ok maybe i'm missing the point and if i am please please enlighten me...
how does Receptor pro compare to a computer at around the same price range? whats the advantage of getting Receptor pro over the power computer?
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- KVRist
- 225 posts since 12 Sep, 2006 from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
You can actually carry the receptor around to gigs. Something I wouldn't do too quickly with a normal computer. Also, it runs rocksteady and reliable, also something I can't say about a lot of computers.
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- KVRist
- 90 posts since 6 Aug, 2004 from United States
I use it in the studio all the time. And for me, its just "set up" for this type of application. You probably could get a rack computer and make it work for this application just fine. But Receptor is more than just a computer.
When i fire up the receptor, load an instance of a VSTi, and then route it where I want to, all without changing monitors, mice, or using a switch its pretty money.
The Receptor is not just a computer. The UI alone is worth a good portion of your purchase. From one consistent interface (or from the front of the box) you can switch inputs on a channel from line, to guitar, to SPDIF, to VSTi. You can then route the output anywhere as well.
I cant stress enough that it is not just a computer.
When i fire up the receptor, load an instance of a VSTi, and then route it where I want to, all without changing monitors, mice, or using a switch its pretty money.
The Receptor is not just a computer. The UI alone is worth a good portion of your purchase. From one consistent interface (or from the front of the box) you can switch inputs on a channel from line, to guitar, to SPDIF, to VSTi. You can then route the output anywhere as well.
I cant stress enough that it is not just a computer.
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 4 Mar, 2007
hi,
I don't yet own one, but from my understanding, your question can be split.
1. From a pure performance point of view, you could probably make a faster setup with a computer even with a laptop (although on the soundcard side I am not sure). the advantage here would be it's portability, but I think the laptop equals it.
2. From a software point of view, I think there isn;t any comprehensive software on the market with which you can save presets, call them up quickly, assign messages split zones etc AND have a decently "chopped down" OS with which to save performance power and be safe on the crash side of problems. You just don't have. So from a software point of you it's a winner it's not just an advantage
3. From a combined point of view, it's robust, high-quality hardware, which is dedicated and the only hardware software combination with which you can play VST's live (low latency) change presets and be confident in hardware.
So in one sentence, you cannot do with a computer what you can do with the receptor, well not at this price, at this easiness, at this relaibility.
But maybe your application is something else. If you are into producing, sequencing no live stuff, then I suppose you can go cheaper and go without the receptor. However if you play Live I don't know any other solution (if you know one point it to me cause I want to buy one and maybe I have an alternative better solution, don't think so but yeah)
respect
I don't yet own one, but from my understanding, your question can be split.
1. From a pure performance point of view, you could probably make a faster setup with a computer even with a laptop (although on the soundcard side I am not sure). the advantage here would be it's portability, but I think the laptop equals it.
2. From a software point of view, I think there isn;t any comprehensive software on the market with which you can save presets, call them up quickly, assign messages split zones etc AND have a decently "chopped down" OS with which to save performance power and be safe on the crash side of problems. You just don't have. So from a software point of you it's a winner it's not just an advantage
3. From a combined point of view, it's robust, high-quality hardware, which is dedicated and the only hardware software combination with which you can play VST's live (low latency) change presets and be confident in hardware.
So in one sentence, you cannot do with a computer what you can do with the receptor, well not at this price, at this easiness, at this relaibility.
But maybe your application is something else. If you are into producing, sequencing no live stuff, then I suppose you can go cheaper and go without the receptor. However if you play Live I don't know any other solution (if you know one point it to me cause I want to buy one and maybe I have an alternative better solution, don't think so but yeah)
respect
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