Presets And Parameters; The Presets - Lexicon ALEX - REV 1 User Manual

Alex front panel operation is simple and
straightforward. Effect selection, editing,
store, and clear functions are easily accom-
plished 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.

The Presets

Alex is loaded with 16 permanent presets,
designed to give you the following effects:
Hall and Rooms (1-6) range from large natu-
ral-sounding spaces with the spread, attack
and build of a concert hall, to small rooms
with sudden attacks and the coloration char-
acteristics of tight, intimate spaces. In addi-
tion to general instrumental and vocal appli-
cations, halls are a good choice for giving
separately recorded tracks the sense of be-
longing to the same performance.
Inverse (7) is similar to a gated reverb,
except that the initial portion of the reverb
envelope builds up before the sharp rever-
beration 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.
Chorus (13) is a 6-voice stereo chorus with
echo. Controls are provided for echo delay
and recirculation. Great on guitars and voices.
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Presets and Parameters

Flange (14) is a stereo flange with control of
resonance and the depth and speed of the
flange.
Echo (15) Digital audio's most basic effect.
Try it on everything.
Delays (16) is a 4-tap bouncing delay. The
bounce goes back and forth between left and
right outputs.
Each of the presets contains a unique
version of the 3 parameters; DECAY, DE-
LAY and FX LVL. The parameters of each
preset are available for front panel adjust-
ment 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.