Muse Research UniWire manual supplement - Manual (Page 20)

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Important: When you save a file in your host sequencer, it will remember only which patches were used by
Receptor -- it will NOT remember any unsaved edits contained within Receptor. That is, if you modify any
Receptor patches, you must save those edits as a Receptor Single or Multi patch if you want them to be properly
recalled when you open the sequence file in your host application.
Note that a single sequence might contain numerous UniWire instantiations and that each UniWire instance is
capable of remembering its own patch assignments. If you recall a sequence file that uses multiple UniWire
instances, Receptor will respond first to any Multi patch requests then to any Single patch requests.
Launch Receptor Remote
Click this button to launch the Receptor Remote application. Opening Receptor Remote allows you to
graphically edit Receptor over the same Ethernet cable that UniWire uses.
Using Receptor as an Audio Interface over UniWire
Throughout this document, we have mostly discussed how to use Receptor in the following configuration:
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Your host computer is used for all audio and MIDI connections and Receptor, connected via UniWire,
becomes a ‘slave’ to your host sequencer -- essentially acting like an external ‘DSP farm’ for your host
computer. In this mode, Receptor’s built-in audio and midi connections are disabled.
It’s possible, however, to use UniWire along with Receptor’s own audio and MIDI connections in one of the
following two ways:
1) Receptor is used for all audio connections and no audio interfaces are used on your computer. In this
mode, you have no audio interfaces connected to your host computer and, instead, use Receptor’s audio
connections. This mode can be particularly useful for laptop users who play live and wish to simplify their
rig by using Receptor’s high fidelity audio circuity rather than carrying an additional audio interface.
2) Both Receptor’s audio and MIDI connections and your computer’s audio and MIDI connections are used
simultaneously. This mode is the most flexible but complex connection.
In both scenarios, Muse Research strongly recommends that you also route a S/PDIF cable between Receptor
and your computer in order to lock their digital clocks together and achieve sample accurate sync.
The following sections will discuss these two methods in more detail.
Receptor Replaces Your Computer’s Audio Interface
In this scenario, Receptor is used for all audio connections and no audio interfaces are used on your computer.