Hi
I am evaluating the purchase of a Receptor. My main use would be for a VST host to reduce load on my PC. As it stands, I am not doing orchestral work and the massive libraries are not currently on my wish list. However, I have found that I can ultimately use up about all of the disk space made available to me.
So, it seems like 2GB is pretty much a necessity (judging only from comments I have seen on this forum) for the Receptor. People originally bemoaned the small hard drive size.
The Pro offers 2GB, the biggest drive and a 30% improvement in processing power. Does this make the Pro a bargain compared to a Rev C with 2 GB and a 250+ GB drive? Would anyone ever use 750GB even if they were doing massive sampling?
Is there any experience there yet with the Pro? Is it stable? Easier? Harder?
Thanks
Receptor Pro - Bargain or not?
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- KVRist
- 62 posts since 22 Dec, 2002
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- KVRian
- 524 posts since 25 Aug, 2005
FWUW, it is really quite easy to use up 750G. Current libraries are getting massive, except for modeled or alternate methodologies. But the tendency in sample manipulation is more articulations, more 'players' and more disk space.
As far as what you personally are doing, if you're not using those huge libs, and not trying to handle more than 16 channels of simultaneous VST usage, Rev C will do just fine. And you may be able to add more storage as external USB drives. I don't remember if this currenty works, I leave the site search as "an exercise for the reader..."
(I should add I use mine primarily for live performance, but it works great in my studio as well...)
As far as what you personally are doing, if you're not using those huge libs, and not trying to handle more than 16 channels of simultaneous VST usage, Rev C will do just fine. And you may be able to add more storage as external USB drives. I don't remember if this currenty works, I leave the site search as "an exercise for the reader..."
(I should add I use mine primarily for live performance, but it works great in my studio as well...)