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Muse Research Muse OS 2.0: New Software For Receptor 2+ Pro

January 24, 2012
Muse Research released Muse OS 2.0 software for Receptor 2+ Pro and Pro Max hardware plugin players.
Muse Research released Muse OS 2.0, new software that simplifies Receptor 2+ Pro and Pro Max players and adds some fresh features. Along with the updated software version, Muse Research introduced Receptor VIP, the new Virtual Instrument Player that will eventually replace Receptor 2+.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Muse Research Web site.

Muse Research Musebox, Muse Receptor 2+ Plugin Hosts On Display At Winter NAMM (Video)

January 20, 2011
Muse Research Musebox, Receptor 2+ Winter NAMM 2011
Our favorite thing at the Muse Research booth this year? The production prototype of the long-anticipated Musebox. Our second-favorite thing at the Muse Research booth this year? One of three distraught-looking teenagers wondering aloud "where's Muse?"  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Muse Research website for more information

Muse Research ProjectSAM Receptor 2: Loaded With Cinematic Virtual Instruments

January 14, 2011
Muse Research announced the ProjectSAM Receptor 2 Bundle, featuring a hardware plugin player loaded with ProjectSAM libraries.
Available by special order, the Muse Research ProjectSAM Receptor 2 is a Receptor 2 Pro Max + hardware plugin player with all of the ProjectSAM cinematic and orchestral virtual instruments pre-installed and authorized.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Muse Research Web site.

Muse Research Receptor 2 + Line: Hardware Plugin Players Upgraded

January 13, 2011
Muse Research announced the Receptor 2 + line of hardware plugin players, an upgrade that gives the units more storage and power
Run more virtual instruments and effects with Muse Research's Receptor 2 + line of hardware plugin players. The "plus" upgrade gives the Receptor 2, Receptor 2 Pro, and Receptor 2 Pro Max more processing power and storage.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Muse Research Web site.

Muse Research / Plugorama Site Redesigned With Better Receptor 2 Support

August 24, 2010
Muse Research has redesigned Plugorama to better support Receptor 2 hardware plugin players, offer lower prices, and more.
Muse Research has redesigned its Plugorama Web site to deliver better customer support for the Receptor 2 line of dedicated hardware plugin players, lower-priced Receptors, and new software bundles.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Plugorama Web site.

Muse Research Receptor Rob Papen Bundle: Plug In To Rob Papen, Receptor 2 Combo Deal

June 28, 2010
Muse Research Receptor Rob Papen Bundle features five software plugins for the Receptor 2 hardware plugin player.
Get your Muse Research Receptor 2 hardware plugin player fully loaded with Rob Papen software, right out of the box, with the new Receptor Rob Papen Bundle (featuring the plugins Predator, SubBoomBass, Blue, RG, and RP-Verb).  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Plugorama Web site.

Muse Research Receptor 2 With Komplete Inside: Hardware Plugin Player Is Now Komplete

April 19, 2010
Muse Research Receptor 2 with Komplete Inside is a hardware plugin player that comes with Komplete 6 virtual instruments.
The Muse Research Receptor 2 hardware plugin player now comes with the full Native Instruments Komplete 6 bundle of virtual instruments and effects, pre-installed and ready to play.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Muse Research Web site.

Muse Research / Big Fish Audio Vir2 Instruments Receptor 2 Bundle: A Loaded Special

April 08, 2010
Muse Research and Big Fish Audio's Vir2 Receptor 2 Bundle includes the Receptor 2 with five Vir2 virtual instruments.
Muse Research and Big Fish Audio have joined forces to offer a special bundle of the Receptor 2 hardware plugin player loaded with five virtual instrument libraries.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Plugorama Web site.

Muse Research Receptor: Works For Beth Thornley Producer Rob Cairns Live And In Studio

March 12, 2010
Muse Research Receptor Rob Cairns Beth Thornley
Rob Cairns is both a producer for and musician with Beth Thornley's Band, and he really likes the Muse Research -- like, a lot. It's tough, has lots of RAM, and fits in a rack nicely. There is just this one problem Rob has with it. . . Read on, McDuff, and cursed be he who first says "Hold, enough!"  

Offsite Link: For more on Beth Thornley. For more on Receptor.

Muse Research Musebox: Functional Demo Auditioned (Video)

February 03, 2010
Muse Research Musebox Winter NAMM 2010
We've been hearing about a lower-price-point Receptor for a little while now, and this functional demo version of the Muse Research Musebox is the closest thing we've yet seen to a final product. We took a look at it at the recent NAMM show.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Muse Research website for more information

Peavey, Muse Research: New "MuseBox" Product Promised From The Two American Companies

January 06, 2010
Peavey, Muse Research Announce Partnership
In a press release packed with business-speak phrases like "core competencies" and "collaborative strategic alliance," Peavey Electronics and Muse Research announced a development collaboration. Their first collaborative product is set to be unveiled at Winter NAMM 2010  

Offsite Link: Visit Peavey's official webiste or for more information

FXpansion BFD2, Muse Receptor 2 And Zendrum Z4 Demo Video From 127th AES

October 22, 2009
FXpansion BFD2, Muse Receptor 2, Zendrum Z4, 127th AES 2009
John Emerich -- producer of many BFD2 sample sets -- gives us a pretty awesome demonstration of one of the new BFD2 kits in action, using a Muse Receptor 2, his trusty Zendrum Z4, and ninja-like dexterity.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official websites of Zendrum, FXpansion, or Muse Research for more information.

Muse Research Receptor 2 Gets Solid State Drive, Applies For FasTrak

October 09, 2009
Muse Research Receptor 2 line of hardware plugin players now come with a Solid State Drive option.
Want more polyphony, lower latency, and more storage space? Receptor 2 and its new option for Solid State Drive technology can help you out, after it pimps your ride.  

Offsite Link: To learn more, visit the official Web site for Muse Research online.

Muse Research And Univers Sons / Ultimate Soundbank Team Up Plugsound BOX With RECEPTOR 2

January 07, 2009
Muse Univers Sons / USB Team Up
Muse Research and Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank agree to agree as RECEPTOR 2 gets augmented by the addition of Ultimate Sound Bank Plugsound BOX, a collection of six virtual instruments that will really max out RECEPTOR 2's style.  

Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official website or Ultimate Sound Bank's official website for more information

Muse Research RECEPTOR 2 PRO And Muse Research RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX Released

December 11, 2008
Muse Research Receptor 2
For those of you who thought that the Muse Research RECEPTOR was a great idea, hold on to your hats or someone else's hats if you are, in fact, hatless. The Muse Research RECEPTOR 2 units have just been introduced!  

Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official website for more information

Muse Receptor IK Multimedia Total Workstation Rack Has Effects Processing Down

November 20, 2008
Muse Receptor IK Multimedia Total Workstation Rack
The Muse Receptor wouldn't really be a very complete performance tool if it didn't have some pretty comprehensive effects bus routing options. Well guess what: it is, because it does! Bill shows us how to make use of it and them.  

Offsite Link: Visit IK Multimedia's official website or Muse Research's official website for more information

Muse Receptor IK Multimedia Total Workstation Rack Demo, Part One

November 19, 2008
Muse Receptor IK Multimedia SampleMoog
Bill Holland attempts to wrangle the title of "Tenth Muse" from the cold, undead hand of Sappho of Lesbos in this thrilling demo on the Muse Receptor IK Multimedia Total Workstation Edition Demo Series! Round One: I/O and the Receptor OS Interface.  

Offsite Link: Visit IK Multimedia's official website or Muse Research's official website for more information

Crosstalk 50, Part 1: Viewer Mail, VST Hosts And Vile Guitars

August 26, 2008
Crosstalk 50, Part 1
For our 50th installment of Crosstalk, we're bringing back at least part of the old format: tiny, easily digestible segments! In this first morsel, we answer some viewer mail, discuss ugly travel guitars and do a little research on the Muse Receptor and other VST Hosts.  

Offsite Link: Crosstalk is a part of a balanced breakfast.

Muse Research / IK Multimedia Total Workstation Rack: Most Powerful Synth Module Ever?

June 27, 2008
Muse / IK Multimedia Total Workstation Rack
The Muse Receptor is a hardware plugin player that may be the most stable and efficient platform for plugin playback ever. IK Multimedia is one of the premier names in VSTi and plugin effects and loop library development in the industry. Apparently, they found each others' phone numbers. . .  

Offsite Link: Visit IK Multimedia's Total Workstation Rack page for more information

Muse Research Receptor: Special Drum Version Shipping With FXPansion's BFD 2.0

February 07, 2008
Muse Research Receptor BFD
The Muse Research Receptor is a very convenient idea, and with specialized Receptor boxes for individual instruments, it's expanding with FXPansion's BFD 2.0 drum software included.  

Offsite Link: Visit Muse's official website for more info

Muse Research Receptor Shows Off New Tricks At Winter NAMM 2008

January 28, 2008
Muse Research Receptor New Features
Aside from being extremely useful in a live setting, the Muse Research Receptor is also expanding upon its capabilities faster than Katie Holmes in the Boston Marathon -- a lot faster, actually. She technically shouldn't even have qualified.  

Offsite Link: Visit Muse's official site for more information

Muse Research Receptor: In The Studio With Fluttr Effect

January 07, 2008
Muse Research Receptor
Unless your band has oceans of money [said sarcastically: and who's band doesn't?] sometimes paying for studio time isn't a wise investment. Vessela Stoyanova and Fluttr Effect learned that no matter how great of an engineer you have, if you can't pay the bills, you don't maximize the engineering skills.  

Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official website or Fluttr Effect's official site for more information.

Muse Reseach Receptor Brightens Up Your Holidays

December 12, 2007
Receptor From Muse Research Ships This Week
Muse Research Ships Receptor with Komplete 5 For Your Tweaking Pleasure.  

Offsite Link: Check out the new Receptor at the official Muse Research website: www.museresearch.com

Muse Research Receptor With Native Instruments Komplete 5: Some On Screen Shots Of Loaded Plug-Ins

October 11, 2007
Muse Research Receptor

Muse Research displays Receptor in use displaying a lot of the pre-loaded plug-ins from Native Instruments' Komplete 5 including Guitar Rig 3. Receptor is ideal for running live guitar effects as it eliminates latency...  


Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official site here, and check out Komplete 5 at Native Instruments' website here.

Muse Research Receptor With Native Instruments Komplete 5: The Ins And Outs Of Receptor

October 11, 2007
Muse Research Receptor

We're back with the Muse Research Receptor at AES, and now, we're getting into inputs. The Receptor is extremely versatile - which is great for plug-in hardware that could feasibly be used on a multitude of instruments...  


Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official site here, and check out Komplete 5 at Native Instruments' website here.

Muse Research Receptor With Native Instruments Komplete 5: The Green Machine At AES

October 11, 2007
Muse Research Receptor

Muse Research's Receptor which is now fully loaded with a ready to go version of Native Instruments Komplete 5 makes an impressive showing at AES. Muse Research's Bryan Lancer overviews this little box that can do it all...  


Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official site here.

Muse Research Receptor Now Arrives With Komplete 5 Already Inside

October 07, 2007
Muse Research Receptor

Muse Research has teamed up with Native Instruments on a special release of their Receptor hardware plug-in player. What's so special about this release? Receptor will now be loaded up with a pre-installed, pre-authorized...  


Offsite Link: Visit Muse Research's official website here, and visit Native Instruments' official website here.

Muse Research Updates Receptor With Komplete 4

July 02, 2007
Muse Research Releases Komplete 4 Hardware Alternative

Receptor is an affordable, self-contained hardware version of Komplete 4. Instead of trapping the essential Native Instruments package inside of a home or studio computer, Receptor takes the burden off of your workstation....  


Offsite Link: Receptor is produced by Muse Research.

90 Seconds Talking Gear With The Great Herbie Hancock

April 04, 2007

Thanks to a tip from some old colleagues of mine, yesterday I found myself a few blocks from Gearwire's downtown Chicago offices at a cocktail reception for a joint project of the Chicago Public Schools / After School...  


Offsite Link: Get more information about the Oscar-winning, ten-time Grammy-winning Herbie Hancock at his official website.

Muse Receptor With Orchestral Plugs- Part Two

January 21, 2007

In part two of this two-parter, Rick Escobar of Muse Research shows off a rig with sporting two Receptors and Orchestral plugins. Check out part one of the video here.

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Offsite Link: Get more information at the official Muse Research website.
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