Lexicon LEXICON480LV4 Owner's Manual page 46

Program Descriptions
The programs in the Halls bank are reverberation
programs designed to emulate real concert halls.
While the Halls are useful for a wide variety of tasks,
they are especially good with traditional and classical
music. For popular music, they can be used to give
multitrack recordings the sense of belonging to the
same performance, by putting the whole mix in the
context of a real-sounding acoustic space.
1 Large Hall
Large Hall provides the sense of space and ambience
of a large concert hall to music which has already been
mixed.
Acoustically, the sound of this program resembles a
large, relatively square concert hall. The musicians are
not placed in a stage area at one end, but in the middle
of the hall, away from nearby walls and other surfaces
that produce reflections. The reverberant pickups are
located between the sound source and the walls, and
are directed away from the musicians, so they pick up
little or no direct energy.
The resulting reverberation has the space and am-
bience of a large hall, but does not color or muddy the
direct sound of the recording. Because of the large
SPREAD value used, the sound of the Large Hall is
most effective when relatively small amounts of it are
mixed with the direct signal. If the reverberation sounds
obtrusive or tends to reduce clarity, you are using too
much of it!
BASS MULT, RT HF CUT, and HF CUTOFF have been
set to values typical of good concert halls. SIZE is set
at maximum to provide reverberation with medium
density and low color. If higher density is required (for
material such as closely-miked percussion) try reduc-
ing SIZE to about 25.
Banks 1-4: the Reverb Programs
2 Large + Stage
Large + Stage is similar to Large Hall, except that the
musicians are located at one end of the hall, and
several preechoes simulate the effects of a procenium
arch.
3 Medium Hall
Medium Hall is very similar to Large Hall, but smaller.
4 Medium + Stage
Medium + Stage is very similar to Large + Stage, but
smaller.
5 Small Hall
Small Hall is a smaller version of Medium Hall.
6 Small + Stage
Small +Stage is a smaller version of Medium + Stage.
7 Large Church
Large Church is a big space with the musicians cen-
trally located, and a comparatively long RT MID.
8 Small Church
Small Church is a smaller version of program 7.
9 Jazz Hall
Jazz Hall is a relatively small space with hard bright
walls and a short RT MID. It emulates a hall full of
people, without the noise they make. It has high diffu-
sion, and sounds good with jazz or pop material.
0 Auto Park
Auto Park reproduces the sound of an underground
parking garage.
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