Lexicon PCM NATIVE CHORUS, Owner'S Manual

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

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

Page 3: ...g 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 flexibility you would expect from native plug ins these powerhouse plug ins offer legendary Lexicon processing with the most versatile and finely crafted studio presets Designed to bring the highest level of...

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Page 5: ...center 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 the preset optional It can be as simple or as in depth as you d like The included presets work well for most situations but you can easily adjust any parameter and save any preset See the Factory Prese...

Page 6: ...tton 7 Fader 7 The Control Buttons 8 Compare 8 Edit 8 Reload 8 Store 8 Edit Navigation and Full Edit Mode 9 The Soft Row 10 Customizing the Soft Row 10 Master Edit Page 11 LFO Edit Page 12 Voice Edit Pages 13 Presets 14 Loading a Preset 14 Storing and Managing Presets 15 Portable Presets 16 Where are presets stored 17 Tempo Mode Presets 18 Getting the most out of your computer 19 The Algorithm 22 ...

Page 7: ...eedback Pan 26 Output Filter Type 26 Output Frequency 26 Output Bandwidth 26 Output Shelf 26 Feedback Filter Type 26 Feedback Frequency 27 Feedback Bandwidth 27 Feedback Shelf 27 Lexicon Plug Ins Upgrades 27 Available Lexicon Plug Ins 27 Upgrading 27 ...

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Page 9: ...pen 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 If a valid iLok license is not present the initial plug in validation scan will fail and you may not be able to run the plug in without digging into your system For more information go to www iLok c...

Page 10: ...ser 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 Stereo Phase Analyzers ...

Page 11: ...he list will cause the preset to be loaded into the plug in Realtime Display Three unique visualizations help you to see inside the effect See the Realtime Display section for more detailed information Control Buttons These buttons are used to compare edit reload and store presets This is explained in more detail in the Control Buttons section of this manual Stereo Phase Analyzers These tools prov...

Page 12: ...allows you to visualize the effect 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 anywhere in the realtime display window to change the view ...

Page 13: ...output is displayed on screen using a vertical hollow frame The frame is filled by the measured real time level in the voice and therefore acts as a meter 0dB full scale The depth represents logarithmic delay time and the x axis represents pan Frequency This display shows the frequency levels of the left and right output signals Live Impulse Response This display shows a live impulse response of t...

Page 14: ...ave mono compatibility problems A rightward slant indicates effect voices have more energy on the right output as compared to the left and a leftward slant indicates the effect voices have more energy on the left output as compared to the right Stereo Width Meter This meter shows the perceived width of the stereo image in a different way A mono signal would show no level A true stereo signal will ...

Page 15: ...arameter Name Shows the parameter being adjusted 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 parameter Fader Changes the value of the parameter May be dragged control dragged for higher resolution or may be controlled by the mouse wheel ...

Page 16: ...e is on all parameters are frozen and cannot be changed Turning compare off returns you to your edits Choosing a different preset cancels compare mode Edit Clicking the Edit button enters Pro mode Here you can adjust all parameters and configure the soft row See the Edit Navigation and Full Edit Mode section for more detailed information Reload Clicking the Reload button reloads the current preset...

Page 17: ... clicked an additional row of buttons appear along the lower portion of the plug in Clicking one of the buttons will bring up an edit page holding parameters related to the button name Those parameters may be edited until the desired sound is achieved Click Edit ...

Page 18: ...on for Soft Row The 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 of the parameter that is assigned to that position in the soft row Clicking on any of these parameter buttons reveals a list of all the algorithm s parameters Select a parameter or no...

Page 19: ... Master page allows you to adjust the master levels of the algorithm For example you can adjust the overall mix level wet dry mix and diffusion here This page also gives you global control over some of the individual voice parameters For example adjusting the delay time master on this page will re adjust the delay time parameter for all delay voices Other controllable parameters on this page are f...

Page 20: ...o this will appear 1 Click LFO Each parameter is described in the Parameters section starting on page 24 This page allows for control of four LFOs The LFO waveform and rate can be set on this page There is a graphical display for each LFO providing a real time visual of the LFO based on how the LFO waveform and rate parameters have been set ...

Page 21: ...utput Feedback Buttons Each parameter is described in the Parameters section starting on page 24 Each Voice Edit page contains the same parameters but controls a different voice The Output Feedback section allows you to edit the output and feedback parameters for each voice The Output and Feedback buttons allow you to toggle between these two sections Therefore these Feedback and Output section pa...

Page 22: ...reset category is chosen from the drop down menu in the upper left portion of the edit window When you select a category the preset menu is updated to show availability of the new presets within the selected category An initial preset will be loaded from the category It will be the first preset in the list unless you have previously visited the category In that case it will be the last preset you ...

Page 23: ...embedded 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 by the DAW can only be used with the DAW that saved them If you work with multiple DAWs this would be a problem However Lexicon solves this problem with the use of Portable Presets ...

Page 24: ...lick 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 edit the name of the preset Once done click the Store button The lower field contains the name of the preset that was loaded before you began editing You can easily click in this field and change the...

Page 25: ...ista 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 the plug in On Windows XP User Presets are stored in Documents and Settings Username Application Data Lexicon PCM Native User Presets AlgorithmName Username is the name of the account you re logged ...

Page 26: ...presets The delays in these presets respond or are synced to the tempo of the DAW They are best used when the tempo of the project actually reflects the tempo of the musical material MIDI sequences and such In those cases the tempo component of the preset will reinforce the tempo in some way ...

Page 27: ...e active display window can represent your effect in real time in several ways However this display consumes some of your computer s processing power If you click until you reach the 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 appropriate settings All...

Page 28: ...Heritage The ...

Page 29: ...rocessor 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 the PCM96 Series Reverb Effects Processors which have themselves garnered an impressive following of producers artists and engineers Growing demand for proprietary Lexicon technologies has led to it...

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Page 31: ... very gradually with noticeable and desirable pitch effects as they move For the chorus effect the voices move somewhat independently yielding a thickening effect without too much filtering For the flange effect voices are generally paired at close intervals As they move a noticeable comb filtering takes place due to cancellation The voices are often fed back nearly to the point of instability The...

Page 32: ...ontrol for example the Feedback Level parameter for voice 1 may appear as L1 FbkLvl Delay Master Mix Mix is the proportion of wet processed signal to dry unprocessed signal Diffusion Input diffusion is the first part of processing for any signal entering a delay It can be described as a smearing or softening of the signal and is typically used to lessen the impact of strong transients Feedback Dif...

Page 33: ...ways they are Absolute Adjusts the delay time in seconds milliseconds Tempo Adjusts the delay time in fractions of tempo quarter note eighth note etc This tempo is synced to the DAW s session tempo LFO Select This parameter determines which of the available LFOs may be used to control a voice The voice may use the LFO output or the inverted LFO output Wander This parameter determines the amount of...

Page 34: ...of this is determined by the Output Filter Type parameter Output Bandwidth When Bandpass or Notch have been selected this parameter allows you to set the bandwidth of an output filter Bandwidth is specified in octaves or fractions thereof Output Shelf This parameter affects all output filter types It allows a certain amount of unfiltered audio to be combined with the filtered audio This effectivel...

Page 35: ...lter types It allows a certain amount of unfiltered audio to be combined with the filtered audio This effectively lowers the effect of the filter Another way of looking at it is that it lessens the normal filter slope of 12 dB per octave Unlike the traditional biquad filter the shelf is effective for all filter forms Lexicon Plug Ins Upgrades Available Lexicon Plug Ins Please visit www lexiconpro ...

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