Muse Research Receptor manual v1.2 - Manual (Page 29)

3: Receptor Hardware 29 Receptor Manual
3 Receptor Hardware
The following sections discuss Receptor’s hardware components.
Front Panel
--- Receptor Front Panel ---
Receptor’s front panel contains, from left-to-right:
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Guitar / Instrument Input
Use this input to plug a guitar, instrument or microphone into Receptor.
• Input Level Knob
Use this to adjust the signal level of the instrument input. For the best signal-to-noise ratio, turn up the level
until the loudest sounds just barely cause the Level LED to turn red, then back off slightly on the level, so
the LED only ever turns yellow.
• Input Level LED
This LED glows green, yellow, or red depending on the amount of input signal present. If the meter turns
red, turn down the Input Level knob until the LED is yellow. Specifically, the LED glows green at -40 dB,
yellow at -9 dB, and red at 0 dB.
• Headphone Jack
This 1/4” stereo jack duplicates the signal present at the main L / R jacks at the rear of the unit.
• Master Volume Knob
This knob modifies the total overall output level for Receptor (both for the headphones and the rear analog
outputs). It’s completely independent of the MIDI volume levels and is a quick way to adjust the overall
output level of Receptor.
• LCD
Use this 24 character x 2 line LCD to navigate through Receptor’s various parameters and configurations.
To learn more about this ‘window into Receptor,’ see “LCD and Display Knobs” on page 37.