The Receptor from Muse Research.
UK - Newly-formed Muse Research has launched with Receptor, a sophisticated but simple-to-operate VST instrument and effects player for studio and live applications. The problem with many VST instruments and effects is that they are difficult to use and set-up, but the Receptor's intuitive front panel with knob controls, makes it easy. But the 2U rack-mountable, multi-timbral sound and effects Receptor makes the task of using plug-ins as easy as "dial and play". Using proprietary Muse software, Receptor can run VST software from the best developers in the world without the complexity and fragility of a computer.

Receptor's mixer-like architecture combines up to 16 different audio sources, which can be either internal VSTi instruments or external analogue/digital inputs. Each source is then routed through its own inline effects matrix, allowing three VST plug-ins to be configured in every possible parallel/series arrangement.

Receptor provides architectural support for as many as 16 simultaneous VSTi instruments and 57 VST effects, while processing external inputs using its front-panel high-Z input, its rear-panel balanced analogue inputs, or its S/PDIF digital input.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)


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