very curious...with questions...

[enomis]

hello,

I have looked at the Receptor a number of times and each time I get more and more interested in it... I have a few questions though...

1. When using the Receptor for recording... can you only get audio in and out of the Receptor using the analog or SPDIF inputs? Whats the story with Uniwire? will it change how the Receptor can be intigrated in a recording setup?

2. Can you get midi into the Receptor via USB or are can you only use the MIDI inputs? Will Uniwire change this?

3. I use max/msp A LOT... does anyone here use max/msp with the Receptor? How do you like it? Also, can the vst~ object in max/msp be used to communicate between max/msp and Receptor?

4. I see that Receptor can work with NI FM7... how many instances of FM7 can run at one time on the Receptor? Can you run FM7 and other VSTi or VSTs with it?

5. When using Receptor is it possible to control all the parameters of a particular VST or VSTi externally via MIDI?

Thanks for all your time and help... I hope someone can shed some light on these questions..

[DanTimis]

I'll try reply to some questions and let someone else reply to the others.

1. When using the Receptor for recording... can you only get audio in and out of the Receptor using the analog or SPDIF inputs? Whats the story with Uniwire? will it change how the Receptor can be intigrated in a recording setup?

Currently you can get audio into Receptor via the stereo analog Line In, the Guitar Input, or S/PDIF. You can get audio out via stereo analog Line Out, ADAT out, or S/PDIF. The analog outputs are linked to the ADAT 1-2. The maximum number of channels is 4 in/10 out.

With Uniwire you will be able to send and receive audio over Ethernet.

2. Can you get midi into the Receptor via USB or are can you only use the MIDI inputs? Will Uniwire change this?

Some USB MIDI controllers are supported (for instance, most M-Audio controllers), some are not. With Uniwire you will be able to send MIDI over Ethernet.

3. I use max/msp A LOT... does anyone here use max/msp with the Receptor? How do you like it? Also, can the vst~ object in max/msp be used to communicate between max/msp and Receptor?

Max/MSP is not currently supported. We hope to have support in the future. We will probably support pluggo first. We do not have a release data yet.

5. When using Receptor is it possible to control all the parameters of a particular VST or VSTi externally via MIDI?

It depends on the plug-in. Most plug-ins publish the list of their parameters. With Receptor you can control any "published" parameter via MIDI NRPN's.

[enomis]

When you say "Max/Msp is not supported" what do you mean? Does this mean that one cannot use Max/Msp as a VST host hosting Receptor using the vst~ object? I understand that pluggos won't work because you will have to somehow load the entire max/msp runtime onto the receptor... but why wouldn't I be able to host the receptor in max/msp as I would with any other host?

thanks for your help.

[DanTimis]

I was not clear, sorry. Receptor is a host and it is the only host running. No other hosts or applications can run, and that includes Max/MSP. This may change one day, but it is very unlikely.

I was thinking of Pluggo. We are working on supporting Pluggo. Any other VST plug-ins from Cycling '74 might be supported in the future, but no application other than the Receptor software itself will run.

[enomis]

uh...I am still not sure that I explained myself correctly...

When running max/msp on a regular computer it is possible to send audio to VST effects or trigger VST instruments by using an object called vst~. You can find information on the object in the reference manual at the link below.

http://www.synthesisters.com/download/M ... Manual.pdf

Basically the vst~ object allows you to load a vst effect or instrument as you would in another program such as Cubase or whatever. You can choose to view the VST's interface or just send it control information. My question is...when running max on a regular computer can I access Receptor through the Uniwire VST plugin by loading the Uniwire Plugin in the vst~ object in max/msp?

Hope this makes sense...Thanks again for your help.

[DanTimis]

I understand now. I'm pretty sure you will be able to do that.

Right now, we are using primarely Cubase as a host when developing Uniwire. We will test it with different hosts, including Max/MSP. Unless we discover some very unexpected compatibility problems, it should work.

[enomis]

great...thanks Dan for answering my questions...

anyone out there running FM7 on their Receptor?... just trying to get a feel for what the Receptor can handle...

sg

[DanTimis]

I instantiated FM7 16 times, which is the maximum number of VST Instruments you can have (you can have up 57 F/X). I played only one of them.

With a buffer setting of 128 samples, the CPU was at about 33% without playing, and at about 50% when playing one instance. With a buffer setting of 256 samples, the CPU was at about 25% when not playing and at about 33% when playing one instance.

I also have 2 GB of RAM, which I'm sure helps. Someone with 256 MB might want to try too.