Is this thing really $1600
you know you can get a G4 or an AMD fx 64 with this money. or you could get 3 UAD cards, or powercore.
I know 1600 isn’t too much money these days, but there is a big competition in the market. SO when you could buy a G5 for $1999 you tell me if this is worth the 1600?
this is price of a G4
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- Banned
- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
edit, i reread your post 
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Rick@MuseResearch Rick@MuseResearch https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18273
- MUSEician
- 350 posts since 23 Mar, 2004
Reboot time, wakes up with plug-ins you had before, responds to MIDI program changes, MIDI beat clock doesn’t need a monitor, is ready for live usage, great stability, low latency, rugged, 100s of pre-installed plug-ins/pre-sets, beautiful sound card, built in MIDI interface…
This was meant for music, and meant to be both a live machine and a perfect “second computer” in a studio situation. People will inevitably hit the ceiling related to CPU cycles on their host computer- this is the next purchase. The G5 is a great computer and is a personal favorite of mine as the host computer/sequencing environment…but was never intended solely for music, will never have the music specific features we offer.
This was meant for music, and meant to be both a live machine and a perfect “second computer” in a studio situation. People will inevitably hit the ceiling related to CPU cycles on their host computer- this is the next purchase. The G5 is a great computer and is a personal favorite of mine as the host computer/sequencing environment…but was never intended solely for music, will never have the music specific features we offer.
spol wrote:Is this thing really $1600
you know you can get a G4 or an AMD fx 64 with this money. or you could get 3 UAD cards, or powercore.
I know 1600 isn’t too much money these days, but there is a big competition in the market. SO when you could buy a G5 for $1999 you tell me if this is worth the 1600?
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Robert Randolph Robert Randolph https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7328 - KVRAF
- 2225 posts since 25 May, 2003 from Saint Petersburg, Florida
Wont make much of a difference to you Id think, but you can get it for 1399 retail.spol wrote:Is this thing really $1600
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- KVRian
- 1349 posts since 12 Jan, 2003 from Paris
Information from SCV the official french distributor...
French official price : 2140 Euros (~2560 $) VAT included.
Street price : 1990 Euros for the moment... (~2400 $ !!!!)
French official price : 2140 Euros (~2560 $) VAT included.
Street price : 1990 Euros for the moment... (~2400 $ !!!!)
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Robert Randolph Robert Randolph https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7328
- KVRAF
- 2225 posts since 25 May, 2003 from Saint Petersburg, Florida
Order from america, pay taxes and such and you're still probabaly much lower than that!Ixox wrote:Information from SCV the official french distributor...
French official price : 2140 Euros (~2560 $) VAT included.
Street price : 1990 Euros for the moment... (~2400 $ !!!!)
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 3 posts since 24 Aug, 2004
ok MaxReverb, I totally agree with what you say this is for live. I am originally a keyboard player not a producer so I can easily understand that receptor is good for live however this product is not really being advertised as a live device. It’s more like a second computer for the studio and since it doesn’t run any “special” plugins then it is only good for when u are out of CPU. You know your company keeps sayin that this has been made for music and its fast as a jet but honestly how much of a difference will it make cuz it runs on linux? It still has only 256 ram and it still only has a 2500+ on it. so an AMD 64 with 2gb ram and a tweaked windows wont be faster than your product? 
This 64 computer is the same price as ur product and it will be even faster in a year when software updates for 64 come out. well I dont want to get into the amd 64 discussion but what I am tryin to tell you is that if it wasn’t for live then receptor would be good for like under 1000 bucks. I know receptor has its own sides of being unique, but it has more flaws then it has perfect points. I personally loved to get a receptor but sounds like its just an experimental tool for now and you people don’t provide reports about it. Like all these plug-in protection discussions and the fact that there isn’t a real chart showing how fast this is. So I am going to upgrade my computer to an AMD 64 and I will sell my old computer to get a DSP card. I think it will be worth it. Unless I find some really good reasons to get a receptor. I think your company needs better advertising, receptor would have been a huge breakthrough product, but at the moment no body knows what the heck receptor is.
Regards,
Sina
This 64 computer is the same price as ur product and it will be even faster in a year when software updates for 64 come out. well I dont want to get into the amd 64 discussion but what I am tryin to tell you is that if it wasn’t for live then receptor would be good for like under 1000 bucks. I know receptor has its own sides of being unique, but it has more flaws then it has perfect points. I personally loved to get a receptor but sounds like its just an experimental tool for now and you people don’t provide reports about it. Like all these plug-in protection discussions and the fact that there isn’t a real chart showing how fast this is. So I am going to upgrade my computer to an AMD 64 and I will sell my old computer to get a DSP card. I think it will be worth it. Unless I find some really good reasons to get a receptor. I think your company needs better advertising, receptor would have been a huge breakthrough product, but at the moment no body knows what the heck receptor is.Regards,
Sina
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- Mighty_Musician
- 897 posts since 29 Jun, 2002 from Oklahoma
I got my soon to be wifes, mac from her parents house last weekend. I will be selling it soon, if anyone is interested. It's a g4 and VERY clean.
KVR, my adult playground.
Please, call me Brice.
Please, call me Brice.
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- KVRist
- 112 posts since 24 Jun, 2004 from Austin, TX / France / Germany / Luxembourg
sureRobert Randolph wrote:Order from america, pay taxes and such and you're still probabaly much lower than that!Ixox wrote:Information from SCV the official french distributor...
French official price : 2140 Euros (~2560 $) VAT included.
Street price : 1990 Euros for the moment... (~2400 $ !!!!)
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- KVRAF
- 4692 posts since 28 Jan, 2003 from In these very interwebs
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- KVRist
- 293 posts since 9 Dec, 2002 from Europe, Stockholm, Brussels or Rome
I really like the idea of a hardware VSTi player but it doesn't make financial sense to me. At least not in a studio environment. 
For around 400 euros/dollars I can get a barebones PC with a 3GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, a 120 GB harddisk and a gigabit LAN card. Connecting this using FX Teleport to my existing computer and I'll have something more powerful than Receptor for a fourth (25%) of the price of Receptor. The free preinstalled software I can download myself. The rest of the software I need to buy anyway. Add a 200 dollars controller (like the new motorised controllers from Behringer) and you'll have a 100% increase in computing power in a small, quiet and neat system that if correctly configured is stable.
Get a combined audio/MIDI card (grab the new Emu 0404 for 99 dollars) and a 15" flatscreen (can be found for around 250 dollars) and you'll got a stable and powerful live system. Add a UPS and it run even in case of powerglitches.
Since Receptor doesn't have battery power or UPS if there is a powerfailure it has to be restarted. If one instead is using a laptop it just keeps running from the built-in battery.
What is the market segment to be targeted by Receptor? In the studio it's 400% more expensive than a separate PC, live it crashes in case of a powerfalure...
Don't want to piss on your parade but I just don't get it. I've read the Receptor marketing text but since one needs a PC to use Receptor I can as well buy a PC?
For around 400 euros/dollars I can get a barebones PC with a 3GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, a 120 GB harddisk and a gigabit LAN card. Connecting this using FX Teleport to my existing computer and I'll have something more powerful than Receptor for a fourth (25%) of the price of Receptor. The free preinstalled software I can download myself. The rest of the software I need to buy anyway. Add a 200 dollars controller (like the new motorised controllers from Behringer) and you'll have a 100% increase in computing power in a small, quiet and neat system that if correctly configured is stable.
Get a combined audio/MIDI card (grab the new Emu 0404 for 99 dollars) and a 15" flatscreen (can be found for around 250 dollars) and you'll got a stable and powerful live system. Add a UPS and it run even in case of powerglitches.
Since Receptor doesn't have battery power or UPS if there is a powerfailure it has to be restarted. If one instead is using a laptop it just keeps running from the built-in battery.
What is the market segment to be targeted by Receptor? In the studio it's 400% more expensive than a separate PC, live it crashes in case of a powerfalure...
Don't want to piss on your parade but I just don't get it. I've read the Receptor marketing text but since one needs a PC to use Receptor I can as well buy a PC?
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- MUSEician
- 682 posts since 20 Aug, 2004 from California
Actually, you can use Receptor without a PC. Marketing materials cannot always get into lots of technical detail, although I am pretty sure that our mekting documents mention that you can use Receptor stand-alone.invitia wrote:Don't want to piss on your parade but I just don't get it. I've read the Receptor marketing text but since one needs a PC to use Receptor I can as well buy a PC?
If you care to understand how Receptor can be controlled exclusively from the front panel, without a PC, you could watch this flash presentation:
http://www.museresearch.com/movie_front_panel_intro.php
Dan
Dan Timis
Software Developer
Muse Research, Inc.
Software Developer
Muse Research, Inc.
