Lexicon PCM NATIVE CHAMBER, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL PCM NATIVE HALL...

Page 2: ...2 The Lexicon Legacy continues...

Page 3: ...In Bundles the ultimate bundles for creating professional inspirational mixes within popular DAWs like Pro Tools Logic and any other VST Audio UnitTM or RTAS compatible platform With all the flexibili...

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Page 5: ...enter stage in your DAW Quick Start Open your DAW and choose the Lexicon plug in from your list of plug ins In the plug in s window select a category Select a preset Adjust parameters optional Save th...

Page 6: ...Parameters 7 The Fader Area 8 Parameter Name 8 Parameter Value 8 Modifier Button 8 Fader 8 The Control Buttons 9 Edit 9 Compare 9 Store 9 Edit Navigation and Full Edit Mode 10 The Soft Row 11 Customiz...

Page 7: ...RT Hi Cut 27 RTHC Damping 27 Infinite 27 Spin and Wander 27 Tap Slope 28 Tail Width 29 Reflections 30 Rfl Time Master 30 Rfl Delay 30 Rfl Gain 30 Early Late Reverb Shaping 31 Level 31 Frequency 31 Ban...

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Page 9: ...en follow the on screen instructions to install the software iLok License You must download the license to your 2nd Generation iLok USB smart key before running any program that might use this plug in...

Page 10: ...er Interface Overview When the plug in is instantiated you will see a window that looks something like this Level Meters Fader Area Control Buttons Preset Category Preset Selector Realtime Display EQ...

Page 11: ...cause the preset to be loaded into the plug in EQ Window Allows you to see the type of EQ filters that are applied to the early and late reverb signals This is explained in greater depth in the EQ Win...

Page 12: ...ws you to visualize the reverberation in three ways While your ears will always be the primary tool in choosing and adjusting presets the displays provide a direct way to see what s going on Click any...

Page 13: ...isplay shows the reverb in five frequency bands with the lowest frequency in the rear The image moves from right to left as it ages Frequency This display shows the reverb as a more traditional RTA im...

Page 14: ...6 The EQ Window This window provides control of the output equalization Graphic Display Early Late Selectors Level Control EQ Parameters EQ Type Selector...

Page 15: ...s 6db Octave Single pole highpass 6db Octave Double pole lowpass 12db Octave Double pole highpass 12db Octave Bandpass Notch Level Control Overall output level of the active section These may be edite...

Page 16: ...ed Parameter Value Shows the current value of the parameter This field may be directly edited Modifier Button This button only appears for certain types of parameters It controls aspects of the parame...

Page 17: ...s allow all of the algorithm s parameters to be edited See page 10 for more detailed information Compare The Compare button temporarily restores the plug in to the selected preset It gives you a chanc...

Page 18: ...cked an additional row of buttons appear along the lower right portion of the plug in Clicking one of the buttons will bring up an edit page holding parameters related to the button name Those paramet...

Page 19: ...e plug in will look something like this 1 Click Edit 2 Click Soft Row 3 Modifier button area Click to assign soft row parameter In the modifier button area just above the fader you will see the name o...

Page 20: ...ection starting on page 24 The Predelay parameter includes an Absolute Tempo button In Absolute Mode a delay is shown in milliseconds In Tempo Mode a rhythmic value is shown and the delay time respond...

Page 21: ...ing on page 24 This edit page also includes an Infinite button which lets the reverb echoes continue endlessly and a Damping button which controls the high frequency damping of the signal during the r...

Page 22: ...ck Edit Master Time Control Scales all reflection voices by a percentage value Once individual voices are set this is a handy method for quickly changing the effect of the reverb Absolute Tempo Switch...

Page 23: ...he same basic characteristics but are EQ ed differently Loading a Preset The preset category is chosen from the drop down menu in the upper left portion of the edit window When you select a category t...

Page 24: ...mbedded within a larger window provided by the DAW Appearance will differ from host to host this example is from Logic Oftentimes the DAW itself provides the ability to save presets The presets saved...

Page 25: ...ick to edit name 3 Click Store to save The upper field contains the list of User Presets that have already been created for this algorithm Presets appear in alphabetical order Click the name field to...

Page 26: ...sta Seven User Presets are stored in Users Username AppData Roaming Lexicon PCM Native UserPresets AlgorithmName Username is the name of the account you re logged in under AlgorithmName is the name of...

Page 27: ...he static display your computer will have more CPU power available Close the plug in editor Unless you re actively controlling your mix in realtime you don t need the editor after you ve made the appr...

Page 28: ...Heritage The...

Page 29: ...ocessor which has retained tremendous popularity for the past 22 years It has since been replaced as the standard in professional signal processing by the 960L Multi Channel Digital Effects System and...

Page 30: ...22 The Algorithm...

Page 31: ...ers Smaller halls may be used for smaller ensembles The characteristic sound of a hall includes very low initial reflection density with little reflection energy before 60 100 milliseconds Density bui...

Page 32: ...bably appropriate to use the mix control directly in the plug in However reverbs are often used on Aux tracks and may be sourced over internal busses in the DAW In this case it may be better to contro...

Page 33: ...he end of the spread window A value somewhere in the middle means that sound enters the reverb evenly across the spread window Tip Shape will not have this effect if spread is at its minimum value But...

Page 34: ...verberant space The parameter most closely associated with Reverb Time is Size A large room size with a small Reverb Time can easily have the same decay time as a small room with a large Reverb Time E...

Page 35: ...chord can be extended It is also useful in post production for creating ambience backgrounds Spin and Wander These two parameters control randomization effects within the reverb Randomization is used...

Page 36: ...mbre or the overall sense of spaciousness Tap Slope 0 Positive Tap Slope Negative Tap Slope Overall Decay trend Impulses Tap Slope can also be used to create inverse and gated effects In this case Rev...

Page 37: ...s Sine Cosine rules so that power distribution remains constant This may be acceptable even highly desirable but the mix engineer must fully understand the process and its implications It is possible...

Page 38: ...case its delay time will be related to tempo Note that this parameter can have different routing configurations indicated in its name For example if its name appears as L Rfl Delay or L L Rfl Delay th...

Page 39: ...lter The audible effect of this is determined by the Type parameter Both early signals and late reverb tail signals can be controlled individually Bandwidth This parameter lets you set the bandwidth o...

Page 40: ...Lexicon Plug Ins Please visit www lexiconpro com for the latest information on available Lexicon plug ins Upgrading Please visit www lexiconpro com for the latest information on upgrading to the PCM N...

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