One instrument... Two rack spaces... Millions of sounds... Infinite possibilities.
That's the Muse Research Receptor™—a unique and versatile musical instrument that takes the best software-based synthesizers and effects processors available, and turns them into real instruments. With the push of a button, Receptor can transform itself from a sampler into a guitar processor; from a drum module into a synthesizer; or from a delicate mastering tool into a screaming drawbar organ.
Receptor Front Panel
Receptor Rear Panel
"(Our Receptors) run all the plug-ins that we need, they've been absolutely reliable, and they respond as fast as the hardware synths that they've replaced... only they sound a lot better!"
-Korel Tunador
Keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist and
singer with The Goo Goo Dolls
Plugin software has completely changed the way we make music. Puny samples crammed into tiny chips are a thing of the past. Fixed architecture synths, by their very nature, are forever incapable of adapting to an ever-shifting sonic landscape. In today's musical world, virtual instruments reign supreme. But using plugin software can be an exasperating experience. Stability concerns and high latencies limit their effectiveness on stage, and high CPU demands limit their flexibility in the studio.
Receptor solves these problems by combining everything that's good about plugins with everything that's good about hardware.
"Whereas traditional synthesizers have limited our sonic options, the possibilities seem endless now with Receptor!"
-Jeff Babko
Keyboardist on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Nothing could better illustrate the fact that Receptor combines the best of both worlds (hardware and software) than these two quotes. Jeff Babko loves his Receptor because it blows away the hardware synthesizers it replaces. David Rosenthal loves his because it gives him the ultimate way to use software instruments and effects on stage. Two worlds. Two vantage points. One product to satisfy them both.
"The Receptor is the ultimate tool for bringing the power of plug-in technology to the stage."
-David Rosenthal
Keyboardist & Synthesizer Programmer for Billy Joel