User manual LEXICON ALEX REV 1

[. . . ] Front Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rear Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footswitch Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] (With a single connector, insert halfway in for register step, all the way in for bypass. ) A stereo Y-connector allows two identical single switches to be used. Tip Sleeve When shipped, Alex is configured to use push on/push off type switches. You can change this configuration to allow the use of momentary contact switches by performing the following procedure: 1. Power up Alex while holding in both the STORE/ CLEAR and the PARAMETER buttons. (This will put the unit into Diagnostic mode with a "d" displayed. ) 2. Press STORE/CLEAR, then turn the REGISTER/PRESET knob until the display reads "0" (push on/push off) or "1" (momentary contact). 3. The display will show "+", and then the number you have selected. Power the unit off, then on again to restore normal operation with the selected configuration. TIP RING Bypass Ring SLEEVE Step STEP BYPASS or Tip Sleeve TIP RING Ring SLEEVE Bypass 5 A dual-function footswitch is provided with your unit, along with a set of labels to identify footswitch functionality. Presets and Parameters Alex front panel operation is simple and straightforward. Effect selection, editing, store, and clear functions are easily accomplished with dedicated knobs and buttons. This section describes all of these basic functions, as well as using footswitches to step through registers and register chains. Inverse (7) is similar to a gated reverb, except that the initial portion of the reverb envelope builds up before the sharp reverberation cut-off. Gate (8) has a fairly constant sound with no decay until the reverberation is cut off abruptly. Inverse and Gate are both excellent effects for percussion -- particularly for snare drum. Plates (9-12) mimic the sound of metal plates, with high initial diffusion and a relatively bright, colored sound. Plates are effective on a variety of percussion instruments, as well as on horns and voice. They are designed to be heard as part of the music, thickening and fattening the source material. Flange (14) is a stereo flange with control of resonance and the depth and speed of the flange. Each of the presets contains a unique version of the 3 parameters; DECAY, DELAY and FX LVL. The parameters of each preset are available for front panel adjustment along their entire range, allowing you to create hundreds of variations of each effect. Presets cannot be erased or overwritten by parameter changes; the original version will always be restored. If you make changes to a preset and want to save the changes as a custom effect, you must store your new version in one of Alex's 16 registers. The Presets Alex is loaded with 16 permanent presets, designed to give you the following effects: Hall and Rooms (1-6) range from large natural-sounding spaces with the spread, attack and build of a concert hall, to small rooms with sudden attacks and the coloration characteristics of tight, intimate spaces. In addition to general instrumental and vocal applications, halls are a good choice for giving separately recorded tracks the sense of belonging to the same performance. 6 About the Parameters Each of the 16 presets in Alex consists of a unique combination of as many as 32 different parameters. These fixed parameters determine the type of preset -- hall, room, plate, etc. [. . . ] If you were in preset mode, the register LED will go on, indicating that Alex has automati14 Stepping through the Registers You can use a footswitch to step through the registers. The footswitch will increment continuously up to register 16 then wrap back to register 1 (or the first uncleared register). If you are in preset mode, the first click of the switch will automatically switch Note using a footswitch to step through registers will cause a discrepancy between the REGISTER/PRESET knob setting and the display (which will show the number of the register that is actually running. ) Registers 4, 9, 10 and 14 have been cleared. . . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Skipping Registers and Creating Chains Alex's clear function allows you to use a footswitch to skip effects you do not want in a sequence, or to create register chains. If, for example, you want to use a series of 8 effects, simply clear the 8 unwanted registers and turn the REGISTER/PRESET knob to 1. [. . . ]