Using more than one USB keyboard.

[Samuel Scott]

Hey forumers is there any guidelines for what you can run through the USB inputs on Receptor?

I have Receptor 2 Pro with 7 USB inputs. I assumed I could run a few controllers at one on through USB.

When I have an M-Audio Oxygen plugged in, it works fine. I can designate any controller to any Midi number on any channel. But when I add a Korg Nano controller into the mix i get a few problems;

1) The nano controller does nothing..

2) the Oxygen does nothing..

3) The receptor crashes, and the receptor tells me a program called 'Chicken of the VNC' has un-expectedly shut?
Chicken of the VNC? WTF? Is that some sort virus?

If I start receptor with just Nano controller plugged in, it works. This is really annoying. What's the point in having 7 USB inputs if you can't use more than one USB midi controller?

...chicken of the vnc...man that is weird. Sounds like some dodgy software, but I can't find it anywhere on the Receptor hardrive, and I have only installed a few plugarama endorsed freebies.

[Samuel Scott]

ah just googled Chicken Of the VNC...oops thats not some crazy virus. duh, i feel a bit vague!

google is your friend. google before forum posting!

[looneytunes]

Hi Samuel,

Receptor supports multiple MIDI devices on it's MIDI channels (so long as they are merged onto it's 1 Midi input) in addition to one USB device. That's it! You can't use more than one USB device. For my live work, I use 1 USB MIDI keyboard, and 3 others that are merged into one MIDI cable going to the Receptor.

Yeah - Chicken of the VNC (I know, goofy name) is a VNC (Virtual Network Computer - ask Wikipedia) client. VNC is what allows you to see your Receptor desktop on another Mac or Windows computer. Even though you may see that desktop on that other computer, there is still some part of it (the VNC server) that is running on your Receptor.

Hope this helps! Regards,
Kevin L

[Samuel Scott]

Hey Kevin, that helps a lot.

thanks