"The Receptor is truly an amazing piece of technology. For computer users, it allows them to off-load today's resource intensive virtual instruments and plug-in effects to its own processor, saving valuable system resources for other applications. For the player, it brings the world's best sounding software instruments to their fingertips, without the need for expensive computers, interfaces, external hard drives, and other peripherals. Short answer? It's the best 2 spaces you can put in your rack as a keyboard player."

C.J. Lewis is a freelance keyboard player and producer based in Denver, Colorado. His music career began at the ripe old age of three, alongside his grandmother on her old piano bench. Since then, C.J. has spent the last few decades living a career in the music industry. Through countless years of classical piano training, guilds and master classes, songwriting forums, and all types of performances since age 13, he continues to grow technically, discover deeper musical languages, and master his instrument…one experience at a time.

C.J. was born in Torrington, Wyoming (hub of the known universe!), where he spent his entire childhood and high school years, playing in just about every venue in the state of Wyoming that had a piano (or so it seemed!) During this time, he performed in numerous venues, including Disneyland Theme Parks, the Smithsonian, the legendary Stauffer hotel, and of course…the Wyoming Territorial Prison (the 1989 Centennial Banquet with then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney).

After high school, C.J. entered college, and after two years as a Piano Theory and Composition major, did a solo piano gig on a Carnival cruise ship, joined the U.S. Army Band, and played in a number of rock and country bands.

In 1993, C.J. started a career in the music retail industry, a hobby he still enjoys today. As a Regional Sales Manager for Guitar Center Professional, Ultimate Support Systems, and Kurzweil Music Systems, he consulted some of the most respected artists in the music industry. In 2004, he decided to start a manufacturer's representative firm of his own, Digital Revolution Marketing.

C.J. joined Gunnpoint Music & Ministries back in 2002 as Musical Director, and assisted in the direction and production of 'Trusting' and 'Steady Workin', both Gunnpoint Music releases.

The year 2003 brought about 'Guesswork', an improvisatory piano album that C.J. 'composed' completely in the dark. In 2005, he was asked to contribute to a Vineyard Music USA release, Saving Grace earning assistant engineer and keys & B-3 credits. He continues to serve at his local Vineyard church in leadership on the worship team.

In his spare time, C.J. enjoys his wife and children, sport shooting, and collecting studio gear.

Currently, C.J. is in the midst of multiple musical projects – ranging from a modern rock band to cutting edge worship to producing a gospel stride piano album. He, his wife Kendra, and their three girls – Miciah, Trinity, and Seraphina live in Aurora, Colorado.

"How it all began: I started using Receptor as a customer. I sold all my instruments, racks, keyboards, samplers and synthesizers on eBay!

I'm proud to be among the Receptor Experts. Muse Research is driving the Revolution... I'm honored to be on the side-seat."

Gianni Rocci attended the Italian Conservatory Piano Course and at the same time learned how to work with Synthesizers, Samplers and Computers.

Over the last decade Gianni has been working as a Musician, Technician and Teacher throughout Italy with many famous Italian Artists, Singers, Musicians, Producers, Recording Studios and Colleges of Music.

In 2001 Gianni founded "Rod's Garage" and in 2006 he started representing Muse Research in Italy through his company. Since then Receptor has become the principal piece of hardware in Pro Musicians' Rigs all around Italy.

Rod's Garage now also numbers customers in Spain, Greece and Russia.

"The Receptor is as significant today as the Fairlight CMI was in the 1980s. It's a flexible and powerful box that is already making history."

Greg Holmes, owner of GH Services, has been a musician, composer, producer, and technical specialist for over 25 years, involved in everything from rock, to pop, to jazz, to classical. He plays all kinds of instruments, like the usual guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards, but also unusual instruments, such as the Chapman Stick.

He started GH Services in the early 1980's, featuring the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (or CMI for short). The CMI is an Australian-made digital sampling computer, which was used to create unique audio tracks. For several years, he was a freelance "hired gun" around the Toronto area, providing the Fairlight CMI and technical and musical services for rock bands, composers, video production companies, and music studios.

In the 1990's, he shifted towards computer programming and consulting, working with various companies, and specializing in database and communication technology.

His philosophy is to find unique and high-quality products and provide them to his extended family of customers to solve their needs.

"The main reason I love Receptors is that they don't crash. I have very high profile clients and they can not afford a crash in the middle of a performance or even a rehearsal. The Receptor provides for a "crash-proof" sort-of computer platform that can handle the most extensive workload for today's professional composer, arranger and performing musician. Keep it up!!!"

Kenny Bergle started his audio career like so many musical prodigies - by banging pots on the kitchen floor as a three-year-old. In elementary school he migrated to electronics, pulling apart old transistor radios and amazing his chagrined parents by re-assembling them to working order. Violin was his main instrument till 8th grade, and he was a competitive diver through school, diving for University of Texas in NCAA competition and winning many gold medals. Debating at the national level through high school and utilizing both discipline and organizational skills (garnered from both diving and debate) Bergle excelled in college for 4 years in pre-law at Univ. of Texas, Austin from '74-'78 as well as 6 years at The Univ. of North Texas, the world renowned jazz education center, from '79-'84 in jazz composition, jazz education and jazz guitar, as he changed his university focus from the legal world to the arts world.

Bergle started his own recording studio in 1979 and formed KCB Systems, an audio/MIDI consulting firm in 1985. In the early days of KCB Systems Bergle was hired to design, implement, and train on audio and MIDI compositional and performance systems for both the stage and the studio for many national and international artists, including BB King, Grateful Dead, KISS, Ornette Coleman, Mickey Newberry, Seals and Crofts and many others.

During his stay at UNT, Bergle spent his summers in the Mississippi Delta area of the Gulf Coast and in Cook's Inlet in Alaska as a Field Engineer for a seismic firm, looking for oil for (then) Texaco, Conoco, Exxon, (and map surveying for the USGS). There Bergle got valuable education and experience in high-level digital electronics and radio telemetry as well as more organizational skill as the Party Manager (leader), simultaneously, of two 40-man seismic crews in Alaska.

The digital technology used in the seismic industry then ('80-'82) showed up as digital audio technology a few years later. Talk about preparation meeting opportunity - Bergle was trained on how to design 64-track digital systems 10 years before the audio world went digital.

KCB Systems Studio started gaining notoriety and success composing and recording spots (jingles and commercials) for, among others, Pepsi, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Taco Cabana, Disney, and others. Another interesting KCB product/service were museum sound installations for traveling exhibits, including walk-through music for the 3-city stop of the jewels of a famous ancient Egyptian king. Album projects abound during this time as well as KCB helping smaller studios start up.

For 5 years Bergle was the Technical Director at The Caravan of Dreams Performing Arts Center in Ft. Worth, TX. There he supervised the five sound and light crews that ran the five different in -house venues as well as managed the (2) 24-track recording studios therein. Working with most all the jazz greats of the period (and other genres too!), Bergle helped these stars record live albums/ cds at Caravan of Dreams; Dizzy Gillespie, Ornette Coleman, Joe Zawinul, Dr. John, Charlie Peacock, Pharoah Sanders, Michael Brecker, Najee, Margaret Becker, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Dave Koz, Rodney Crowell, Eartha Kitt, Michael Card, Dixie Chicks, Johnny Gimble, Edie Brickell, Stephan Grappelli, Kirk Whalum, NRBQ, Acoustic Alchemy, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Stanley Turrentine, Phil Woods, and many many more, in no particular order.

While in Ft. Worth, Bergle also served as the Creative Director for several years of the summer fest there - the Main Street Festival - where he was hired as Special Effects Director to enlighten the 2-week event designing lasers, electronic light sculptures and interactive video towers.

Since joining Sweetwater in 1993, Bergle has again emerged on the national scene as one of THE audio/recording experts in the field. Sweetwater also leverages Bergle's talent and continue to market his stature in the industry.

Broadway shows enlist him constantly to provide advice and gear for the orchestra pit. Some of the shows using Bergle are: Spamalot, Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q, Chicago, The Producers, Dracula, Light in the Piazza, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Lion King, Phantom, Annie, Victor Victoria, We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia!, The Pajama Game, Hairspray, Spelling Bee, The Color Purple, White Christmas and on and on...

Musical artist clients who have depended on him for their audio and studio design and equipment needs include: John Fogerty, Pete Townshend, Oscar Peterson, Late Night with David Letterman (Paul Shaffer), Kenny Rogers, Matchbox20. Ron Artest, Collective Soul, Dope, Garbage, Robbie Krieger, Josef Zawinul and many more. Businesses and institutions that use Bergle include - US Dept. of State, IBM, Carnegie Hall, Microsoft, Cleveland Indians, SeaWorld, Kennedy Center for the Arts, Busch Gardens, DisneyWorld, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Lincoln Center, Discovery Channel, CBS, ABC, NBC, Turner Broadcast, PBS, NPR, Corp. for Public Broadcasting and many others.

Bergle has consulted for Universities across the nation including: Indiana Univ., Yale, Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Texas at Austin, UT at Arlington, UT at San Antonio, UT at El Paso, M.I.T., Univ. of Miami, Washington State Univ., Ohio Univ., Univ. of N. Carolina, Univ. of Nebraska, Penn State, Bowling Green State Univ. (Ohio), Texas Christian Univ., Western Illinois University, and many others. Typical consultation involves planning curriculum, designing audio and MIDI labs (also providing that gear), and degree program consultation.

A Senior Sales Engineer at Sweetwater, Bergle also teaches sales classes and sales labs there. He wrote the curriculum for the three concentrations in the current Bachelor of Science in Music Technology program at the University of Saint Francis, for their School of Creative Arts (SOCA) and currently is an Instructor there, teaching Digital Audio. Also he teaches at Indiana/Purdue University at Fort Wayne, teaching Digital Audio and Sound Design for the Theater Dept. and the Communications Dept. and is a consultant to IPFW as well.

Bergle is married to Kim Bergle, a Ft. Wayne native, and they have two children, Benjamin and Allison.

"The Muse Research Receptor offers a very unique solution for today's stage and studio musician; a solution that simply cannot be found anywhere else!"

With over 20 years of industry experience Summit Consultation & Custom Sales offers a refreshing alternative to professional audio equipment sales and service. As manager of Petosa Music in Seattle Lionel Reinert introduced the Pacific Northwest to the Muse Research Receptor in 2005. In late 2007 Lionel started Summit Consultation & Custom Sales; a bold new "service first" business model with custom-fitted sales to meet specific and exacting customer needs.

Lionel has also has held faculty level positions at Shoreline Community College's esteemed Music Technology program and currently continues at an advisory level.

Martin is the Receptor correspondent for the UK, working within the MediaPros division of Academia, Muse Research's UK dealer. With a BA(Hons) 1st Class degree from University of Westminster, and a background in recording, remixing and releasing Dance music, Martin is working daily within the music industry working with producers, artists, sound designers and film scorers throughout the country.

Receptor has been under Martin's radar for a long time and took the brand on as our sales and support representative in April 2010, already having worked closely with the product for over a year. Having recently supplied a Receptor for the band UNKLE, Martin was also taken under their wing on their tour through Europe & Russia as their programmer and stage-hand.

As well as being Muse Research's UK sales representative, Martin also looks after all support, upgrades and repairs in the UK.

+44 (0)208 400 9401
martin@mediapros.co.uk
www.mediapros.co.uk

"Muse Research Receptor is my weapon of choice. Rock solid awsome performance."

Michael Hein was raised in different parts of the world, the result of being an "Army-Brat". At the age of 17 started touring with Motown groups such as The Coasters, The Shirelles, The Manhattans, and Percy Sledge. At the age of 24 was in charge of operating the Armed Forces Recording Studio (AFN) in Europe. Toured and/or recorded with many acts such as Chaka Khan, Kingdom Come, Quiet Riot, etc. Worked 6 years as clinician for ROLAND worldwide. Was responsible for sales in Germany for KORG the past 13 years. After so many years in the hardware world it has been a pleasure to see how a software machine like Muse Research Receptor can perform stunningly and leave other hardware gear in the dust. And the really good thing is that the sounds are always up to date.

"I can think of no solution that is as flexible and stable for bringing the power of the studio to the performance environment than the Muse Receptor."

Born in Toledo, OH, raised in Muncie, IN, with an Associates Degrees in Music Production and Engineering, Occupational Studies, and Small Business Management, former monitor mix engineer for Allen Audio Services in Detroit, MI, Nicholas Schenkel is now a Sales Engineer at Sweetwater.

Nicholas plays Guitar, Bass and Keyboards and is has a strong background in Live Sound, Studio Recording, Guitars, Synthesis and Sound Design.

Nicholas tells us: I'm currently running Logic Studio 8 on an iMac through an Apogee Ensemble. I use both an A-Designs Pacifica Preamp and a dbx 386 pre amp. My mic locker consists of a Mojave Audio MA-200, a pair of AKG C414B XLS, BLUE Baby Bottle, Beyerdynamics M-160, a pair of Rode NT5's, a couple of Sennheiser MD421's and Shure SM 57's. I use a CME VX6 and UF-80 for my MIDI control along with an Alesis Fusion 6HD. The rest of my synth-rig consists of a Kurzweil K-2600 Rack, Roland V-Synth XT, Yamaha TG-500, Axon AX-100mkII, and a Roland VG-99. My guitar collection consists of a Les Paul Classic (Zebrawood top), a Les Paul Special II with P-90 pickups, a Fender Deluxe Power Stratocaster (now with a GK-3 pickup), a Gretsch ProJet, a Rickenbacker 650 Sierra, a PRS SE Custom Hollowbody, a Martin OMC Red Birch, an Alvarez PFC 90, a Hohner HMR-300 nickel-plated bell brass resonophonic guitar, and a Danelectro '55 Longhorn bass. I have a Vox AC-15 and a Marshall DSL-401 for amps. There's a lot more to my gear collection, but that covers the basics.

Other stuff we should know about you: (hobbies, talents, interests, etc.) Die-hard Detroit Tigers and Red Wings fan.

Personal Motto: "If a problem has a solution, there is no need for worry. Similarly, if a problem has no solution, there is no use in worrying about it."

Real Life Hero: Tom Dowd

Guilty pleasure of choice: Hoarding gear, playing video games

What in your life best prepared you for the work you do at Sweetwater? The years that I spent working in recording studios and on live stages has really helped me to be able to relate to my clients.

"Many stage musicians argue about hardware and software, and stability is often at the center of these discussion. Receptor combines the best of both worlds and offers instant operation, excellent reliability, and infinite upgrade possibilities."

Pierre Bled is a Receptor expert based in the south of France. As a child, Pierre studied the piano and other instruments and quickly got into computer music, and DJing. Pierre started in the music industry in the late '90s, as a technical and product specialist for computer-centric music companies such as Edirol, M-Audio, Propellerheads and Digidesign. For several years, Pierre held the marketing manager France position at M-Audio, and this gave him the opportunity to work with many French composers, bands, musicians, producers and music schools. In 2009, Pierre started his own company providing communication and distribution services to audio product developers and manufacturers.

+33 467 885 771
pierre@receptor.fr
www.receptor.fr

"The Muse Research Receptor is the most innovative, versatile, and solution-oriented instrument I have ever owned!"

Shane Adams is a Receptor expert. Shane has set up and custom configured Receptors for a who's who list of Grammy, CMA, and Dove award winning producers, musicians, and songwriters.

As Education Director and Product Specialist for Pro Audio Solutions, Shane has outfitted 100's of studios, churches, and live venues. More importantly, he is committed to training his clients to get the most out of their outboard gear and software systems, of which the Receptor is integral.

Shane is a popular lyric and songwriting instructor for Berkleemusic.com. He is a featured technology & songwriting lecturer for universities, and other media events (including Mix Magazine's "Mix Nashville" conference). Shane has conducted his master class, "My Song Can Beat Up Your Song!" for private students and organizations throughout the United States.

In 2006, Shane received the prestigious Hallman Award for his outstanding contributions to the music community. He is currently working on a book deal with Berklee Media, and his proposal to produce a yearly, week-long music festival in Henderson Nevada was recently approved.

Shane Adams continues to produce, compose, and perform out of Nashville, with his own maxed out Receptor.