Muse Research Receptor v1.7 Release Notes - Manual (Page 16)

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Prior to v1.6, if you told Receptor to use a specific MIDI channel for all its program change messages, it would
simply “drop” the MIDI program change messages it received on the other channels. Now, if you check the
Route All Other Channels to the Source Plugin option, Receptor does exactly that: It takes any Program
Change message received on all MIDI channels not being used by Receptor’s own program change channel, and
routes them directly to the Source plugin of the corresponding patch channel.
NOTE 1: Not all plugins support changing their built-in patches using MIDI program change messages. If your
plugin does not support this feature, having it enabled in Receptor will not have any effect.
NOTE 2: Some plugins, while they may support changing built-in patches via MIDI program change messages,
do not actually update their graphical interfaces to reflect that a new patch is playing. This is a result of the way
the plugin, itself, is programmed and is not something Receptor can remedy.
NOTE 3: If an Instrument Channel has its Source assigned to an audio input (rather than a plugin), then the
program change messages are routed to the first instantiated FX plugin. For example, if an Instrument Channel
uses an audio input as a source and has an effect assigned to FX A, then the program change messages will
be sent to the plugin instantiated on FX A. If there is no plugin instantiated on FX A, then the program change
messages are routed to the plugin instantiated on FX B, etc.
The option also appears on Receptor’s front panel, and is accessed by pressing the SETUP button, then rotating
the top display knob to select the Unused Pgm Chg Ch’s parameter (which, of course, is a front panel-friendly
abbreviation for Unused Program Change Channels).
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Rotate the bottom display knob to select between the following two options:
• Go to Source plugin - turns on the feature (same as checking the box in Receptor’s graphical interface)
• Are ignored - turns off the feature, making Receptor operate as it did prior to v1.6 (this has the same effect
as un-checking the box in Receptor’s graphical interface).
Example
This example shows how the Route All Other Channels to Source Plugin feature works using Native
Instruments’ Kontakt 2. However, any plugin that supports MIDI selection of patches will work with this new
feature.
1 Instantiate Kontakt 2 on Receptor Instrument Channel 1.
2 Click Receptor’s Setup tab and, in the MIDI Setup section, set the Receptor Program Changes Use
Channel selector to “16.”
3 Enable the Route All Other Channels to Source Plugin option.
The above sequence of events will insure that MIDI program changes received on channel 16 will be routed to
Receptor’s own patches, while all other channels will be ignored by Receptor’s Mixer and used, instead, by plugins.
4 Open the Kontakt 2 Edit window.