Muse Research Receptor manual v1.2 - Manual (Page 49)

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SOURCE: Listen to MIDI Ch
Rotate the top display knob to select the Listen to MIDI Ch parameter. Use this parameter to tell the
selected VSTi which incoming MIDI channel to “listen” to. By default, the VSTi plugin you instantiate on each
Instrument Channel responds to the like-numbered MIDI Channel. For example, the VSTi you instantiate on
Instrument Channel 6 would respond to data coming in on MIDI channel 6. In general, you will only change
this default mapping when you want to stack or split two or more VSTi’s on the same MIDI channel.
For example, you might want to instantiate an analog synth on Instrument Ch 1 and a string synthesizer on
Instrument Ch 2, but play them simultaneously from your keyboard to create a thicker, richer sound. To do this,
you would set the source on Instrument Channel 2 to respond to MIDI Ch 1. Now, when you play your MIDI
keyboard using MIDI Ch 1, Receptor plays both the VSTi assigned to Instrument Ch 1 and the one assigned to
Instrument Ch 2. The same technique can be used in conjunction with the
Note Range and Velocity Range
parameters (discussed later) to create keyboard splits and zones.
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Rotate the bottom display knob to select which incoming MIDI channel the VSTi should listen to. The Channel
number is underlined, but does not flash. When you select a different channel, the change is instantly applied.
You can choose between MIDI channels 1-16, or you can choose All, which means that the VSTi responds to
data coming from any and all MIDI channels.
For more details and examples of this parameter’s use, see “Source: MIDI Filter Button” on page 97.
NOTE 1: This parameter only changes the MIDI channel used to control the sound being produced by an
instantiated VSTi. It does not re-channelize the data used to control the Instrument Channel (such as Volume,
Pan, Effects Send Levels, and so on). For example, if you instantiated a VSTi on Instrument Channel 2, but
told it to listen to MIDI Ch 1, the VSTi would respond to note, pitch bend, mod, and sustain pedal data on MIDI
channel 1, but the Instrument Channel’s volume, pan, effects send levels, and so on would still respond to MIDI
channel 2. This allows you to separately address and mix Receptor’s 16 instrument channels, even though some
of them may use layered instruments.
NOTE 2: This parameter does not appear if you select an audio input source for the Plugin parameter.
SOURCE: Plugin MIDI Ch
Rotate the top display knob to select the Plugin MIDI Ch parameter. Use this parameter when a plugin needs to
play on a particular MIDI channel regardless of what MIDI channel is used to trigger it.
By default, this parameter is always set to 01, meaning every instantiated instrument plays whatever sound
is assigned to it’s internal definition of channel 1. In general, you will not need to change this default MIDI
channel mapping since the majority of VSTi’s are monotimbral and will respond the same no matter which
MIDI channel you use to play them.
A small number of VST instruments (such as Native Instruments’ B4) respond differently depending on which
MIDI channel you play them on. For example, B4’s upper manual is hardwired to MIDI Ch 1; its lower manual
to MIDI Ch 2; and its pedals to MIDI Ch 3. If, for example, you instantiated the B4 on Instrument Channel
7, you would hear its upper manual play (since all plugin channels are, by default, remapped to Ch 1). If you
actually wanted to play the lower manual, you would set the Plugin MIDI Ch value to 2 so that the incoming
MIDI data would be routed to B4 Channel 2, which is the lower organ manual.
In addition, some VST instruments are multitimbral and may therefore have different sounds assigned to
different MIDI channels. Most of these multitimbral instruments will work flawlessly with MIDI channel 1,
which is why this is the default value. However, the Plugin MIDI Ch parameter lets you control any plugin
channel you wish, regardless of which Instrument Channel you used to instantiate the plugin, or which
incoming MIDI Channel it listens to.