Muse Research UniWire manual supplement - Manual (Page 19)

UniWireManualSupplement 9 MuseResearch,Inc.
Status Lights
These are ‘warning’ lights that let you know if there are any problems with UniWire communication between
your host computer and Receptor.
Buffer Size Mismatch
When using UniWire, Receptor and your host sequencer must have exactly the same plugin buffer sizes. As
such, Receptor will automatically set itself to the buffer size used by your host sequencer. If, however, your host
sequencer is set to a buffer size not supported by Receptor, then the Buffer Size Mismatch LED will light.
If the Buffer Size Mismatch LED lights, you’ll need to set your host sequencer to a buffer size supported by
Receptor.
Sample Size Mismatch
When using UniWire, Receptor and your host sequencer must have exactly the same sample rates. As such,
Receptor will automatically set itself to the sample rate used by your host sequencer. If, however, your host
sequencer is set to a sample rate not supported by Receptor, then the Sample Size Mismatch LED will light.
If the Sample Size Mismatch LED lights, you’ll need to set your host sequencer to a sample rate supported by
Receptor.
Audio Dropouts
The Audio Dropouts LED will light whenever Receptor can’t process all the data fast enough and drops an
audio buffer. Many things affect whether or not you get audio dropouts, including:
•
Sample Buffer Size (as set in both Receptor and your host sequencer) -- lower values result in less latency,
but more likelihood of audio dropouts.
• UniWire Plugin’s Latency setting -- this is a multiplier of the Sample Buffer Size setting. The minimum
possible latency is 2x the Sample Buffer Size. Lower values result in less latency, but more likelihood of
audio dropouts.
• Amount of data being sent over UniWire to/from Receptor -- the more data you try to process within a
given buffer size, the greater the chance of audio dropouts.
In general, if the Audio Dropouts LED lights, you should:
•
Increase the latency (either by using the Latency setting in UniWire or by setting a larger Sample Buffers
Size in your host sequencer), or...
• Record some of the tracks currently being processed by Receptor, freeing the unit to perform the necessary
real-time processing, or...
• Add additional Receptors to your UniWire network and distribute processing across multiple Receptors.
Once the Audio Dropouts LED lights, you simply click it to reset it.
Patch Selectors
You can use the UniWire plugin to remotely select Receptor Multi patches. And, if UniWire is configured to
address individual channels (that is, the Send MIDI To menu is set to anything other than “ALL”), then you
may also remotely select Receptor Single patches.
If you add, delete, rename, or modify any patches within Receptor, you must click the Update Bank/Patch List
button in order to see those changes reflected in the UniWire window.
NOTE: When you select Multi and Single patches from Receptor itself (using its Graphical User Interface or
its front panel), these changes are not automatically reflected in the UniWire plugin’s Patch Selector menus.
Receptor will never volunteer this information so, if some patches change in Receptor, you should press the
Update Bank/Patch List button to tell the plugin that something has changed. There are some plugin actions
that will automatically update the Patch lists. For example, the UniWire plugin will ask the Receptor for a list of
Multis and Singles when a new Receptor is ‘connected to’ or when a new UniWire plugin is instantiated. Also,
the plugin will ask which Single is current whenever you change the channel.