Lexicon Prime Time 93 Owner's Manual page 26

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is hard like tile or panel'ling. Harder surfaces give rise to more reverber-
ance; they are more
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The simulated reflections from section 3.1 can be made to account for the
nature of the surface by choosing an appropriate bandwidth with DELAY MUL-
TIPLY. For example, simulate a softer reflection by selecting 25 msec at
2X (6kHz bandwidth) rather than selecting 50 msec at lX (12kHz bandwidth)
so that the delay time remains the same.
REPEAT HOLD
The DELAY MULTIPLY can also be used for special effects with the REPEAT HOLD
function. Once something interesting is happening in M.93, activate REPEAT
HOLD to continue it indefinitely. The duration of the repeating segment is
equal to the maximum amount of delay time available at a given multiplier
setting. For example at 4X, with DELAY ADJUST in the
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(cal)
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position, the
repeated segment will be 512 msec (1024 msec with extended memory) so that
pushing REPEAT HOLD saves anything that has occurred in the last 512 msec
and repeats it until the button is pushed again. Change the segment length
to an intermediate value by turning the DELAY ADJUST control. The segment
length then becomes the maximum delay setting at a given delay multiplier
times the DELAY ADJUST factor (from Xl to X.5). Because M.93 can be adjust-
ed to any desired REPEAT HOLD interval within its delay range, it can provide
a corresponding rhythm line (using a bass, for example) - in effect an el-
ectronic metronome.
It is possible to make other special effects by modifying the REPEAT HOLD
function after it is in operation. Activate REPEAT HOLD with DELAY MULTIPLY
at 4X. Then turn DELAY MULTIPLY to 2X to halve the time of the segment and
to double the frequency of its content. Turn to
BX
to double the segment
time and to halve the frequency of its content. Turn DELAY ADJUST to con-
tinuously vary the pitch (and segment time). Use the DEPTH and FREQUENCY
controls to vary the pitch and segment time automatically. The DELAY SELECT
controls also have an effect by changing the relative timing between the two
delay taps. Listening to a mix of both delay taps A and B rotate DELAY SELECT
B to displace the B output with respect to the A output. Any of these modi-
fications of REPEAT HOLD may be undone by resuming the initial settings.
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