The standard Receptor includes 2 Gigabytes of RAM and a 160 Gigabyte Hard Drive; it also includes over $400 of free plug-ins that can be unlocked when you register the Receptor at Plugorama

Receptor for Composers

Composers demand the highest polyphony performance, usually only achieved with a system composed of multiple Receptors. Libraries such as East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Platinum include four separate plug-in licenses so that each machine can be dedicated to a section of the orchestra: Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, and Percussion. Additionally many serious composers will rely on a separate machine to host EWQL Symphonic Choirs.

Depending on your writing style, additional Receptors may be required. For example, if you write using more string players than brass players, you may want to dedicate two Receptors to the string section articulations, instead of one. Or, you may wish to combine Woodwinds and Percussion libraries on the same Receptor, if you do not typically write heavily for these sections. Therefore your polyphony usage for these sections may not justify two separate Receptors.

Additional Optional Plug-ins for composers: Garritan Personal Orchestra, Chris Hein Horns and Garritan Jazz and Big Band.  

Receptor for drummers
Standard Receptor

Drummers and percussionists are now entering the 21 st century with modern tools taking their art to the cutting edge. Using Receptor with some type of MIDI drum kit, such as the Zendrum, the Mandala drum from Synesthesia, the Alternate Mode DrumKAT, the RET Percussion NS2 electronic drums or the Roland V-Drum kit, will allow drummers to enter a new world of flexibility, expressiveness and sound quality. The most popular plugins for eDrummers are:

• FXpansion: BFD
• Toontrack: Drumkit From Hell Superior (DFH)
• Native Instruments: Battery 2
• Spectrasonics: Stylus RMX

If an eDrummer wants to further expand his sound palette, there are also expansion libraries available for the above plugins. For example: Jazz and Funk, XFL, Deluxe Edition, 8 Bit Kit, and Andy Johns “Classic Drums” for BFD (with more to come). Custom and Vintage and Vintage Add-On for DFH Superior. Synthetic Drums 1 and 2 and Studio Drums for Battery 2. And, the various SAGE expanders for Stylus RMX, including: BackBeat, Burning Grooves, Liquid Grooves, RetroFunk and Metamorphosis.

Using Receptor as an FX processor does not require as much RAM or hard disc space as when using virtual instruments accessing GB sized sample libraries. The guitarist simply needs an inexpensive MIDI foot-switch to recall plugin presets on a gig (such as the Behringer FCB1010). When using a Receptor as the ultimate FX processor for guitar, the most popular plugins specifically for guitarists are:

• Native Instruments: Guitar Rig 2 (NOTE: The Guitar Rig pedal is not supported)
• IK Multimedia: Amplitube
• Nomad Factory: Rock Amp Legends

But don't forget, all you have to do is equip your guitar with a guitar-to-MIDI system such as the AX100 from Axon, and you've got the ultimate guitar synthesizer. Plus, you can now access the never ending worldwide supply of cool new freeware, shareware and commercial plugins, all from one guitar.