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MX400

MIdI CC MAP -

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MIDI CC #

Program (Global) Bypass

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MIdI CC MAP -

SurrOunD hall effectS

MX400

Summary of Contents for Lexicon MX400

Page 1: ...MX400 User Guide Professional Audio Equipment...

Page 2: ...installation of the rack or building If connected to 240V supply a suitable CSA UL certified power cord shall be used for this supply This Equipment is intended for rack mount use only If you want to...

Page 3: ...ED TO A MAINS SOCKET OUTLET WITH A PROTECTIVE EARTHING CONNECTION THE CORES IN THE MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOW ING CODE GREEN AND YELLOW EARTH BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE AS COLO...

Page 4: ...tre int gr l installation lectrique du rack ou du local Si le mat riel est reli une alimentation de 240 V utiliser imp rativement un cordon d alimentation adapt certifi CSA UL pour ce branchement Cet...

Page 5: ...EIL DOIT TRE BRANCH SUR UNE PRISE SECTEUR DOT E D UNE PROTECTION PAR MISE LA TERRE LESCOULEURSDESNOYAUXDANSLESFILSSECTEURSDOIVENTRESPECTERLESCODES SUIVANTS VERT ET JAUNE TERRE BLEU NEUTRE MARRON PHASE...

Page 6: ...it or assembly 4 Lexicon Professional reserves the right to make changes in design or make additions to or improvements upon this product without incurring any obligation to install the same additions...

Page 7: ...ass 5 User and Factory LEDs 5 Program Number Display 5 Program Load 5 Power Switch 5 the rear PaneL 6 Power Jack 6 USB Port 6 Footswitch Input 6 MIDI In MIDI Thru 6 S PDIF Digital In Out 6 Balanced An...

Page 8: ...27 MX400 SySteM MenuS 30 the MX eDIttM eDItor LIBrarIan WInDoWS anD MactM 35 Installing the MX Edit Editor Librarian Software Windows 35 Installing the MX Edit Editor Librarian Software Mac 36 Quick...

Page 9: ...ur processors for a wide variety of configurations and blends all in a single rack unit Use the MX400 live or in the studio connect and control it via your PC or Mac or use it as a hardware plug in Th...

Page 10: ...eLS 1 Set the gain on the mixer s input channel appropriate to the source vocal mic guitar keyboard etc 2 Set the Aux Master level if provided on your console to the 12 o clock position 3 Set the Inpu...

Page 11: ...be loaded Press the knob to load the program Program Load knob 88 Program Number Display Note that the MX400 comes with 99 Factory programs and 99 User programs Factory and User LED s to the left of t...

Page 12: ...meter editing information and System Menu settings 4 Page Select Knob Used to navigate the MX400 effects parameters and System menus 5 Exit Pressing this button will back you out one level of editing...

Page 13: ...ry LEDs Indicate whether the selected program is User or Factory 13 Program Number Display Displays the number of the selected program 14 Program Load Selects factory and user programs Pressing this k...

Page 14: ...mentation charts 5 S PDIF Digital In Out Digital input accepts 44 1kHz 48kHz signals When the S PDIF digital input is select ed and active the S PDIF LED on the front panel lights Important It is reco...

Page 15: ...mono by selecting Mono Left for analog output A or B in the System Menu Pairs are grouped and labeled as A Front Stereo and B Rear 7 Balanced Analog Line Input Pairs Left and Right active analog 1 4 T...

Page 16: ...d four outputs grouped in pairs A Front Stereo and B Rear There are also two S PDIF input output connectors A and B that are the digital equivalent of these analog input and output pairs SurrounD conf...

Page 17: ...am Dual Mono In Dual Mono Out Dual Mono In Ste reo Out Stereo In Stereo Out Send 1 Return 1 Send 2 Return 2 DuaL Stereo confIGuratIon connectIonS The MX400 s Dual Stereo configuration shows off the MX...

Page 18: ...MX400 is equipped with two digital inputs and outputs S PDIF A and B Each S PDIF pair is the digital equivalent of analog input output pairs A and B The digital outputs on the MX400 are always active...

Page 19: ...ill needs the external clock source to be connected to S PDIF A FOOTSWITCH USB S PDIF IN OUT MIDI IN THRU Master Clock Source External Processor or Audio Interface S PDIF In S PDIF Out If the Clock So...

Page 20: ...the Main Display is highlighted in the program you want to change Example If either effect 1 or effect 2 is highlighted turning the Program Load knob will change the program shown in the top half of...

Page 21: ...ct at the bottom of the Main Display The Edit Knobs can then modify these three top level parameters Fig A Note Dual Stereo programs feature a slightly different program screen which dis plays both pr...

Page 22: ...iated with the parameter you would like to edit to change its setting When finished store the changes to the program if you would like them to be recalled chanGInG an effect Each program offers a libr...

Page 23: ...he Page Select knob until the Knobs Assign menu is highlighted Edit Mix Routing is selected in our example 3 Press the Page Select knob to enter the Knobs Assign menu 4 Turn either the A B or C knobs...

Page 24: ...ght input signals are sent through both effects independently The output signals of both Effects are then mixed together and routed to both the outputs as a single stereo signal 4 Mono Split Left inpu...

Page 25: ...MX400 inputs processes through the Surround reverb and sends it to all four outputs eDItInG effect MIX routInG 1 While on the Program Screen press the Page Select knob This will enter the Program Edi...

Page 26: ...as 1 Dry Bypasses dry signal around an effect or program 2 Mute Mutes all input and output audio 3 Input Dry Outputs signal with no processing or effects 4 In Mute Mutes the input only The Bypass opti...

Page 27: ...d to remain behind the direct sound adding ambience and space but leaving the source unchanged This effect has a relatively low initial echo density which builds up gradually over time Vocal Hall and...

Page 28: ...in various parts of the room Chamber programs produce even relatively dimensionless reverberation with little color change as sound decays The initial diffusion is similar to the Hall programs However...

Page 29: ...onset of reverberation This control is not intended to precisely mimic the time delays in natural spaces as the build up of reverberation is gradual and the initial time gap is usually relatively sho...

Page 30: ...al sounding reverberation Setting a low frequency for this parameter can actually shorten the reverb time as it damps the audio as it recirculates Liveliness Adjusts the amount of high frequency conte...

Page 31: ...d by the tape moving in the space between the record and playback heads while delay time was adjusted by changing the speed of the tape loop Although very musical sounding wow and flutter combined wit...

Page 32: ...s the number of delay repeats by feeding the delay output signal back into the delay input This creates a series of delay repeats each slightly attenuated until they become inaudible Higher settings c...

Page 33: ...everbs and effects De Esser Stereo A De Esser is a type of compressor used to tame excessive sibilance or the s sounds in a vocal performance Note that the De esser does not pass dry audio Compressor...

Page 34: ...sion from 1600Hz to 10kHz the most common frequencies in which excessive sibilance occurs Bandwidth Controls the bandwidth or Quality Q of frequency range The higher the selected value the tighter the...

Page 35: ...ther where one is unaffected and the other signals vary in pitch very slightly over time Chorus is commonly used to fatten up tracks and to add body to guitars without coloring the original tone Choru...

Page 36: ...ation characteristics to simulate the inertia of the original mechanical elements A virtual requirement for organ music Rotary also sounds remarkable with guitar and electric piano rhythm parts In fac...

Page 37: ...es create a tighter effect higher values result in a more extreme whoosh ing sound Waveform Selects the wave pattern used by the modulated effect Phase Controls whether amplitude or depth change occur...

Page 38: ...e Changes made to these settings affect all programs in all Configurations Press the System button to access these menus Turn the Page Select knob to scroll up and down through the available menus Pre...

Page 39: ...g Clock Source This option allows manual selection of either the internal or external clock source for the MX400 When set to 44 1kHz the MX400 utilizes an inter nal clock with a 44 1kHz sample rate Wh...

Page 40: ...e you are recording To send unpro cessed audio out the MX400 digital outputs set the Digital Out A and Digital Out B options to Dry Turn Knob A to change Digital Out A and Knob B to change Digital Out...

Page 41: ...am shown in the bottom half of the Main Display of the program screen Channels can be set from 1 16 All channels or Off Use Knob B to change MIDI Channel B settings MIDI Clock Sync The MX400 s MIDI in...

Page 42: ...e MX400 features a footswitch input jack on the rear panel The lets you connect the optional Lex DFS 2 button footswitch for remote control of some of the MX400 s functions These global footswitch fun...

Page 43: ...M SySteM reQuIreMentS WInDoWS Before installing the MX Edit Editor Librarian software make sure that your computer meets the following minimum requirements Pentium III 500MHz or better Windows XP Serv...

Page 44: ...standalone MX Edit Editor Librarian application in the Applications folder and the MX Edit Audio Unit in the Components folder QUICK START When you first open MX Edit you will see the MX Edit Library...

Page 45: ...d the Library and see the Factory or User program lists The Factory list is always the same as Factory programs cannot be overwritten the User program list represents the User programs currently saved...

Page 46: ...functions All changes that you make in the active Program Editor window are reflected in real time on the MX400 MX Edit and the MX400 are fully interactive so any changes made on the MX400 s front pa...

Page 47: ...n and move the cursor away from the knob the white line still follows the cursor no matter how far away it is from the knob Note that this control does not apply to Macs hold the Option key to make fi...

Page 48: ...ighted type the new name into the text box SAvING A PRoGRAM If you make any changes to a program an asterisk will appear next to the program name in the Title Bar when the Program Editor is active The...

Page 49: ...n archive is restored the MX400 is configured exactly how it was when you archived it This allows you to not only create safety backups but create unique configurations for various purposes For exampl...

Page 50: ...c or WinXP you have already installed the VST PC only and or Audio Units Mac only software Simply skip this section for WInDoWS XP uSerS To install the software in Windows insert the disc into your CD...

Page 51: ...ernal FX connections Logic Audio users see information about I O Insert Plug Ins Cakewalk Sonar users see information about Adding Send Return Effects to a Bus If your software does not provide specif...

Page 52: ...The primary difference is that the audio processing occurs in the MX400 rather than on your computer And since the MX400 is a physical device you can only open one instance per physical device of the...

Page 53: ...45 MX400 MIdI IMPLeMeNTATIoN ChART...

Page 54: ...46 MIdI CC MAP Dual StereO effectS 46 MIDI CC Program Global Bypass 120 MIDI CC MAP DUAL STEREO EFFECTS...

Page 55: ...47 MX400 47 MX400 MIdI CC MAP rOutIng 5 Dual StereO effectS StereO effectS MIDI CC MAP ROUTING 5 DUAL STEREO EFFECTS STEREO EFFECTS MIDI CC Program Global Bypass 120...

Page 56: ...48 MIDI CC MAP ROUTING 5 DUAL STEREO EFFECTS STEREO EFFECTS 48 MIdI CC MAP rOutIng 5 Dual StereO effectS StereO effectS MIDI CC Program Global Bypass 120...

Page 57: ...49 49 MX400 MIdI CC MAP SurrOunD hall effectS MIDI CC Program Global Bypass 120 MIDI CC MAP SURROUND HALL EFFECTS MX400...

Page 58: ...T 3 Mono Split 47 GET SMALL Mono Split 48 ALIVE N KICKIN Mono Split 49 MUY GRANDE Dual Mono 50 BIGGER BAND Cascade Program Title Routing 51 TAPS Cascade 52 TAP CHAMBER Cascade 53 SPACED OUT Cascade 54...

Page 59: ...MX400 51 PRoGRAMS StereO...

Page 60: ...52 PRoGRAMS SurrOunD...

Page 61: ...rmance Effects Bypassed Frequency Response 10 Hz 20kHz 0 dB 0 5 dB THD N 0 0019 10Hz 20kHz Dynamic Range 109 dB A weighted A A Crosstalk typical 80 dB 20Hz 20kHz Digital Input and Output Connectors Du...

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