The new Freeceiver software, announced at NAMM last month, is now available! In a nutshell, it provides the network reception features of the Connector plug-in. But what are exactly the differences?
If you already have Connector or Fader Hub, do you need Freeceiver? And what does Connector do that Freeceiver does not? Let’s check it out!
Features Compared
| Connector | Freeceiver | |
| Send Audio and MIDI | YES | NO |
| Receive Audio and MIDI | YES | YES |
| Network and Internet Mode | YES | YES |
| Lightweight Application Mode | YES | NO |
| AAX, Audio Unit, VST & VST3 format | YES | YES |
| Standalone Application | NO | YES |
| Compatible with Fader Hub | YES (Send/Receive) | YES (Receive) |
| UPnP IG Support (Internet Connection) | YES | YES |
| Lossless Audio Streaming Support | YES | YES |
| Audio Compression Support | YES | YES |
| Free of charge | NO | YES |
Summary
All-in-all, Freeceiver provides the same audio experience as Connector for audio and MIDI reception, with the same pristine lossless quality. It also offers the same remote connection capabilities to communicate from remote locations thru the Internet.
But if you need to send audio or MIDI, you will need to use Connector or Fader Hub. However, if you are working with other people who only need to receive your audio or MIDI streams, they can use Freeceiver, without having to get a license for Connector.
Even if you have Connector or Fader Hub, Freeceiver will come in handy as a companion to these powerful tools: available as a standalone application, it is an easy solution to listen to audio streams remotely on speakers without having to deal with a host application. It also works well to receive and distribute MIDI to external hardware without requiring a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) application.
And it is a very lightweight plug-in to insert as an alternative to Connector for remote reception of both audio and MIDI inside a DAW or video streaming software such as OBS – especially if running on a separate machine.
Anyway, Freeceiver is 100% free, so why not download it and give it a try?
