Lexicon LEXICON480LV4 Owner's Manual page 57

Lexicon 480L Owner's Manual
Program Descriptions
The effects produced by these programs can be very
difficult to describe. They range from subtle to out-
rageous, depending largely on the type of source
material used, and how much of the effect is added to
the mix. These effects are powerful and complex, and
we encourage you to spend a great deal of time
listening to them.
1 Illusion
Illusion (when added to the mix in relatively small
amounts) is a subtle effect that can enhance a sound
without a listener even knowing it is there. One often
doesn't notice that it is in use until it is taken away.
Illusion is also useful for stereo synthesis.
Illusion is effective on complete mixes and on single
tracks.
When greater amounts of Illusion are added to the mix,
the effect becomes more obvious, and some interest-
ing phasing and panning are audible. The phasing is
strong enough that spatial panning results, with some
of the sound swirling around and even behind the
listener.
2 Surfin'
Surfin' produces flanging when fed with percussive
material. Try it on everything from guitars to vocals and
percussion.
3 Vocal Whispers
Vocal Whispers is a delay-based effect designed to
enhance vocals.
4 Doubler
Doubler is a doubler with a difference—the diffusion
used on the delay lines thickens percussive sounds
considerably. This is a good choice for fattening up
uninteresting sounds.
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5 Back Slap
A strong fast slapback effect.
6 Rebound
Throw something at this one and it comes rippling right
back at you. Try it on vocals with short, explosive
syllables.
7 Git It Wet
It's Saturday afternoon in the guitar section of a large
music store. — Just add the metal guitar.
8 Sudden Stop
Sudden Stop produces a sound like a grainy inverse
gated room. It's rather interesting on snare, high toms
and cymbals. However, it is not intended for use on low
frequency material. Avoid low toms, kick drums, and
bass guitar.
9 In the Past
In the Past is unique in that the dry signal is set to 504
ms so that it appears after the build-up of the effects
signal. It should be used with program content being
mixed through the 480L; in other words, keep the
source fader down and send audio to the 480L pre-
fade. In the Past uses 40 well-diffused voices. The
length of the delay is set to 500 ms with a build-up slope
of 247.
0 Tremolo L and R
Tremolo L and R uses four undiffused voices with the
delay line and WANDER set to 0. SPIN controls the rate
at which the mono blended signal tremelos between
the left and right outputs. Tremolo depends for its effect
on having the delay lines slightly out of sync. If you load
the program and the effect seems to lack depth, load
it again.