PURE PERFORMANCE MUSCLE

Run your favorite instruments and effects using the innovative, dedicated performance muscle of the NEW Muse Research RECEPTOR 2 PRO or RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX. The world’s greatest keyboardists, guitarists, drummers, producers, engineers, film and TV composers, and music theater companies rely on RECEPTOR as their #1 solution for running virtual instruments and effects with unrivalled, road-worthy stability, speed and performance.

Now, the NEW RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX help you turn your musical ideas into reality easier than ever before. They represent a significant improvement over our past models, which were already-impressive performers. Fully updated in both the software and the hardware, the new RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX are smarter, faster, and better in every way.

Fuel-injected, brilliant performance

The RECEPTOR was designed to do just one thing: run your virtual instruments and effects. The new RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX do just that better than every before with an entirely new, highly optimized, super-efficient OS and kernel that runs on a totally updated dual-core processor-based hardware, making these the smartest RECEPTORs ever. When combined with the advanced functionality and intelligent workflow features of Muse Research’s proprietary Muse-Machine™ software environment, RECEPTOR 2 PRO and PRO MAX are the smart choice for demanding professionals.

Serious muscle equals seriously fast

With 3X the hard drive bandwidth, 10X the networking bandwidth, and double the raw processing power provided by the dual core processor, RECEPTOR 2 PRO and PRO MAX are highly optimized so they run faster, letting you run more virtual instruments and effects with more polyphony and lower latency than comparable systems. Add to that the optimized Muse-Machine software environment only on RECEPTOR 2 PRO and PRO MAX of you’ll find yourself creating more music, faster than ever before, and never looking back.

Beautifully better

When you combine super-fast hardware with highly optimized software, the result is a solution that is more efficient, more stable, and simply better than anything else available. And you’ll be making music right out of the box since you get a collection of six complete “rompler” programs from Plugsound – a $600 value – as well as IK Multimedia’s Amplitube DUO, a $99 value – for FREE¹, along with dozens of other virtual instruments and effects with hundreds of presets that will get you on you music-making way.

RECEPTOR 2 PRO and PRO MAX are also better for the environment, with a new EnergyStar™ certified power supply. And weighing in at a svelte 18 pound shipping weight, they easily reduce your carbon footprint on tour when compared with the gear that would be required to do what the RECEPTOR can do in just two rack spaces.

RECEPTOR 2 PRO and PRO MAX are also easy on the eyes, with a gorgeous new blue-backlit LCD display, beautiful new milled aluminum knobs, and a cool, new grey anodized aluminum front panel.

Some things are better left unchanged…

Of course, we haven’t changed 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 and PRO MAX give you inspirational sonic performance with minimal latency… It’s as if your virtual instruments and effects suddenly became real!

Dedicated tools for dedicated musicians

If you require high-performance, pure performance muscle for running large numbers of virtual instruments and effects with minimal latency and maximum polyphony, then you need RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX. Quite simply, they are the smarter, faster, better way to make music… your music. After all, shouldn’t your tools be as dedicated to your music as you are?

RECEPTOR 2 PRO
A Player's Dream Come True

RECEPTOR 2 PRO is the perfect choice for demanding players both live and in the studio. We start with a super fast 2.5GHz dual-core 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 (3X faster than the previous model) and 4GB of high speed RAM so you can run huge sample libraries. Add to that 10X the networking bandwidth so you can transfer files and back up your unit in 1/10th the time, and you have a system with serious power under the hood.

Then we harness all this power with highly tweaked audio I/O drivers to avoid the annoying latency that plagues most systems. And speaking of audio – RECEPTOR 2 PRO 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.

Muse-Machine: RECEPTOR’s Unique Software Platform

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

Muse-Machine is a software platform that has been custom designed and highly-optimized for the task of running your 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 putting your creativity on hold waiting for your gear to catch up or get out of the way.

Great Audio is Muse-Machine’s Top Priority

Muse-Machine has dozens of features that let you use virtual instruments and effects in ways you only dreamed of before. For example, Muse-Machine is built on top of Linux, the “industrial strength” operating system that is used by many of the world’s largest companies to run their servers, and the operating system that powers much of the Internet. Additional advantages that come from Linux include far more efficient memory usage, consuming as little as 5% of the available RAM compared with as much as 40% with other operating systems. Furthermore, Muse-Machine 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-Machine 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 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’s versatility, as you can control it entirely from the dedicated hardware front panel controls and the cool, new 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 will connect to your computer (laptop or desktop, PC or Mac) using a single Ethernet cable, letting you view RECEPTOR 2 PRO’s interface over a network… including over a WiFi connection⁴!

Packed with Unique Features

And of course RECEPTOR 2 PRO 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.

Z-LOAD: load your virtual instruments once, recall them almost instantly
One of the problems you face using virtual instruments is that they can take a long time – sometimes 10 seconds or more to load, and even more when they are sample-based. Thanks to our exclusive Z-Load feature, once you load a program, it is available almost instantaneously with each subsequent use, even after unloading it. This lets you load in the instruments you are going to use at the gig at sound check, so calling up presets during your set happen immediately. It’s as if your virtual instruments and effects suddenly become hardware-based, letting you make more music with less waiting.

Snapshot Multi presets: Freezes your virtual instruments for instantaneous access
Live players will love how RECEPTOR 2 PRO lets you create snapshot banks that quickly switch from one sound to the next without waiting for samples to load, and to move instantly from one guitar patch to another with no glitches or pauses. You can load up to 16 instruments in a bank, and selectively layer, split, and transpose any of the instruments with a simple program change. Snapshots are particularly handy when using multi-timbral samplers such as Kontakt from Native Instruments, letting you load up to 16 different sampled instruments in a single mixer channel. You can select between any of the instruments you’ve loaded by redirecting the incoming MIDI stream to the appropriate instrument slot inside Kontakt, as well as mix them or split them with other instruments loaded on other channels of the mixer.

The MIDI Filter: Split, layer, re-channelize and transpose instantly
One of the key aspects of any powerful music instrument is its ability to manipulate sounds. RECEPTOR 2 PRO lets you manipulate entire virtual instruments by taking two instruments and layering them together, or taking two different instruments and splitting them across the keyboard with just the click of a mouse (or the turn of a knob if you are using the front panel interface). The MIDI filter’s “patch bay” function lets you re-channelize incoming MIDI to play other channels, as well as transpose incoming MIDI to play different pitches, which also can be used when layering sounds an octave above or below another sound. In fact RECEPTOR 2 PRO’s MIDI filter is so easy you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.

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

RECEPTOR 2 PRO 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 new Muse Research RECEPTOR 2 PRO. Because you deserve tools that are as dedicated to music as you are.

 

RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX
The Workhorse for Composers and Studios

Many of the world’s finest 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. Now RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX takes that efficiency to a whole new level thanks to its whopping 1 TB (1000GB) SATA 2 hard drive for storing huge sample libraries and delivering them 3X faster than before, as well as 4GB of high speed memory and a 3GHz dual-core processor that lets you run more plug-ins with lower latency and higher polyphony than ever before.

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, called Muse Machine, gives you dozens of proprietary features, such as the MIDI Filter, Snapshot presets, and Z-load functions as found in the RECEPTOR 2 PRO, as well as features that are of special interest to composers and recording engineers, including Muse Research’s proprietary UniWire™ feature.

UniWire – The modular way to add pure performance muscle to your DAW

UniWire™ lets you off-load processor intensive plug-ins from your computer (Mac or PC, laptop or desktop) and run them on RECEPTOR 2 PRO or PRO MAX, vastly expanding the capabilities of your existing DAW system. UniWire works over Ethernet, and the RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX’s Gigabit Ethernet vastly expands the capabilities of UniWire with a 10X improvement in networking bandwidth. And you can connect up to ten RECEPTOR 2 PROs or PRO MAXs to your computer, letting you add additional power as your needs require. The dream of the portable scoring studio is now a reality: simply connect your laptop running the UniWire plug-in to your RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX and enjoy massive music making power that takes just one trip to the car.

Fast Ethernet for fast sample library transfers

With a 1 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 10X faster than previous models, and 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.

Run massive Sample-based libraries with high polyphony

RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX also features a completely updated software foundation, including support for the Pace CDRM copy protection scheme as used by EastWest PLAY libraries and Synthogy Ivory, Italian Grand, and Upright Pianos libraries. Also supported in our new OS, kernel, and application layer is the Syncrosoft dongle copy protection scheme so you can run virtual instruments that employ that technology for copy protection. Additional enhancements include an external SATA drive port that will allow the connection of additional high speed external storage, as well as future support for external RAID drive arrays. Finally, the enhanced USB peripheral compatibility of the RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX for connection to even more MIDI controllers and external peripherals, and support for the Native Instruments KORE controller, giving you an entirely new experience when using plug-ins.

Find the sound you want… NOW.

Like the RECECPTOR 2 PRO, the RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX features the Muse-Machine’s proprietary Unified Preset Access, or UPA, that makes it a breeze to browse through a virtual instrument or effects presets. Using the Muse-Machine 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 described in the RECEPTOR 2 PRO section talks about how this unique function 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.

Power can be a beautiful thing too

Not only is RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX completely new and improved “under the hood,” but its also been given an impressive makeover on the outside as well. RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX wears a distinguished new grey front panel, and you’ll love the new aluminum knobs and encoders while viewing the cool new blue LCD display.

Same legendary stability and sonic performance

The thing we haven’t changed is 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 Hardware Plug-in Player
The new, powerful, affordable Receptor

The new RECEPTOR 2 is a high-performance, super-stable dedicated hardware plug-in player that runs hundreds of virtual instruments and effects with the convenience and portability of dedicated hardware.

The RECEPTOR 2 uses a single-core processor and a 250GB SATA 2 hard drive and provides significantly more performance than the previous generation. Additionally, the new RECEPTOR 2 has a sleek, new look with a deep blue front panel, LCD, and blue power LED. The single core AMD processor and high speed DDR-2 RAM of this new second generation of Receptor provide performance that is similar to the previous generation's top-of-the line, but RECEPTOR 2 costs significantly less.

Includes Plugsound Box Collection for free!!

The unit also includes¹ $700 worth of sounds in the form of the Univers Sons Plugsound BOX pre-installed and ready to use, you'll find that RECEPTOR 2 lets you start making music instantly with minimal hassle and maximum results.

RECEPTOR 2–Versatile and Affordable

Keyboardists and guitarists will love how RECEPTOR 2 makes their plug-ins perform and feel like real instruments, by running them with super-low latency and massive polyphony. The RECEPTOR 2's new hardware and software has been designed for optimized performance of your favorite virtual instruments and effects, and combines this performance with a number of unique features that make Receptor the ultimate musical instrument.

Advanced features such as Z-Load, Snapshots, our Unified Preset Access feature, and the powerful MIDI filter make this the ideal tool for creating, manipulating and performing with your virtual instruments and effects. Keyboardists will love the whopping 250GB drive for storing all their sample libraries, and guitarists will love the optimized OS for loading up tons of instantly accessible tones and playing with low latency. And all will love the exceptional audio quality of Receptor, making it the choice of touring and studio professionals the world over.

RECEPTOR 2: "Totally" Portable and "Komplete"

Many of the world's biggest bands and most famous artists use Receptor to run their synths, samplers, and effects both in the studio and on the road. That's because Receptor packs massive amounts of power into a 2-rack space box that weighs only 18 pounds. The RECEPTOR 2 delivers even more power than the original, yet has a MAP price of only $1999 US, meaning you can have optimal performance for your virtual instruments and effects without breaking the bank.

If you crave more sounds, you can configure your RECEPTOR 2 with either the IK Multimedia Total Workstation Bundle or the Native Instruments KOMPLETE 5 bundle pre-installed and authorized, significantly expanding the range of sounds at your disposal, all while saving you a bundle of time and money! Clearly RECEPTOR 2 brings an entirely new dimension of how much music creative power you can cram into a compact and portable package.

RECEPTOR 2, RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX
Designed to do just one thing: run your virtual instruments and effects

All models feature:

• Double the memory: 4GB of high speed RAM so you can run massive sample libraries and tons of sounds.
• Increased processing power - in fact the PRO/PRO MAX models offer more than double the processing power of a first generation Receptor: Run more plug-ins with less latency.
• Three times the hard drive throughput: For more polyphony.
• 10X the networking bandwidth: Connect to your computer (laptop or desktop, PC or Mac) using a single Ethernet cable:
  • View RECEPTOR's interface on your computer over a network... including over a WiFi connection⁴!
  • Transfer files and back up your RECEPTOR in 1/10th the time.
  • Use UniWire to accelerate your DAW's performance by running all your power-hungry virtual instruments and effects on the super-stable RECEPTOR 2, RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX.
• Updated Muse-Machine software: Built on top of Linux for more efficient memory usage that prioritizes audio tasks over all others.
  • Enhanced support: Now includes support for the Pace CDRM copy protection scheme, required by many new plug-ins.
  • Easy sound selection: Select presets without having to open a plug-in interface. You control all aspects of a plug-in as well as the mixer itself using MIDI.
  • Versatility: Quickly create splits and layers, as well as re-channelizing and re-pitching your sounds instantly.
  • Universal Preset Access: Every instrument and effect presents its presets in a consistent and straightforward way on RECEPTOR's built-in interface so you spend more time making music.
  • Exclusive Z-Load feature: Once you instantiate a plug-in the first time, subsequent instantiations are almost instantaneous so you can make more music with less waiting.
  • Snapshot banks: Quickly switch from one sound to the next without waiting for samples to load. Perfect for live performance.
  • The MIDI filter's "patch bay" function: Re-channelize incoming MIDI to play other channels, as well as transpose incoming MIDI to play different pitches.
  • Ultra-flexible: Load up to 16 instruments in a bank, and selectively layer, split, and transpose any of the instruments with a simple program change. Add new plug-ins at any time.
  • Automatic recall: Remembers the last bank when you turn it on again – nothing to load or set up.
  • Enhanced USB peripheral compatibility: Improved USB driver allows hot plugging a large range of peripherals like MIDI and ASCII keyboards as well as mice.
  • Graphical interface: Easily browse through sounds using Muse-Machine's graphical interface – sounds load instantly.
• Expandable: Connect up to ten RECEPTOR 2, RECEPTOR 2 PRO or RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAXs to your computer, letting you add additional power as your needs require.
• High-quality I/O: 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.
• Highly tweaked audio I/O drivers: Avoid the annoying conflicts and latency that plagues most computer systems.
• Interface flexibility: Attach a monitor, mouse, and keyboard to the back panel to view our mixer-like software interface in action. You can also edit your virtual instruments and effects using their GUIs.
• An external SATA drive port [PRO / PRO MAX only]: Will allow additional drive expansion in a future software release.
• Bundled Virtual Instruments include the entire Ultimate Sound Bank (USB) Plugsound BOX, a collection of six different instrument based on the UVI engine, as well as Amplitube Duo from IK Multimedia.
• 100's of presets ready to go covering a wide variety of musical styles.
• Starts fast, super stable: Eliminate time-consuming re-boots and other computer-freezing conflicts.
• New Energy Star™ compliant, auto-ranging power supply: with over 80% efficiency at all voltages from 100 to 240V AC (it works anywhere in the world).
• Looks amazing: New blue-backlit LCD display, beautiful new milled aluminum knobs, and a cool, new grey anodized aluminum front panel.
• Great sound, no headaches: Invest in a platform that will not only save you time, money and headaches, but will also make you sound better than you ever thought possible.

RECEPTOR 2
Perfect for live and studio players

• Fast 2.7GHz Single-Core CPU: Run lots of effects or instruments with high polyphony.
• 250 MB hard drive: Delivers amazing performance even under huge loads.

RECEPTOR 2 PRO
For the more demanding live and studio players - even faster, with more drive space

• Super fast 2.53GHz Dual-Core CPU: Run lots of effects or instruments with high polyphony.
• 500 MB hard drive: Delivers amazing performance even under huge loads.

RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX
The workhorse for composers and studios

• A whopping 1 TB (1000GB) SATA 2 hard drive: Store huge sample libraries and delivering them 3X faster than before.
• A 3GHz Dual-Core processor: Run more plug-ins with lower latency and higher polyphony than ever before.

 

The Receptor Models Compared

		RECEPTOR 1				RECEPTOR 2
		Rev. C	Pro-40	Pro Jr.	Pro	Standard	PRO	2 PRO MAX
CPU:	Make / Family	AMD Turion				AMD Athlon	Intel Core 2 Duo
Model		ML-34	MT-40	ML-44		1640	E7200	E8400
Core Speed		1.8 Ghz	2.2 Ghz	2.4 Ghz		2.7 Ghz	2.53 Ghz	3.0 Ghz
Cores		1 (Single Core)					2 (Dual Core)
L2 Cache		1 MB				512 KB	3 MB	6 MB
RAM:	Installed	2 GB	2 GB Optimized			4 GB	4 GB Optimized
Max. RAM		2 GB				4 GB2
HDD:		160 GB	500 GB		750 GB	250 GB	500 GB	1 TB
External Drive Support:		None					E-SATA3
Networking:		10/100 ("Fast Ethernet")				10/100/1000 ("Gigabit Ethernet")