User manual LEXICON MX400

[. . . ] MX400 User Guide IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer's Name: Manufacturer's Address: Lexicon 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, USA Section Title declares that the product: Product name: Product option: MX400 and MX400XL None Note: Product name may be suffixed by the letters-EU. conforms to the following Product Specifications: Safety: EMC: IEC 60065 (7th ed. 2001) EN 55013 (2001+A1) EN 55020 (2002+A1) Supplementary Information: The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC. Vice-President of Engineering-MI 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, USA Date: May 15, 2006 European Contact: Your local Lexicon Sales and Service Office or Harman Music Group 8760 South Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070 USA Ph: (801) 566-8800 Fax: (801) 566-7005 Warranty Warranty This warranty is valid only for the original purchaser and only in the United States. [. . . ] The Size control changes reverb sound from very large to very small. Generally, set this control to the approximate size of the acoustic space being created, before adjusting anything else. The size in meters is roughly equal to the longest dimension of the space. Audio is temporarily muted when Size is changed. RT High Cut Rt HC sets the frequency above which a 6dB/octave low-pass filter attenuates the reverberated signal. High frequencies are often rolled off with this parameter, resulting in more natural-sounding reverberation. Setting a low frequency for this parameter can actually shorten the reverb time, as it damps the audio as it recirculates. Liveliness Adjusts the amount of high frequency content in the reverberation tails. Higher settings increase high frequency response, creating brighter reverbs; lower settings create darker reverbs with more bass frequency emphasis. Bass Boost Bass Boost boosts or cuts frequencies below Crossover. The amount of boost or cut required is highly dependent on the material being processed. Bass Boost Frequency Sets the frequency at which the transition from Mid Rt to Low Rt takes place. This control should be set at least two octaves higher than the low frequency you want to boost. For example, to boost a signal at 100Hz, set Bass Boost Frequency to 400Hz. (This setting works well for classical music. ) Crossover works best around 400Hz for boosting low frequencies, and around 1. 5 kHz for cutting low frequencies. ER Time Adjusts the amount of time before reverb early reflections occur. ER Level Adjusts the level of early reflections within the reverb. Feedback Delay Changing this parameter changes the resonant frequencies of Plate reverb. Feedback Level Adjusts the Plate reverb's presence and prominence. 22 MX400 Effects Descriptions Boing This is a unique parameter to the Spring reverb, designed to increase or decrease the amount of spring rattle that is a physical characteristic of spring tank reverbs. delays Delays repeat a sound a short time after it first occurs. Delay becomes echo when the output is fed back into the input (feedback). This turns a single repeat into a series of repeats, each a little softer than the last. Studio Delay - Stereo The Studio Delay features up to 2. 5 seconds of stereo delay and offers a built-in ducker that attenuates the delay output whenever signal is present at the input. This can be used to keep the original signal from being muddied up by delay repeats. Digital Delay - Mono In/Stereo Out The Digital Delay is the cleanest, most accurate of the delay programs, with up to 5 seconds of mono delay and the built-in ducking feature. Tape Delay - Mono In/Stereo Out In the days before digital, delays were created using a special tape recorder in which the magnetic recording tape was looped, with closely-spaced recording and playback heads. [. . . ] Important: The MX400 accepts digital audio at 44. 1kHz and 48kHz sample rates. Do not connect any digital device to the MX400's S/PDIF Input that transmits at any other sample rate (such as 96kHz). Doing so can cause unpredictable performance. Make sure your recording project is set to either 44. 1kHz or 48kHz sample rate to avoid problems. sofTWare ConfIguraTIon Because the audio is being processed within the MX400 hardware, and not inside your computer, your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation, or Recording Software) needs to be set up to send and receive audio to and from the MX400. [. . . ]