RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX

The RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is the smarter, faster, and better way to run your favorite virtual instruments and effects. It delivers the pure performance muscle you need whether you perform on stage, record in the studio, or compose for the screen.

Many of the world’s top touring professionals and composers of TV and film soundtracks have discovered that RECEPTOR is an invaluable tool, since it works with unrivalled efficiency as a stand-alone instrument as well as in concert with your existing computer DAW system to accelerate it. RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is fitted with a 1.5 TB SATA 2 hard drive for storing huge sample libraries and delivering faster than you ever thought possible. Its 4GB of high-speed memory and 3.3 GHz dual-core Intel processor enable you to run more plug-ins with super-low latency and high polyphony. (To see pictures of the front and back panels of RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX, click Here).

The key to RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is its combination of best-in-class hardware along with completely customized software that extracts all the power possible from the hardware. The software gives you dozens of proprietary features, such as the MIDI Filter, Snapshot presets, and Z-load functions.

Packed with Unique Features

And of course RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX has proprietary features that let you make more music with less hassle than any other solution available. Just some of those features include Z-load, Snapshot presets, and the MIDI Filter.

Fast Ethernet for fast sample library transfers

With a 1.5 Terabyte drive, you’re going to want to install all of your massive sample libraries into your RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX, so that they will be at your fingertips wherever you find yourself working. Thanks to the gigabit Ethernet port, all of your sample transfers will occur with lightening speed – faster than many hard drives can deliver the data! This means that converting EXS, Akai, E-MU, Kurzweil, or Gigasampler libraries into Kontakt format will happen quickly and easily, resulting in a completely self-contained, high performance sampling system.

Find the sound you want… NOW.

Like all the RECECPTOR 2s, the RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX features Muse’s proprietary Unified Preset Access, or UPA, that makes it a breeze to browse through a virtual instrument or effects presets. Using the Muse graphical interface, simply open up a plug-in’s bank, select the preset of interest, and it loads instantly. If you prefer to audition the sounds, you can simply use your up/down/right/left arrows on your computer to navigate through the list of presets available, loading and auditioning each one as you move through the list. Not only is this feature great for browsing sounds, it also saves you a ton of time and vastly enhances your workflow as you no longer have to open up the interface of a virtual instrument or effect to see, select, and try a particular preset. And of course you can create your own custom banks of favorites either at the Source (individual plug-in), Single (one mixer channel), or Multi (entire mixer) level for instant recall via any MIDI controller.

Large projects are no problem for RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX

The RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is designed to tackle large production projects, with up to 128 banks of 128 presets each – that’s 16,384 individual presets of groups of 16 sources representing over a quarter of a million individual instruments – 262,144 to be precise. Need more? Simply drag and drop your current folder of Multi banks onto the desktop of your computer to save them, and then start again with another set of 128 banks. And you’ll love how RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX automatically recalls the last bank when you turn it on again – nothing to load or set up, including automatic project restoration when using UniWire – just load up your project on your computer and UniWire will tell Muse-Machine what presets to load and away you go.

Snapshots provide instant access to sounds and provide unlimited sonic evolution

The snapshot feature lets you load up to 16 different instruments and 57 different effects for instant access – no waiting for samples to load when you change a preset. This feature is ideal for live use where you can essentially “freeze” your set of loaded instruments and then selectively play, split, and combine any of the instruments and effects “on the fly.” But in some composing situations, you might have hundreds of soundtrack cues that are using hundreds of instruments. You’ll be pleased to know that when you increment off the end of the existing Multi snapshot bank, RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX will automatically load the next bank and allow you to continue on. This feature is invaluable for theater productions where the collections of instruments you use could easily exceed the sonic range of 16 instruments.

Legendary stability and sonic performance

You can rely on our legendary sound quality, with balanced line-level inputs and outputs, S/PDIF digital input and output, high performance front panel instrument input, and 8-channel ADAT optical output. Whether you run at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88kHz, or 96kHz, you’ll find that RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX gives you inspirational sonic performance with minimal latency… It’s as if your virtual instruments and effects suddenly became real! And of course RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is super-stable, and even if you do find yourself facing a bug in a plug-in you’re running, you’ll reboot instantly and be back on the musical path.

RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX – The ideal studio and composition tool

RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX provides the working professional with the best-in-class hardware designed for optimal performance combined with custom designed, super-efficient software that drastically improves your workflow and maximizes the amount of time you can spend making music. But RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX also works in concert with your existing computer system thanks to UniWire, letting you run power-hungry virtual instruments without bogging down your DAW. So whether you make hit records in your studio or write scores for TV of blockbuster films, you’ll find the RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX to be the ideal production partner. It is simply the smarter, faster, better way to make music using virtual instruments and effects.

RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is the perfect choice for demanding players both live and in the studio. We start with a super fast 3.0GHz dual-core Intel CPU so you can run lots of effects or instruments with high polyphony. We then marry this processor to a super-fast hard disc subsystem and 4GB of high speed RAM so you can run huge sample libraries. Add to that enhanced networking bandwidth so you can transfer files and back up your unit in no time, and you have a system with serious power under the hood. (To see pictures of the front and back panels of RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX, click Here).

World famous sound and super great playing feel

We harness all this computing power with highly tweaked audio I/O drivers to avoid the annoying latency that plagues most systems. And speaking of audio – RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX employs the same legendary audio I/O design of the original RECEPTOR, with 24-bit codecs, balanced line level inputs and outputs on 1/4" TRS connectors, super-clean front-panel instrument input, ADAT optical 8-channel digital output, and support for up to 96kHz sample rates.

RECEPTOR’s Unique Software Platform

Optimized hardware is only the beginning, since RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX lets you exploit all the power and speed the hardware has to offer thanks to Muse Research’s proprietary host environment, available only on RECEPTOR.

The Muse host software has been custom designed and highly-optimized for the task of running virtual instruments and effects. The simple mixer-like interface enhances your workflow, letting you select presets without having to open a plug-in interface, and letting you control all aspects of a plug-in as well as the mixer itself using MIDI. The powerful MIDI filter lets you quickly create splits and layers, as well as re-channelizing and re-pitching your sounds instantly. All of this results in more time spent making music, and less time with your creativity on hold waiting for your gear to get out of the way.

Great Audio is Muse’s Top Priority

The Muse host software is built on top of Linux, the “industrial strength” operating system that consumes as little as 5% of the available RAM compared with as much as 40% with other computer operating systems. Furthermore, Muse prioritizes audio tasks over less-important tasks such as graphical redraws, which means that the operations that matter when making music receive higher priority than all others, unlike a computer that typically emphasizes graphics performance over all else. Finally, Muse host software has been made more efficient by eliminating all the extraneous functions that bloat and drain the performance of a computer system – there are no printer drivers, email programs, automatic updates or other programs to sap the CPU’s power and interrupt you from what matters: making music.

Not only powerful, but also versatile and efficient

RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX is a poster child for versatility, working as a keyboard synth, sampler, or sound module, serving as the world’s most amazing guitar processor, or an absolutely stunning drum module. Attach a mic preamp and you have an astounding vocal processor, or simply connect the line inputs to your rig for the most impressive effects processing you’ve ever used.

And that’s only the start of RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX’s versatility, as you can control it entirely from the dedicated hardware front panel controls and the cool, blue LCD, or you can attach a monitor, mouse, and keyboard to the back panel to view our mixer-like software interface in action. Of course, you can also edit your virtual instruments and effects using their GUIs. And finally, RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX will connect to your computer (laptop or desktop, PC or Mac) using a single Ethernet cable, letting you view RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX’s interface over a network… including over a connection⁴!

RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX: the smarter, faster, better solution on stage and in the studio

RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX gives you all the performance muscle you need to create an amazing amount of music all in one rock-solid two-rack space package. Its been proven time and time again in tours all over the world, from the frozen extremes of the Winter Olympics to the sweltering heat of a summer amphitheater tour in the American Southwest, and in the orchestra pits in New York and the theaters of the West End. It provides a super-stable, high-performance environment in which to run your favorite virtual instruments and effects, and delivering your creativity with amazing sonic quality. The Muse Research RECEPTOR 2+ PRO MAX. Because you deserve tools that are as dedicated to music as you are.

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