Muse Research Receptor manual v1.2 - Manual (Page 20)

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Mounting: What computer Operating System am I using?
Now that you’ve connected Receptor to your computer, you’ll need to ‘mount it’ on your computer. All this
means is that you want to see the contents of Receptor’s hard drive on your computer just as you see its own
hard drive. This way, you’ll be able to transfer files back and forth between your computer and Receptor.
Naturally, every computer operating system has its own way of doing this and, while it isn’t the goal of
this manual to explain every computer’s networking methodology, Chapter 12, “Connecting Receptor to a
Computer” contains instructions for mounting Receptor with the following methods and operating systems:
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Mac OS X Panther (using either AppleTalk or Samba)
• Mac OS X Jaguar (using either AppleTalk or Samba)
• Mac OS 9 (using AppleTalk)
• Windows XP (using Samba)
• Windows 2000 (using Samba)
Remote Control: Seeing Receptor on your Computer’s monitor
One of the many cool things about connecting Receptor to your computer is that you can remotely control
Receptor’s graphical user interface using your computer’s keyboard, mouse, and monitor — just as if you had
plugged these directly into Receptor! This is very handy for live performance, where you can use a laptop
computer to control your Receptor.
To do this, you must first copy the Remote Control from your Receptor CD onto your computer’s hard disk and
install it. Once the Remote Control application has been installed to your computer, you can use it to remotely
control Receptor at any time. Receptor does not even have to be mounted on your computer in order to use the
Remote Control application. For more information, see “Remote Control of Receptor” on page 174.
How can I integrate Receptor into my recording environment?
1 Connect Receptor to your computer exactly as you would connect a traditional sound or effects module.
That is, connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT port on your computer’s MIDI interface to Receptor’s MIDI IN port.
Connect another MIDI cable from the MIDI IN port on your computer’s MIDI interface to Receptor’s MIDI OUT port.
Connect Receptor’s audio output (either analog or digital) to your mixer or, if you’re mixing on your computer,
connect Receptor’s audio output to your computer’s audio interface. Should you also wish to use Receptor as an effects
processor, connect instruments and/or a couple of your computer’s audio outputs to Receptor’s audio inputs.
2 In your sequencer, define Receptor as a MIDI device and, if desired, label your audio interface’s audio
connectors as belonging to Receptor.
3 You may find it most convenient to configure Receptor using its graphical user interface. To do so,
either plug a keyboard, mouse, and monitor directly into Receptor or use the Receptor Remote Control
application to control Receptor from your desktop computer.
To learn more about connecting Receptor to your computer and controlling it with the remote control application, see
“How and why do I network Receptor to my computer?” on page 18.
4 In your audio sequencer, assign a couple of tracks to play Receptor on different MIDI channels. If you’re
recording Receptor’s output back into your sequencer, make sure to activate the input assigned to
Receptor on your computer’s audio interface.