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Lexicon MX300 User Manual

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  • Page 1 MX300 User Guide...
  • Page 2 ONLY USE ATTACHMENTS/ACCESSORIES SPECIFIED bY THE Sandy, Utah 84070, USA Date: December 15, 2006 MANUFACTURER. European Contact: Your local Lexicon Sales and Service Office or UNPLUG THIS APPARATUS DURING LIGHTNING STORMS OR WHEN UNUSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. Harman Music Group...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Edit Knobs A, B, C ....................4 Store ........................5 4. Lexicon Professional reserves the right to make changes in design or make addi- System ........................5 tions to or improvements upon this product without incurring any obligation to Bypass ........................
  • Page 4 Effect Mix/Routing ....................16 ment needs. With the multiple routing options and extensive effects library, you will Editing Effect/Mix Routing ................... 17 find the MX300 is right at home both live and in your studio. Tempo Button ......................17 Bypass Buttons ....................... 17 The utmost care was taken while your MX300 was being manufactured.

  • Page 5: Program Number Display

    5. Turn up the Aux Send levels on the channel corresponding to the Post-fader send (Aux 1 and Aux 2 in this example) that the MX300 is connected to until the red Input Gain LEDs light only occasionally. If the red Input Gain LEDs stay lit, too much signal is being sent to the MX300;...

  • Page 6: Input Knob

    Auto Load is disabled. When in the Program Screen, press this knob to switch Indicate input signal strength of each of the MX300’s inputs. Range is from –24dB, between factory and user program banks. This eliminates the need to scroll through –12dB, –6dB, and 0dB.

  • Page 7: The.rear.panel

    (such as 96kHz). Doing so can cause unpredictable performance. Make sure the device you are connecting to the MX300’s S/PDIF In is set as the Clock Master (if that option is available) and transmitting at a sample rate of 44.1kHz or 48kHz only. As with any...

  • Page 8: Mixer - Dual Mono In/Stereo Out Setup

    Split routing (see page 16 for more information about routings). This setup is the most commonly used configuration in both live and studio applica- tions. A single input source is fed into the MX300, processed, and output as a stereo...

  • Page 9: Guitar - Effects Loop Setup

    Instrument - In Line Setup This setup is ideal if you are using the MX300 as a hardware plug-in in a digital record- ing system. This setup requires that you are using an I/O device with S/PDIF In/Out, or a digital mixer with S/PDIF I/O option.

  • Page 10: The.mx300.And.digital.i/O

    Select or Program/Load knob to select the new user program memory location to store to. The MX300 runs at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sample rate (using internal or external clock Press the Store button again to complete the store procedure.

  • Page 11: Changing An Effect

    Using the MX300 Using the MX300 MX300 Program Name While on the Program you would like to edit, press the Page/Select knob. 1 TAPE DELAY DRM PLATE TEMPO DLY TIME FEEDBACK This will enter the Program Edit menus. 120.0 BPM 500ms Turn the Page/Select knob until the Change Effect menu is highlighted.

  • Page 12: Effect Mix/Routing

    5 - Stereo 4. Input Mute - Mutes the input only. Routing 5 provides a single high-quality stereo effect that utilizes all the MX300’s DSP horsepower. With extra editable parameters and an increased complexity of the reverb The Bypass options can be selected in the System Menu and will affect both Effect algorithms, use this routing when all you need is a powerful stereo effect for your Bypass and Program Bypass.

  • Page 13: Effects.descriptions

    Drum Hall has a higher diffusion setting which is Send of a mixer channel) to an effects device (such as the MX300), and the effected (or wet) signal is returned to the mixer or amp. It is then blended together with the necessary to smooth out faster transient signals found in drums and percussion instru- ments.
  • Page 14 Effects Descriptions Effects Descriptions MX300 Reverse Reverb - Mono In/Stereo Out Diffusion Reverse reverb works in the opposite fashion from normal reverb. Whereas a normal Controls the initial echo density. High settings of Diffusion result in high initial echo density, and low settings cause low initial density. In a real-world situation,...

  • Page 15: Delays

    Effects Descriptions Effects Descriptions MX300 Modulated Delay - ER Time Stereo Adjusts the amount of time before reverb early reflections occur. The Modulated Delay is enhanced by an LFO (low frequency oscillator) that produces a chorusing effect on the delay repeats. This is a great delay for guitar and ER Level instrument passages that need that “special something.”...

  • Page 16: Dbx ® Dynamics

    To better use the Compressor in the MX300, a bit of understanding about compression is helpful. Note that the Compressor does not pass Smear dry audio.

  • Page 17: Modulated Effects

    Effects Descriptions Effects Descriptions MX300 Dynamics Controls Ratio Determines the amount of compression, from 1:1 (no effect) to Infinity:1 (complete limiting). Frequency Selects the frequency range of compression from 1600Hz to 10kHz (the most common frequencies in which excessive sibilance occurs).
  • Page 18 Increases or decreases the stereo imaging of the Rotary effect. sound produces a wide range effects - from subtle detunes to full interval shifts up or down a two octave range. The MX300’s Pitch Shift effect is a chromatic shifter, Drive meaning all notes of the scale are shifted by the same interval.

  • Page 19: Mx300.System.menus

    48kHz sample rate. When set to Digital, the unit utilizes the S/PDIF input clock source, even if an analog audio source is used. Refer to The MX300 and Digital I/O section on page 12 Bypass Select for more information on using digital audio sources.
  • Page 20 Use Knob B to Footswitch R/T change between –10dBV or +4dBu. The MX300 features a footswitch input jack on the rear panel. This lets you connect the optional 2-button footswitch for remote control of some of the Tempo Display MX300’s functions.

  • Page 21: And.mac Tm

    When you first open MX-Edit, you will see the MX-Edit Library on the left side of the InsTallIng The mX-edIT edITor/lIbrarIan MX-Edit window, with the MX300 icon at the top of the Library. An editor panel for the current program is also open.

  • Page 22: Editing A Program

    To change a reverb or effect in Processor 1 or Processor 2, left click on the Reverb/ Effect Select button in Effect 1 or Effect 2 control area. A list of the MX300’s reverbs and effects appears, with a check mark next to the currently selected reverb or effect.

  • Page 23: Saving A Program

    Be aware that storing a program and left-click twice to tap the tempo, just as you would on the MX300 front panel. The in this manner will over-write the program previously stored in that location, both in Tempo buttons on the MX300 and in the Program Editor window now flash at the the MX-Edit Library and the MX300 itself.

  • Page 24: Archiving

    Archiving is a powerful tool for preserving the current state of your MX300. When you mInImum.system.reQuIrements archive the MX300, all of its presets and global settings are sent to the computer and saved to a file. When an archive is restored, the MX300 is configured exactly how it Audio was when you archived it.

  • Page 25: Software Configuration

    Cubase SX ® ® users: see information on “External FX” connections. This message will also appear if the MX300's MIDI ports are being used by the DAW or another application. Logic Audio users: see information about “I/O Insert Plug-Ins.” ®...

  • Page 26: Midi.implementation.chart

    Value 0 = Factory, Arena Pre Delay Decay / Mid RT Liveliness Value 1 = User Gated Pre Delay Decay Diffusion Lexicon Editor Only. Reverse Pre Delay Decay Diffusion Sys Ex channel follows Spring Pre Delay Decay Boing MIDI channel except...
  • Page 27 MIDI CC Map - Routing 5 MIDI CC Map - Routing 5 MX300 mIdI CC maP- mIdI CC maP - rOutIng 5, StereO effectS (continued) rOutIng 5, StereO effectS MIDI CC # MIDI CC # Effect Effect Hall Reverbs Pre Delay...
  • Page 28 Programs Programs MX300 Programs Preset Name Routing Preset Name Routing Preset Name Routing Preset Name Routing Orchestral Stereo Big Chamber Stereo Quickie Cascade Brewed Awakening Dual Mono Small But Large Stereo Small Chamber Stereo Guitar World Cascade Jet Flange Cascade...

  • Page 29: Specifications

    Specifications MX300 sPeCIfICaTIons Analog Audio Inputs Connectors two XLR and two ¼" TRS balanced or unbalanced Impedance 50k Ohms bal., 25k Ohms unbal. Input Level +4 dBu nominal, +24 dBu maximum A/D Conversion 24-bit, 48kHz or 44.1kHz, 128 x oversampling...
  • Page 30 MX300...
  • Page 31 Phone: (801)-568-7660 | Fax: (801)-568-7662 Harman Music Group MX300 Stereo Reverb Effects Processor 8760 South Sandy Parkway | Sandy, Utah 84070 Questions or comments? U.S.A. Email us at: customer@lexiconpro.com Copyright 2007 Lexicon Part Number: 18-0473-A...

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