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Lexicon MX400

Multi-Effects Processor from Lexicon belonging to the MX series

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pilip pilip
Published on 06/04/10 at 04:39
- Full of reverb, multiple delay, phaser, pitch shifter, chorus ...........

- Editable via a small program (plugged in usb to pc) allows you to configure the faster multi-effects: you set the mouse, the values ​​change in real time on the machine, the software is a remote control is very practice, it allows its settings to appoint more quickly is more clear.

This rack-2 processors, each processor can handle either 1 or 2 effects. We can therefore with two processes have 2, 3 or 4 effects. Each process' has a dual input mono (or stereo), if we choose 2 effects per proc, one can either choose to chain the two effects (AC comes in, then the other) or to split the (IN L in effect, IN R in the other end. STEREO OUT effects common to both) When you use two effects per proc ', we have LOTS less settings available, but the main settings.

I personally use sound systems in the MX400 often split analog (4 mono 4For effects, two stereo returns - one for each proc'-) and for my home studio in digital stereo (a stereo reverb sound via SPDIF in and out ) and AC Roulle!
REMEMBER TO SET UP WELL IN 'ROUTING' THE MX400 to match your config.

2in/2out-connector audio jack in proc sym symmetric, MIDI (never used), SPDIF (very convenient! And no loss in conversion N / AA / N for a config computer music AC syncs easily, y ' diode has a witness, in short you can not fool her)
the PSU is integrated (Schuko)

UTILIZATION

easy operation. be careful though each process is independent, that is to say that we need in a backup (or load) save the two processes one by one.
Otherwise I personally had problems with my screen.
But I bought OCCAZ .......... ah the OCCAZ ........'"&"} ¤ é # @!

SOUND QUALITY

sound:
I think it works very well.
the reverb slightly shiny but not "hard", they are fine but bright, airy. It's really good, "small hall" on a group of batteries and you take a good slap! I find it really clean, there's the flat, hall, bedroom ... Brief lot more or less normal. (Reverse reverb too! For fx)

live it doing very well! I think it breaks-old standards-spx, m-one company (so it explodes on the M300-M350 and other multi-effects to 150 € / 200 €)

in a home studio, connected in spdif it surpasses software reverbs (reverence, GlaceVerb ...) and being able to configure it in real time via real knobs (encoders finally!) gives the changes a lot! the work of the reverb is very interesting in general.

OVERALL OPINION

used for about a year ...
it's expensive (even for OCCAZ at 280 € it's expensive! do not forget!) but it works.
A problem with the screen does not convince me to dwell on the quality, but the processors work well, the machine is clean, solid, logical, Lexicon is the pioneer brand of digital reverb, it's pro and the rest AC even in models such as this not as pro as the PCM (but much prettier!).

To conclude, I find this very convenient ring road: 4 effects in one unit, it works. Other effects are not negligible, the chorus works very well (on analog synth, acoustic guitar, etc. ...), the delays are clean. Different routing to adapt the multi-effects to a lot of different configs.

Had I not had this problem of screen (very random) I certainly pushed the praise! I must admit that the AC slows me a bit.
But yes very good machine! advisable.

phil.