple of your computer’s audio outputs to Receptor’s audio inputs.

2 In your sequencer, deﬁne Receptor as a MIDI device and, if desired, label your audio interface’s audio

connectors as belonging to Receptor.

3 You may ﬁnd it most convenient to conﬁgure Receptor using its graphical user interface. To do so,

either plug a keyboard, mouse, and monitor directly into Receptor or use the Receptor Remote Control application to control Receptor from your desktop computer.

To learn more about connecting Receptor to your computer and controlling it with the remote control application, see “How and why do I network Receptor to my computer?” on page 18.

4 In your audio sequencer, assign a couple of tracks to play Receptor on different MIDI channels. If you’re

recording Receptor’s output back into your sequencer, make sure to activate the input assigned to Receptor on your computer’s audio interface.

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--- Multiple Receptor tracks as shown in Apple Computer’s Logic Audio sequencer ---

5 On Receptor, CTL-click on the Multi Patch name to load a blank Multi patch into Receptor.

6 On Receptor, click the big “(none)” button on a channel.

The channel details appear at the top of the window.

7 Click the Source Select button.

The Source Select panel opens.

8 In the Source Select panel, click the plugin you want to instantiate on that channel. Use the bank/patch

selectors to select the desired patch

9 If desired instantiate effects plugins for one or more of the channel’s insert FX slots and select the desired

patches. And, if you use insert FX, select their desired routing using the FX routing buttons.

10 Use the channel’s standard Volume and Pan faders as you would on a traditional mixer. You can even set

up effects sends inside Receptor and Mute, solo, or bypass them.

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11 By default, each Receptor channel listens to the like-numbered MIDI channel (though you can override

this). But, for now, instantiate different plugins on each channel corresponding to the MIDI track you assigned in your sequencer.

In the following example, Track 1 in Logic is assigned to Receptor MIDI channel 1, which is conﬁgured to play the Combo Sister VSTi. Track 2 is assigned to Receptor MIDI channel 2, which is conﬁgured for Eve; Track 3 plays Albino 2, and Track 4 plays CS-80v.

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How do I demo and buy premium plugins?

Receptor ships with a nice collection of freeware, but you’ll eventually want to use some commercial plugins. Receptor protects these with Pace’s iLok—a USB “key” that stores licenses for all your commercial plugins. Receptor ships with many commercial plugins pre-installed with 30-day demo periods. You can identify a commercial plugin demo by opening a plugin select panel and looking for any plugin name that begins with [##].

1 Instantiate a demo plugin (whose name begins with [##]).

2 A dialog box (or LCD) asks if you want to start the demo period—choose “YES.”

You have 30 days to demo the plugin. The preﬁx counts down the number of days remaining in the demo period. When it expires, the plugin will no longer instantiate and its name will have a [--] preﬁx.

3 If you wish to purchase the plugin, go to www.plugorama.com and follow the online purchase instructions

to transfer a license on your iLok. While you’re at plugorama.com, be sure to check for new plugins— they’re being added all the time.

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2 Receptor Architecture

Receptor is a 16 channel multitimbral virtual sound module and effects unit. Its ability to actually achieve 16 channels of playback is dependent on both the type and number of plug-ins used and their processing demands.

Instruments, Busses, and the Master Output

Receptor contains 19 channels: 16 instrument channels, two dedicated effects busses, and a master bus. These are discussed in the following sections.

Instrument Channels

Each of the 16 instrument channels can have, as its source, either an internal VSTi or an audio input. Each instantiated VSTi (or audio input) is routed through a dedicated trio of VST effects, which can be conﬁgured in any series/parallel combination. The output of this effects stack can then be bussed (pre- or post-fader) to two different effects busses, or it can be sent to the master bus, or to any of the dedicated hardware outputs.

--- Standard Instrument Channel Architecture (x16) ---

Receptor functions like a 16-channel mixer with built-in instruments, insert effects, and effect sends. Its basic signal ﬂow, which you can follow in the previous illustration, contains the following elements:

• SOURCE:

Receptor can play up to 16 simultaneous sound sources, each assigned to one of its 16 instrument channels. An instrument’s sound source can be either an internal VSTi or one of Receptor’s audio inputs. If an internal VSTi is used, the incoming MIDI channel can be remapped to control a speciﬁc VSTi channel or allow MIDI “stacking” of synths.

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• INSERT FX:

Each of Receptor’s 16 instrument channels contains 3 “insert” effects to which you can assign any VST. Routing buttons let you arrange these three FX in any series/parallel combination. Additionally, you can switch their positions, copy other effects to them, and bypass any effect.

--- The different Insert FX routing options ---

• EFFECT SENDS:

Each Receptor channel has two effect sends, either of which can be conﬁgured pre or post fader. These sends are sent to two dedicated effect bus channels as described in the next section, “Effects Bus Channels.”

• VOLUME /PAN:

Each instrument channel has its own MIDI controllable volume and pan (or balance for stereo instruments).

Effects Bus Channels

Receptor has two dedicated stereo effects busses, each of which contains 3 ‘insert’ type effects to which you can assign any VST. Routing buttons let you arrange these three FX in any series/parallel combination. Additionally, you can switch their positions, copy other effects to them, and bypass any effect.

Effects busses are the ideal way to instantiate an effect (such as Reverb or Delay) that you may want to apply to numerous instrument channels, but in varying degrees. You may route the output of each effects bus to either the master bus or to any hardware output.

--- Effects Bus Architecture ---

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Master Channel

Receptor’s Master Bus channel has its own trio of 3 dedicated insert FX, which are perfect for applying compression or limiting to an entire mix. As with the insert FX on the Instrument and Bus channels, these can be arranged in any series/parallel combination and the output of the master bus can be routed to any hardware output.

Patch Hierarchy

Receptor has an intelligent patch hierarchy that uses the following patch types:

• VST (.fxp) Patches - each type of VST instrument or effect can store and recall patches in standard .fxp format.

• Single Patches - Receptor allows you to store an entire Instrument channel (one Source and three FX assignments plus their patches) as a “Single patch.” This is a quick way to recall commonly used “super patches”, such as guitar processing patches that process the signal through all three insert effects, or synthesizer patches that rely on VST FX processing (such as ﬂangers or delays) to achieve a particular sound.

• Multi Patches - Receptor can store an entire conﬁguration (all 19 channels, their plugin assignments, and their mix parameters) as a Multi patch. This is particularly useful for creating big “stacked” sounds that combine multiple synthesizers, or for MIDI sequencing, where each instrument channel is controlled by a different MIDI channel.

The following sections contain more information about each patch format and what, speciﬁcally, it stores.

VST (.fxp) Patches

Although many plugins have their own internal patch management interfaces, they also are designed to save and load patches stored as VST standard .fxp patches.

Any time you instantiate a plugin, you will be able to select which .fxp patch you want to load into that plugin. Unlike a computer-based plugin player, Receptor organizes these .fxp patches into MIDI-compatible banks and patches.

IMPORTANT: To insure consistent operation of Receptor, always use Receptor’s patch management menus and not any patch management facilities built into a speciﬁc plugin. The reason for this is that .fxp patches are controlled from a host application level. Receptor manages your .fxp ﬁles in such a way that you may have MIDI selectable banks and patches (just like a hardware synth). Receptor automatically extracts any patches that are built in to a plugin and creates a factory bank for that plugin, so you never have to worry that you’re “missing” some patches by using Receptor’s patch management tools.

Single Patches

Single patches store the conﬁguration of a single Instrument Channel (as deﬁned previously). This means that a Single patch stores an instrument channel’s:

• Source assignment

• Patch (.fxp) data loaded into that Source plugin

• All three Insert FX assignments

• Patch (.fxp) data loaded into each Insert FX plugin

• FX routing

Mix parameters such as Mute, Solo, Volume, and Send Level are not stored within a Single, since these parameters are all dependent on the context in which you use the Single patch.

For this same reason, Single patches do not store the “Listen To MIDI Ch” setting (as discussed in “SOURCE: Listen to MIDI Ch” on page 49). All these parameters are, however, saved as part of a Multi patch, which is discussed in the next section.

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IMPORTANT: Notice that Single patches store the patch data used for each plugin. This way, if you ever delete, rename, modify, or move a .fxp that was used to create the Single patch, you have no need to worry

-- your Single patches will always sound exactly as they did when saved, regardless of what you do to the .fxp patches that were used to create the Single patch originally. So, even though Single patches always attempt to display the name of the .fxp ﬁles used to create them, keep in mind that the patch data saved with the Single may not be the same as the data saved in the named .fxp ﬁle -- again, this is to protect your Single patches from inadvertently changing if you change a .fxp that was used in its creation.

You can think of a Single patch as a sort of “super-instrument,’ since it contains not only an audio source, but also its insert effects. One of the wonderful things about Single patches is that, by recalling one, you automatically instantiate every plugin required by that patch.

Multi Patches

Multi patches store an entire Mixer setup, including all Source and FX assignments, patch data, mix parameters, output routings, and the following Setup parameters:

• Master Transpose

• Tempo Source

• Tempo BPM

• Time Signature

NOTE: Setup mode parameters are discussed fully in “SETUP Button” on page 59.

You can think of Multi patches as “snapshots” of your entire Receptor mixer, which makes them quite useful for creating big “stacked” sounds that combine multiple synthesizers, or for MIDI sequencing, where each instrument channel is controlled by a different MIDI channel.

IMPORTANT: Notice that Multi patches store the patch data used for each plugin. This way, if you ever delete, rename, modify, or move a .fxp that was used to create the Multi patch, you have no need to worry -- your Multi patches will always sound exactly as they did when saved, regardless of what you do to the .fxp patches that were used to create the Multi patch originally. So, even though Multi patches attempt to display the name of the .fxp ﬁles used to create them, keep in mind that the patch data saved with the Multi may not be the same as the data saved in the named .fxp ﬁle -- again, this is to protect your Multi patches from inadvertently changing if you change a .fxp that was used in its creation.

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3 Receptor Hardware

The following sections discuss Receptor’s hardware components.

Front Panel

--- Receptor Front Panel ---

Receptor’s front panel contains, from left-to-right:

• Guitar / Instrument Input

Use this input to plug a guitar, instrument or microphone into Receptor.

• Input Level Knob

Use this to adjust the signal level of the instrument input. For the best signal-to-noise ratio, turn up the level until the loudest sounds just barely cause the Level LED to turn red, then back off slightly on the level, so the LED only ever turns yellow.

• Input Level LED

This LED glows green, yellow, or red depending on the amount of input signal present. If the meter turns red, turn down the Input Level knob until the LED is yellow. Speciﬁcally, the LED glows green at -40 dB, yellow at -9 dB, and red at 0 dB.

• Headphone Jack

This 1/4” stereo jack duplicates the signal present at the main L / R jacks at the rear of the unit.

• Master Volume Knob

This knob modiﬁes the total overall output level for Receptor (both for the headphones and the rear analog outputs). It’s completely independent of the MIDI volume levels and is a quick way to adjust the overall output level of Receptor.

• LCD

Use this 24 character x 2 line LCD to navigate through Receptor’s various parameters and conﬁgurations. To learn more about this ‘window into Receptor,’ see “LCD and Display Knobs” on page 37.

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• Display Knobs

Use these 2 continuous rotary encoders with built-in push buttons for controlling the LCD. To learn more about these knobs, see “LCD and Display Knobs” on page 37.

• Soft Knobs

Use these 4 continuous rotary encoders with built-in push buttons for instant parameter editing. To learn more about these buttons, see “EDIT: Using the Soft Knobs” on page 74.

• View Buttons

There are 8 View buttons with indicator LEDs. The LEDs are used to indicate which parameter page you’re currently viewing in the LCD. To learn more about these buttons, see Chapter 5, “View Buttons in Depth.”

• Modiﬁer Buttons

There are 3 Modiﬁer buttons with indicator LEDs. These LEDs are of a different color than the 8 View button LEDs. Pressing one of these buttons modiﬁes the concurrently lit View button. To learn more about these buttons, see Chapter 6, “Editing, Saving, and Metering.”

• USB Port

This is one of ﬁve USB ports on Receptor (the others are on the rear panel). Use the USB ports to plug in optional accessories, such as keyboard, mice, musical keyboards, control surfaces, hard drives, etc.

• Power Button

As you might expect, this button is used to turn Receptor on or off. What you might not expect is that the word “power” refers both to the electrical implications of the button and to its capabilities. See the following section for more information:

Power Button Operation

Receptor’s POWER button has multiple features that belie its seemingly innocuous functionality. Speciﬁcally:

To turn Receptor ON:

1 Press the button once. Receptor will perform some self-diagnostics, then cycle through a startup process.

To turn Receptor OFF:

1 Press the power button twice within a second.

That’s right, you read correctly. You need to double-click the power button in order to shut down Receptor. There is method to our madness, however. This is a safety measure that prevents you from accidentally turning the unit off in a live situation.

Receptor will go through a nice orderly shut down, which insures that, when you turn it back on, it will be in exactly the same state as when you turned it off.

To force Receptor to turn OFF (even if it’s frozen):

1 Press and hold the Power Button for 4 seconds and Receptor will shut down.

If Receptor ever crashes and double-pressing the POWER button doesn’t shut the unit down, then use this procedure to shut down Receptor.

To restart Receptor without going through a lengthy power-off / power-on cycle:

1 Triple-click the POWER button (quickly, like you would do with a mouse).

When you do this, Receptor will go blank for a second while it restarts the Receptor application. Triple clicking does not cause the entire Operating System to shut down and reload. As such, the operation is similar to quitting and restarting an application on a desktop computer, without shutting off the entire computer.

TIP: Triple-clicking is always a good thing to try if Receptor doesn’t seem to “behave” as you expect, or if you ever install plugins, patches, or samples and, for some reason, they don’t appear in Receptor. The triple-click procedure is very quick — much faster than turning the unit off and back on.

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