Problems connecting to my Receptor!!!

[musicbysterling]

I just dowlnaded the 912mb sonicsynth2.mrpk file from Plugorama to install Sonic Synth 2 on my Receptor. I'm using a Mac with OSX. I can open up the Receptor Remote Control and see my Muse and connect. However, when I attempt to open up the Muse in the Network Window, I keep geting this message:

"Select the SMB/CIFS Share vooluome you want to connect to" THe only available volume is the Hard Drive. I click OK and then I get the message:

"The alias Receptor 191960 could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found. My choices then are Delete Alias, Fix Alias or OK. I am confused.

If I attempt to authenticate the SMB/CIFS with a password I'm not quite sure of, I keep getting sent back to the Authenticate again page.
Can anyone please help me out? I'm completely lost

[DanTimis]

If you can use Receptor Remote Control, try the following:

- Go to the SETUP page and make sure Windows Networking is checked.
- Notice the IP address of your receptor (For instance 192.168.1.105)
- On your Mac in the Finder choose "Connect to Server" from the Go menu.
- In the field "Server Address" type:

Code: Select all

smb://192.168.1.105

Where of course "192.168.1.105" will be replaced by the actual IP address of your Receptor.

[musicbysterling]

Thanks! I'm connected. I assume smb is short for Samba?

[musicbysterling]

The prep file seems to have transferred alright. Plugorama says :On your computer insert the Sonik Synth 2 installation disks and copy the libraries to the Receptor hard drive at:

<Receptor Hard Drive>\Samples\IK Multimedia\Sonik Synth 2\SS2Instruments\
Please forgive my ignorance, but do I now drag the Install Sonic Synth icon to this file? If so, I see a SS2Pref file on the Receptor. If I attempt to drag the icon, I get the message that the operation cannot be completed because I don't have sufficient privileges.

[DanTimis]

The Receptor's hard drive appears on your Mac desktop as "Hard Drive" When you open it you will see a folder called "Samples" Inside "Samples" there is a folder called "IK Multimedia" inside it a folder called "Sonik Synth 2" and finally inside it a folder called "SS2Instruments"

You have to open folder after folder until you get a window for the last folder "SS2Instruments" The folder should be empty.

Somewhere on your Sonik Synth 2 installation disks you will find the sample libraries. I think they are in a folder called also "SS2Instruments" I don't' have it in front of me, but I seem to recall that there are a bunch of folders there like "Pianos" or "Guitars". You have to copy them to the "SS2Instruments" folder on Receptor.

[musicbysterling]

D'oh! i was looking in the wrong place. Found, installed Sonioc Synth 2 and all is well. Thanks!

[rubaiyat_23]

Is it sensible to assume that this (using Samba) is, for all intents and purposes, the BEST way to connect to the Receptor from an OS X machine? AppleTalk, at best, is unreliable, whereas ol' Bonjour/Rendezvous has no problems (using Receptor Remote control) finding the unit and establishing a control session....

[DanTimis]

Samba is the best for Mac OS X. AppleTalk is there just for Mac OS 9.