Protecting Receptor for live use

[AJones]

My Receptor has arrived today - I will be using it live in several weeks time and I would like some advice from any of you who also use it live.

Should I buy a rack case with internal suspension by the likes of SKB, or just a regular case? Or am I being over-caucious here?

I intend, obviously, to look after the unit when I'm gigging, but what sort of knocks is it capable of taking? Presumably damage to the hard-drive is more likely to occur if the unit is subjected to shock/vibration while in operation, as opposed to when it is switched off?

I would be grateful for anyone's thoughts/experiences on this. Thanks!

[thesoundsmith]

IU'd like to offer some positive feedback, vbut I just don't know what the disk is rated for in tems of g-shpck. But if you're on the road with roadies, then definitely get the shock-mount rack unless they are REALLY good, and you don't fly to gigs.

But in the car or van, then a decent padded bag should suffice, I've had no problems with the unit locally, and laptops take higher g-forces in their stride daily (of course, those are not the same disk drives, either, but the regular drives can handle this pretty well these days.)

[CeasefireXXV]

i've been using the receptor live in a SKB 4U rotorack case since june 06 and it's been fine ...

I have had one HUGELY ANNOYING issue tho ... the elbow brackets for the receptor are NOT permanently affixed to the receptor and are held by 4 tiny little screws that come loose every 2 days of use forcing me to have to unscrew the receptor from the rotorack, throw it in my lap, and re-tighten those damn little screws .. personally i'm getting sick and tired of doing this and was wondering if anyone can offer a solution to this headache?

otherwise the receptor's working great .. i need more than 1gb of RAM to handle post musical instrument pianos cause I drop out if i play too many notes, but that's amendable

[gizmostatic]

re: loose rack screws .. i found that to be the case with all kinds of screws, particularly 'loose' rack ears on my old Korg X3r, and the bottom screws of keyboards.

I used to 'paint' clear nail polish over them, but then settled on something much slimpler and less messy .. just a piece of gaffer tape over the screws. This works particularly good with the rack ears.

[thesoundsmith]

The rack ear screws are indeed flimsy, this is my one complaint with the unit - just had to replace one that worked loose and fell out of the case,

I'd suggest redrillng and threading the case AND the ears to a larger screw, there seems to be sufficiant room in the case that it would be wimpe to mount heavier-duty nuts to the case interior so the rack ears could screw in very securely. Muse guys, please look into this - it's an easy fix and would help secure the box safely for us road pigs.

Meanwhile, Loctite...

[Briggity]

We have a Receptor that has been in a large shockmount road case (rack-within case with 2 inch foam suspension) for about 10 months, well over a hundred shows, transported many thousands of miles in trucks and been air-freighted back and forth across the Atlantic 4 times. It is still running flawlessly. I think the shockmount case is a good investment for any electronic gear that you're planning to gig with often, even locally.

I totally agree on the flimsiness of the rack ears and screws; we put lock-tite on the screws and mounted a wooden rod across inside the back of the rack which the Receptor sits on, with some little rubber bumpers for extra shock protection.

Brian

[flattop]

I also have issues with the rack ear screws. A larger screw would be helpful.

Wes Taggart
Analogics
http://www.analogics.org/

[jstaczek]

Ditto. The rack ear hardware is not up to snuff. Neither are the audio connectors on the rear of the unit. I made pigtails that bring the audio connections out to XLRs on a 1U panel in the front of the rack.

Jason Staczek
www.chromasound.net

[thesoundsmith]

I made pigtails that bring the audio connections out to XLRs on a 1U panel in the front of the rack.
Jason Staczek

Good idea, if you have the rck space available. I just got the Gator 4U case with built-in power strip, 2U for the Receptor, a 1U TOA D4 mixer and Stewart 1000W amp. I have a VGA adapter attached and a USB extension, but have not found anything short enough for the keyboard and mouse - but I have a wireless mose that I can leave the receiver plugged in. So far, it has worked out well, except my 17-pound Receptor is now 61 lbs!