Muse Research Receptor VIP manual v1.1 - Manual (Page 7)

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Getting Familiar: The Rear Panel
Connecting your RECEPTOR VIP to your mixer, your amplifier, your computer, or to other music gear
is simple to do with the connectors on the back.
1. AC Power Input: This is where you connect RECEPTOR VIP to a AC mains supply. RECEPTOR
VIP has an auto-ranging, auto-power factor correction power supply that you can use anywhere in
the world, from 100 VAC to 240VAC, 50 / 60 Hz.
2. Power supply fan outlet: This is exhaust port for the power supply. Please keep it
unobstructed at all times so that the power supply remains at a safe operating temperature.
3. Footswitch Input: The footswitch input accepts either a single 1/4" tip-sleeve jack footswitch
(single action) or a double footswitch with a 1/4" tip/ring/sleeve connection. The footswitch input
can be used for incrementing (or decrementing using a second footswitch) through patches in the
unit, making it easy to change sounds or effects while performing. This is particuarly valuable to
guitarists who might not have any MIDI devices attached to their RECEPTOR VIP, or keyboardists
who do not have their hands free to select program changes from their keyboard while performing.
4. MIDI Input: This full-size 5-pin DIN connector is where you plug in your standard MIDI
keyboard for controlling the virtual instruments in your RECEPTOR VIP. If you want to connect more
than one keyboard to this input, you can first connect to a MIDI merge box, and then connect to
this input.
5. Audio Line Inputs (C and D): This input accepts a balanced, 1/4" tip/ring/sleeve (TRS) line-
level device, such as the output of your keyboard or another sound module, a drum machine, an
MP3 player, or the effects sends of your mixer. The rear input on the left is Input C; the rear input
on the right is Input D; and if you want to use a stereo input, you would connect the left output of
your device to Input C and the right output of your device to input D. Once connected, your line-
level inputs can be processed using the audio effects slots or passively combined with the sounds
being generated by virtual instruments running in RECEPTOR VIP .
Warning: Do not connect the output of an amplifier or other "speaker-level signals" to the
RECEPTOR VIP line inputs or damage to your RECEPTOR VIP will result.
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