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MuseBox  By Craig Anderton | August 23, 2012  Tone module meets
processor meets guitar rig meets drums  Peavey’s MuseBox packs
the power of a computer dedicated to musical applications.
Apparently, musebox couldn’t decide what it wanted to be, so it
decided to be as much as possible. A Muse Receptor offspring,
it’s basically a computer disguised as a roadworthy, compact 2U
half-rack module that offers two audio inputs with processing,
two channels of virtual instruments you drive via the MIDI input
(USB or 5-pin), and the ability to mix all signal sources and
process the mixed output.  Like Receptor, the MuseBox
architecture runs plug-ins—six instruments and 13 processors,
although most are multi-purpose, so they do more than you might
initially think. You can’t just install any plug-ins you want,
but MuseBox is expandable with additional Peavey-authorized
plug-ins that load from a CompactFlash card port.  Inside and
Out MuseBox runs Linux on a dua