Happy New Year to everyone!
This year I plan on purchasing new gear for my home studio and I have been researching on the Muse Receptor as I am very interested in this unit. In particular, I am interested on the Receptor with Komplete 5 preloaded. However, with Namm approaching, I am wondering if this option is a viable choice.
I think I am familiar with the pros and cons of getting a Receptor instead of a workstation for example. However, I like the idea of customizing the sounds and effects on the Receptor. I also like the idea of the Uniwire feature that will allow me to tap that unit's cpu power in conjunction with my Mac.
On the flipside, I have read some of the downside as well: (The unit is not completely compatible with every vST available nor is it potentially compatible with the latest version of a plugin that may be available).
Obviously, I will be waiting until after NAMM to see what my options are (including any upgrades with the Receptor). However, I'd like to hear some input from those who have had their units for a while, i.e. is it stable or if any long term issues have become an issue.
Thanks in advance.
Happy New Year and a couple of questions for Receptor Users
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- KVRian
- 691 posts since 13 May, 2004 from Silicon Valley
Hi Valmundo,
It sounds like you have read enough o understand general concepts of the Receptor platform.
I am an early adopter (since October 2004), and have since bought a 2nd Receptor for project studio usage. I typically use one of my Receptors as a stable unit, and the other one as a testbed for trying out plugins.
With my testbed Receptor, I have been pretty liberal with installing unsupported plugins (and installing plugins via modifying registry entries, or installing from linux). I find that as long as I respect the basic MUSE OS, there is little that I can do to install plugins that will negatively affect the performance of the Receptor (GOOD!).
Overall, if you are only using MUSE supported plugins, you will have a very stable environment. The only exception I really have is with Kontakt - which can get buggy as you approach RAM limits when you load samples (ie Kontakt does not exit gracefully if you attempt to load larger sample-sets than can exist in RAM.
I have been gigging with my Receptors, as well as studio use, and I have never had a reboot situation (Knock on wood
). Of course, if you put in alot of time to configure your multi's, and optimize for faster multi switching, you will get a very stable live platform. I have even performed in high temparature conditions without a blip.
OK - there are some random musings - I'm sure that others can add extra opinions. Overall, I think receptor works pretty well in the studio for offloading processing and extending a DAW environment, and Receptor works very well for live setups.
Hope this helps, Regards,
Kevin L
It sounds like you have read enough o understand general concepts of the Receptor platform.
I am an early adopter (since October 2004), and have since bought a 2nd Receptor for project studio usage. I typically use one of my Receptors as a stable unit, and the other one as a testbed for trying out plugins.
With my testbed Receptor, I have been pretty liberal with installing unsupported plugins (and installing plugins via modifying registry entries, or installing from linux). I find that as long as I respect the basic MUSE OS, there is little that I can do to install plugins that will negatively affect the performance of the Receptor (GOOD!).
Overall, if you are only using MUSE supported plugins, you will have a very stable environment. The only exception I really have is with Kontakt - which can get buggy as you approach RAM limits when you load samples (ie Kontakt does not exit gracefully if you attempt to load larger sample-sets than can exist in RAM.
I have been gigging with my Receptors, as well as studio use, and I have never had a reboot situation (Knock on wood
). Of course, if you put in alot of time to configure your multi's, and optimize for faster multi switching, you will get a very stable live platform. I have even performed in high temparature conditions without a blip.OK - there are some random musings - I'm sure that others can add extra opinions. Overall, I think receptor works pretty well in the studio for offloading processing and extending a DAW environment, and Receptor works very well for live setups.
Hope this helps, Regards,
Kevin L
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- KVRist
- 309 posts since 11 Sep, 2005 from Virginia
If I had to pick the best Receptor feature of all to tell you about it would be the "audio quality" when using several plugins at once. It sounds at least as good as my PC with my RME Fireface 800 attached... and that is saying a lot! Don't forget you can have a guitar and vocal plugged in and add effects to them while you are playing VST plugins. This is pretty cool.
Although Receptor does not work with ALL plugins, it does work with most of the really good ones. I use specific plugins on specific channels and just leave them there, but I alternate different programs and effects with the static plugins. This works for me!
I could go on and on about the fun I have with my Receptor in the studio, but when I play live, I settle for my 10 best instruments and stay with them. I have two Receptors, one for the studio and one for live. All in all, I made the right decision in going with the Receptor platform. Ooops, I almost forgot to tell you about the great support we get from Muse. That is my second favorite feature.
Although Receptor does not work with ALL plugins, it does work with most of the really good ones. I use specific plugins on specific channels and just leave them there, but I alternate different programs and effects with the static plugins. This works for me!
I could go on and on about the fun I have with my Receptor in the studio, but when I play live, I settle for my 10 best instruments and stay with them. I have two Receptors, one for the studio and one for live. All in all, I made the right decision in going with the Receptor platform. Ooops, I almost forgot to tell you about the great support we get from Muse. That is my second favorite feature.
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- KVRist
- 68 posts since 22 Aug, 2007
Valmundo
Good luck. Just watch the 'official' support channels.
To say they are poor is a bit of an understatement. Unfortunate but Im just passing on my experiences.
thanks
Mark
Good luck. Just watch the 'official' support channels.
To say they are poor is a bit of an understatement. Unfortunate but Im just passing on my experiences.
thanks
Mark