Receptor and Mac and Internet

[PTC]

High I'm Paul,

at the moment i have a demo of receptor from www.digitalaudioservice.de Great guys, fantastic support.

I'm really interested in buying one. I'm a Macuser and i have a problem to find a router to try to install and uninstall
software. It's not easy. Which router works on a Mac without being wireless ?
I tried a netgear switcher which works but obviously i did'nt get comunication with my Mac, Receptor and Internet.
Then i tried a router from netgear. System requirements are only on Windows. It did not work.

Is somebody there who has an idea how to manage this ?

Greetings

PTC

[johnrule]

How do you have an Internet connection now? If it is through the router, then you should be able to simply connect other devices. I have my Mac connected to Windows, Linux, Receptor, XSYS, whatever, so there is no specific router that is required. I use NetGear, US Robotics, Linksys, No Name, etc. and they all work the same...

Maybe you need to switch your Mac from wireless Internet (i.e. Airport) to Ethernet connection (i.e. wired) in the Network control panel? You may have to refresh your router to get it to assign an new IP for the new MAC (not Mac) address.

If you are trying to introduce a router, you have some setup to do:

You need to set up your router as a DHCP server, and it becomes the Gateway for all of your devices. This means that the router connects to the Internet directly, while your other devices connect to the router...which manages the connections (including assigning IP addresses, routing, etc.).

JR

[kenwchan]

High I'm Paul,

at the moment i have a demo of receptor from www.digitalaudioservice.de Great guys, fantastic support.

I'm really interested in buying one. I'm a Macuser and i have a problem to find a router to try to install and uninstall
software. It's not easy. Which router works on a Mac without being wireless ?
I tried a netgear switcher which works but obviously i did'nt get comunication with my Mac, Receptor and Internet.
Then i tried a router from netgear. System requirements are only on Windows. It did not work.

Is somebody there who has an idea how to manage this ?

Greetings

PTC

Paul,

Just let you know, I came across difficulties in installing from a mac, as the mac wouldn't see the windows partition of the DVD (akoustik piano, in this case), so the installer didn't know I'd inserted the 2nd disk. I'm still waiting to hear what the solution is?

If you are able to install from a mac, please post your workaround here.

Best regards,
Ken

[PTC]

Hi there,

thanks for the answers.

I've never connected the devices via wireless. The first switcher from netgear only switches
to internet or to receptor.
The routersoftware from netgear is only for Windows. Even the switcher included did'nt work.
So i can't set the router to DHCP. I can't open the software.

I will try to find a router tomorrow.

If it's not possible i won't buy it. If i find a way i will tell, but i guess it's going to be very difficult.

[PTC]

... i forgot to tell. I don't have a router. But maybe it's a good idea to get one from T-online when it's not possible
to get one in a normal shop.

[TWB121234]

PTC,
I believe that you do need a router, not a switcher. A router will assign an IP number to Receptor and your Mac. I have my cable modem out connected to my router. My router assigns IP addresses to my Mac, Receptor, and my Airport (for Laptop wireless use within my home). This has worked fine for me. There is a specific model of Linksys (spelling?) router that is known to have problems with Receptor - so avoid that brand.
Tom B

[PTC]

I had a router from netgear but the software was only for PC, because i was told that a router has to be programmed.
I will check out what you wrote. Thanks for devices you name.

PTC

[PTC]

... which router do you use ?

That would be helpful.

Greetings

PTC

[Nonplus]

Any router that doesn't work is broken.

If you don't want wireless, you turn off the wireless on the router's control panel. Pretty much any router aimed at home users is going to be configurable with a web browser. The PC-centric wizards make it easier but it's not terribly difficult to do it otherwise. The hardest part is usually finding the documentation (hint: print out or copy/paste the "How To" before hand ;-)

I used a Receptor with a MacBookPro and a Netgear RP-614 with no problems a few days ago.

I also used the Receptor in crossover mode (direct to mac) while using the mac's airport for internet access.

Akoustik Piano -- the disks must be 3-4 years old. NI will replace them for you. Akoustik Piano works fabulously on Receptor.

[PTC]

It's obvious that it's not the router which doesn't work.

I will try to buy one again and start a new.

Thanks for advice.

[TWB121234]

The order of boot-up can be significant in any network system. Sometimes a simple reboot of all the involved gear call get things working. Turn on the cable modem first and give it time to fully boot (at least 30 seconds - more if you're patient), then turn on the router and give it time to fully boot. I usually then start my Mac and follow that with my Receptor.

You may already know this, but it took me some time to become patient enough to allow things to fully boot. Of course this is not always the answer to the problem either. BTW I'm away from my home set-up, but IIRC my router is also a netgear. I do not recall any installation or Windows/Mac problems. Good luck
Tom B

[PTC]

Thanks for your advice, but it's not working. Not because of me, maybe everybody is telling me how easy it is.
A Mac should find it. Yes he does, but i can't get both connection at the same time.
I can't program the router and for me that's it. I will send it back and i'm glad not to spent so much money in such a device . Finally no one can tell me which router i need. Some tell me you need a hub, next
person says, you need a switcher, or a swichter with a router, or any router will do.

Thanks for everything.

Greetings

PTC

[PTC]

Ok famous last words.

It's just a guess but take care of the Modem. I found out that my modem must be programed either.
This special modem is a device from my Internetserver T-online or AOL. These Modems can only be programed
via Windows. So if a macuser like me has a windows modem, you need to buy or install windows to program the modem too. It must know that there is router with an new IP adress. That's finally the reason, why it did not
work on my system.

I met a guy who told me that. I hope my tragic expeirence will help somebody else to have some fun with receptor at least.

But honestly it's really not necessary this internet registration ....thing.

There is another issue which i miss on Receptor.

Tiny Wishlist.

1) It does not have enough outputs.
2) The soundcard sound's like a better M-Audio card, but not more, though you can use the S/Pdif, but for live you need sometimes more outputs, for studio defenitley.

3) I don't understand why there is now Sampler Software on Receptor. That would be really really a breakthrough
for Receptor. There is Sofware on the market which will do all the work automatically when setting the sound you want.
Even the Sampler documents can be changed in seconds from EXS to nkm files.(Same company) So why not installing this on receptor.
Yes there is Kontakt, sure, but i hope i don't have to explain why this is not good. NI stuff does not really work stable.
Kontakt was never a sampler until version 3 !!!!!!!! It was a sampleplayer. And it's not sampling sounds automatically.
The software thing is great but i must confess i'm really love to program my radias or S 90 ES much more than the software. I don't do it.
But there is definetley no hardware sampler on the market now. I'm waiting for that.

Now my demo week ended and i'm glad i send it back.