Muse Research Receptor v1.7 Release Notes - Manual (Page 35)

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Receptor v1.3 Release Notes
This section discusses the most significant of Receptor’s v1.3 improvements, new features, and bug fixes. Features described
in this section supersede any descriptions in your Receptor v1.2 owner’s manual or in previous Release Notes.
NEW FEATURE: Support for Plugins with Multiple Outputs
Some multitimbral plugins feature the ability to assign their different sounds to different output channels.
Receptor now supports plugins with multiple outputs.
By default, whenever you instantiate a plugin with multiple output support, Receptor routes the first two plugin
outputs through the instrument channel used to instantiate the plugin, and it makes all other plugin outputs
available as sound sources to other Receptor instrument channels. For example, if you instantiate Kompakt
on Receptor CH 1, then Kompakt outputs 1-2 will, by default, be routed through Receptor CH 1. Behind the
scenes, Kompakt informs Receptor that it has 6 additional outputs available. So, when you open the Source
Select panel for a new Receptor Instrument channel, you’ll see the usual options for assigning audio inputs and
VSTi’s, but you’ll also see an option to assign the additional Kompakt outputs from the CH 1 instantiation.
There are a number of options, shortcuts and power-user tips available with this feature, so let’s look at it in
depth, beginning with the graphical user interface.
Using Multiple Output Plugins with the Graphical Interface
Click the Source Select button for one of Receptor’s 16 Instrument channels, and the Source Select panel
appears:
You’ll notice a couple of new things in this panel. First, sources are now grouped into types. Specifically, there
are three types of sources displayed:
• Audio Sources - all of Receptor’s hardware audio inputs are listed first. Any audio input can be used as a
sound source for a Receptor instrument channel, allowing Receptor to work as a dedicated effects processor
for guitars, instruments, or even mastering. Audio Inputs appear in red text.