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Page 2: ...is not accessible an all pole mains switch with a contact separation of at least 3 mm in each pole shall be incorporated into the electrical installation of the rack or building FOR UNITS EQUIPPED WITH EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE FUSE RECEPTACLE Replace fuse with same type and rating only MULTIPLE INPUTVOLTAGE This equipment may require the use of a different line cord attachment plug or both depending ...

Page 3: ... return their used electronic products free of charge to designated collection facilities or to a retailer if you purchase a similar new one For Countries not mentioned above please contact your local authorities for a correct method of disposal By doing so you will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary treatment recovery and recycling and thus prevent potential negative effect...

Page 4: ...RN AUTHORIZATION from the factory where all parts and labor will be covered up to a period of 1 year A Return Authorization number must be obtained from Lexicon Professional by telephone The company shall not be liable for any consequential damage as a result of the product s use in any circuit or assembly 4 Lexicon Professional reserves the right to make changes in design or make additions to or ...

Page 5: ... 14 the PCM 96 Plug IN 15 Installing the Plug In software 15 Minimum System Requirements 15 Using the Plug In 15 Networking 19 Overview of TCP IP Basics 19 Connecting the Computer Directly to the PCM 96 20 Setup of a Simple Isolated Ethernet Network Using DHCP 20 Virtual Private Networks VPN 21 Network Considerations and Limitations 21 Network Troubleshooting 21 System Menu 23 Audio Setup 23 Machi...

Page 6: ...s 33 Chamber Stereo and Mono 33 Random Delay Stereo and Mono 33 Hall Stereo and Mono 34 Random Hall Stereo and Mono 35 Plate Stereo and Mono 35 Dual Delay Stereo and Mono 35 Resonant Chords Stereo and Mono 36 Chorus Flange Stereo only 37 Concert Hall Stereo only 37 Room Stereo and Mono 37 Signal Generator 37 The parameters 39 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Maps 47 PCM96 Specifications 53 MIDI Implementati...

Page 7: ...ion simple Just select a preset and load it to hear the reverb or effect you want Adjust a preset s soft row parameters with the three Parameter knobs Or dial up and adjust any parameter with the large Navigation knob Save or load presets with a Compact Flash memory card Use the Compare button to A B the original preset with changes you ve made to it With its unmatched reverbs and effects intuitiv...

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Page 9: ... knobs adjust parameters shown in the Display Turn Knob A to adjust the parameter in the top row Knob B to adjust the parameter in the second row and Knob C to adjust the parameter in the third row Press Knob A to access additional pages of parameters when in the Soft Row Press Knob C to view the current preset s Algorithm Bank number Program number and MIDI channel These knob also have additional...

Page 10: ...de Category Selection menu 12 LOAD Press this button to load the selected preset You can also press the Select knob to load a preset 13 COMPARE This button is used to compare an edited preset against its unedited self When a preset is loaded this button s LED is off As soon as the preset is edited in any fashion the LED lights If the button is pressed the edited state is temporarily stored and the...

Page 11: ...nge MIDI OUT Transmits MIDI data to other equipment 4 AES EBU In Out AES EBU format digital connectors conform to AES professional standards 5 Analog In Out Output impedance is 30Ω electronically balanced and levels up to 20dBu maximum full scale 6 FireWireTM Ports Connect FireWireTM cables here Either port can be used with the other act ing as Thru 7 WORD CLOCK INPUT This connection allows the PC...

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Page 13: ... arrive at the Machine or System Category Selection screen In this case just turn the Select knob to select a category the current category is marked with an asterisk and press the Select knob to load it You will then be taken to the Preset screen The Preset screen shows the current preset and configuration Note that the Preset screen has two views System view for System Presets and Machine view f...

Page 14: ...set From the Preset screen turn the Select knob to scroll through the avail 1 able presets in the current category Presets are arranged in categories within the PCM96 see Changing Categories below for more informa tion The preset name blinks after you turn the Select knob indicating that you are in preset selection mode Press the Select knob to load the preset you ve selected The display 2 briefly...

Page 15: ...set with the Select knob and press the Select knob to load it 4 System Presets and Machine Presets The PCM96 features a single powerful processor which can be used as up to four virtual machines For example you could send the left input signal through a mono reverb in one virtual machine and send the right input sig nal through a mono delay in another virtual machine You could then send both signa...

Page 16: ...ck Press Select Press Back Press Select Press Back Press Select The configuration icon The Configuration icon appears at the upper right corner of the Display It tells you if a System Preset or a Machine Preset is loaded When a System Preset is loaded a border appears around the Configuration icon and the words System View appear in the Display below the preset s name 1 ConcertHall Flange System V...

Page 17: ...a set of parameters that you can edit and adjust When a virtual machine is selected three of its parameters appear at the bottom of the Display Adjust the first parameter with Knob A the sec ond parameter with Knob B and the third parameter with Knob C To see the next set of parameters you can adjust press Knob A 0 Med Hall 1 PreDelay 14ms 2 MidRT 1 59s 3 RvbOutFreq 4750 0Hz 48 Soft Row Parameters...

Page 18: ...case special characters and numbers Press Knob B to clear the selected character space Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you ve changed all the letters you want to 4 change Press the Select knob to continue If a Flash card is inserted the 5 Location menu appears If no Flash card is inserted skip to step 8 User Card Turn the Select knob to select a location User is the PCM96 built in 6 memory Flash is the...

Page 19: ...available DSP configurations appear Turn the Select knob to highlight a configuration and press the Select 3 knob to choose it You return to the Preset Screen The preset s name indicates the configuration you just selected for example if you selected the Cascade Stereo configuration the preset s name is Cascade Stereo Config Press the Machine button to select a Machine Preset within your System 4 ...

Page 20: ...travels through one virtual machine and the right signal travels through a separate second virtual machine Cascade Stereo The left and right signals are processed together in one virtual machine and the resulting signal is sent to a second virtual machine where they are again processed together Cascade Mono The left signal is sent through two virtual machines in sequence while the right signal is ...

Page 21: ...rithm from the list The PCM96 plug in window appears When you first open the PCM96 plug in its default connection type is FireWireTM To change the connection type and other settings while using the plug in open the PCM96 Control Panel described on page 17 Note that when you add a PCM96 plug in to your DAW the PCM96 display reads Application Lockout and displays the PCM96 unit s Node Name and Owner...

Page 22: ...meters vary from preset to preset Click the down arrow in the lower right corner to open the third control area In the third control area located at the bottom of the plug in you can adjust all the parameters in the preset by clicking on and moving the sliders You can select different groups of parameters to adjust by clicking the but ...

Page 23: ...tialize communication between the PCM96 and your com puter PCM96 Communication Click to check the connection status between the PCM96 and your com puter and to open the PCM96 Setup dialog described on page 18 About Click to see the names of the PCM96 development team and to check for software updates Name Assign a name to your PCM96 to identify it on a network ID Assign a number to your PCM96 for ...

Page 24: ...ls the PCM96 without streaming audio Choose from Control And Audio and Control Only Note that when the PCM96 is in Control Only mode you may be prompt ed to Select the PCM96 you would like to connect to When this happens select the channel you d like to apply the plug in to Cancel Click to cancel any changes you ve made and return to the PCM96 Control Panel Accept Click to save any changes you ve ...

Page 25: ...on of this section for more information Factory defaults for the Internet Protocol IP settings for the PCM96 are as follows Auto IP DHCP Address 169 254 x x where x x is determined by the PCM96 box numbers Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP Support Enabled Overview of TCP IP Basics IP address An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP IP network Each device in a network has its own ...

Page 26: ...4 or later Computer has a working Ethernet network adapter You have administrative rights so that network settings can be changed if necessary Connect the included Ethernet cable to both the PCM96 and the com 1 puter Apply power to the PCM96 and wait for it to boot 2 Open the standalone application 3 Setup of a Simple Isolated Ethernet Network Using DHCP Assumptions Using OS X 10 4 or later Comput...

Page 27: ...olution that has been tested and is both inexpensive and simple to set up It provides up to two concurrent VPN connections Network Considerations and Limitations Without a VPN there can be no access from the outside world to any PCM96 that is behind a Network Address Translation NAT router One to One NAT and port forwarding will not work Firewall Considerations The PCM96 uses port 3804 udp and tcp...

Page 28: ... address of your PCM96 56 data bytes 64 bytes from IP address of your PCM96 icmp_seq 0 ttl 62 time 1 118 ms 64 bytes from IP address of your PCM96 icmp_seq 1 ttl 62 time 1 093 ms 64 bytes from IP address of your PCM96 icmp_seq 2 ttl 62 time 1 067ms 64 bytes from IP address of your PCM96 icmp_seq 3 ttl 62 time 1 042ms IP address of your PCM96 ping statistics 4 packets transmitted 4 packets received...

Page 29: ...AES and BNC Clock Rate Select your clock rate here when the wordclock source is set to INTERNAL Choose from 44 1HKz 48KHz 88 2KHz or 96KHz Analog Setup The Analog Setup sub menu lets you adjust the following parameters Analog Input Level Increases or decreases the incoming analog signal before it reaches the processor s Set to 4dBU or 10dBU Analog Output Level Increases or decreases the outgoing a...

Page 30: ...indicates no problem 1 indicates a Cyclic Redundancy Check error in the incoming data Parity Error 0 indicates no problem 1 indicates that at least one bit and therefore at least one audio sample was corrupted Machine Config The Machine Config menu lets you configure the PCM96 processor as one two three or four virtual machines in a new preset Note that once you ve selected a configuration you mus...

Page 31: ... the tempo will be 120 quarter notes per minute The factory default is quarter note Tempo Source Select INTERNAL to determine the tempo using parameters within the PCM96 or MIDI to set the tempo using MIDI beat clock Refer to your DAW s manual to learn how to transmit this value Card Config The Compact Flash Setup sub menu indicates whether a Compact Flash card is INSERTED or NOT INSERTED and give...

Page 32: ...O Settings Here you can adjust the following settings depending on the selected pre set Wet Dry Mix Adjusts the proportion of wet processed signal to dry unprocessed signal Ranges from 0 all dry to 100 all wet In almost all cases you will leave this at 100 and control levels on your mixer Input Level Controls the amount of signal admitted into the process from the input Ranges from 0 0dB INV to 90...

Page 33: ... used to select the current preset bank Controller 32 is sent to the system to select the desired bank fol lowed by a Preset Change message to select a preset The Bank values are sticky meaning the PCM96 will remember the Bank values for each MIDI channel It is not necessary to send a Bank change with each Preset Change unless the Bank has indeed changed See page 29 for a bank preset map To see a ...

Page 34: ...ll the presets in a User bank from one PCM96 to another or to another MIDI device Refer to the MIDI Control section on page 24 for information about Bank Dump Reverse Bank Dump Bank Load You can perform a reverse bank dump by recording a bank dump to your MIDI sequencer then playing that sysex back to the PCM96 to restore the bank Continuous Controllers All PCM96 soft row parameters can be control...

Page 35: ... Category Presets 1 128 100 Mono Compact Flash Card Bank 2 Mono User Compact Flash Category Presets 129 256 101 Mono Compact Flash Card Bank 3 Mono User Compact Flash Category Presets 257 384 102 Mono Compact Flash Card Bank 4 Mono User Compact Flash Category Presets 385 512 103 Stereo Compact Flash Card Bank 1 Stereo User Compact Flash Category Presets 1 128 104 Stereo Compact Flash Card Bank 2 S...

Page 36: ...requested preset lives 0x__ Preset Preset ID 0xF7 EOX Command 1 Preset Dump This sysex is transmitted by a MIDI sequencer or by PCM96 The PCM96 may transmit this dump in response to a request or by means of a front panel action The PCM96 receiving this dump will store the encapsulated preset data in the designated location Byte Definition Comments 0xF0 Sysex message 0x06 Lexicon Manufacturer ID 0x...

Page 37: ...presets will be transmitted in a special form Only presets from User banks may be requested Factory banks will not be transmitted Byte Definition Comments 0xF0 Sysex message 0x06 Lexicon Manufacturer ID 0x__ Product ID 0x__ Device ID 0x02 Command Request Preset Bank Dump 0x01 Size LSB 0x00 Size cont 0x00 Size cont 0x00 Size MSB 0x__ Bank Bank to fetch 0xF7 EOX ...

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Page 39: ...y line per input channel Each delay line has two out puts called voices Each voice has independent delay time up to and over 9 seconds plus an additional second provided by the randomizers described in the next paragraph output level feedback control filtering independent filters for feedback and output and panning Random Delays have the same diffusion controls as Dual Delays In addition to this b...

Page 40: ... venue for classical ensembles but has proven to be useful for all types of music A hall is comparatively large with wall to wall distances that are typically several tens of meters Smaller halls may be used for smaller ensembles The characteristic sound of a hall includes very low initial reflection density with little reflection energy before 60 100 mil liseconds Density buildup is more gradual ...

Page 41: ...gradual because of the larger distances between reflecting surfaces Reverberation time is somewhat longer as well Finally in most halls lower frequencies reverberate longer than higher fre quencies One of its charms is a bit of irregularity in the decay In some cases very small rooms with precisely pitched instruments this modulation may not be the best choice But in general this is a time tested ...

Page 42: ...dependently The voices resonate to some degree with any input but the most effective excitation contains all frequencies like percus sion Other instruments may give a quality of tonal ambience in which cer tain notes rise ethereally from the background The output of the resonator is then fed into a stereo plate reverb effect The two algorithms differ in the way pitches are assigned to the resona t...

Page 43: ...cert Hall Stereo only This is a recreation of one of Lexicon s oldest algorithms It was an essen tial part of many of the mixes of the late seventies and eighties It is a less dense reverb allowing it to add lushness to a mix without stepping on the dry source material It also has quite noticeable modulation causing strong pitch effects at higher settings The reverb tail has a life of its own desi...

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Page 45: ...ol for example Level may appear as RightInLvl or OutLvl To see the parameters in context refer to the charts beginning on page 47 Bandwidth This parameter lets you set the bandwidth of a multimode filter Bandwidth is specified in octaves or fractions thereof Bass Boost Room This parameter is closely tied to the Bass Crossover parameter It controls the boost or cut of signal below that crossover De...

Page 46: ...ge Delay Level Master Controls all delays in the algorithm Each voice has its nominal gain value adjusted by this percentage Delay Time Echo Delay Delay time defines the time offset of a delay voice in milliseconds or in fractions of tempo quarter note eighth note which is defined by the tap tempo or by midi tempo It is used in many of the algorithms not just the delays In all cases it does the sa...

Page 47: ...t channels Early signals include echoes reflections and the room reflec tion patterns Infinite This parameter captures the reverb tail as an infinite loop This may be use ful in music where a note or chord can be extended It is also useful in post production for creating ambience backgrounds Input Level Input Level controls the amount of signal admitted into the process from a single input channel...

Page 48: ...he post filter delay voice across the left right soundstage Pattern Selects a space available in the selected Category see Category parameter Reflection Delay Delay Time A reflection delay is a delay tap taken from one of the inputs and sent to one of the outputs It is often called a delay voice Depending on the algorithm there may be one or more reflection delays for each input channel Some of th...

Page 49: ... parameter Reverb PreDelay Predelay This is a delay that s added to the diffused signal before it enters the main part of the reverb For all intents it may be considered as delay that is added to the reverberated signal It is used to temporally separate the reverb from the dry signal Reverb Spin Spin This is usually simply called spin It controls the speed of the reverb random izer Spin is also co...

Page 50: ...a voice The voice may use the LFO output or the inverted LFO output Shape Early Shape The Shape parameter is closely tied to the Spread parameter Shape controls how energy is injected into the reverberator A low value means that sound enters the reverb at the beginning of the spread window A high value means that most sound moves into the reverb at the end of the spread window A value somewhere in...

Page 51: ... that dramatically changes its spatial characteristics The tail can be changed to feel narrower even down to mono or wider than normal stereo There are values for the parameter to encode the tail in such a way that it decodes into surround channels The parameter operates in the range of 0 to 360 degrees with an incremen tal change of 1 degree The matrix uses Sine Cosine rules so that power dis tri...

Page 52: ...lter as any of 4 basic types in order Lowpass Highpass Bandpass Notch Band reject The filter provides a subset of filter types available to a Biquad filter Wet Dry Mix Wet Dry Mix is the proportion of wet processed signal to dry unpro cessed signal ...

Page 53: ...47 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map System View and Machine View ...

Page 54: ...48 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Stereo Hall Algorithms ...

Page 55: ...49 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Stereo chamber and room Algorithms ...

Page 56: ...50 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Stereo Delay Algorithms ...

Page 57: ...51 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Stereo Effects Algorithms ...

Page 58: ...52 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Mono Hall Algorithms ...

Page 59: ...53 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Mono Chamber and room Algorithms ...

Page 60: ...54 PCM 96 Menu Navigation Map Mono Delay Algorithms ...

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Page 63: ...0 3dB D A Conversion 24 bits D A Dyn Range 112 dB unweighted 115 dB A weighted THD 002 20Hz 20kHz at 4dBu Crosstalk 1kHz 90 dB at 20Hz 20kHz with 20dBu input Digital Audio IO Connectors One Male XLR Output One Female XLR Input Two FireWireTM Ports Format AES EBU FireWire 400Mb Word Size 24 bits Sample Rates Internal 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz Accuracy within 50ppm External 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 9...

Page 64: ...Stereo and Mono Hall Stereo and Mono Signal Generator Storage Media Type I Compact Flash Can hold up to 1536 user presets Machine Configurations 44 1K 88 2K Two Mono Super mono capable Single Stereo Super stereo capable Two Cascaded Mono pairs Cascaded Stereo Two Mono cascaded into single Stereo Dual mono in stereo out with combined outputs Single Super Stereo Two Stereo Dual Super Mono Four Mono ...

Page 65: ... 0 W x 1 75 H x 12 5 D 483mm x 44 5mm x 317 5mm Weight 8 65 lbs Regulatory Approvals FCC Class A CE EN55103 1 EN55103 2 UL UL1419 cUL C22 2 TUV EN60065 Environment Operating 15 to 35 C Storage 30 to 70 C Humidity 75 relative humidity max ...

Page 66: ... X Control Change OX 32 OX 48 55 OX 32 OX 48 55 Bank Change Program Change OX 1 127 OX 0 127 Bank Select O O System Exclusive Device ID Device Inquiry Device ID System Common Song Position Song Select Tune Request X X X X X X System Real Time Clock Commands X X X X Aux Messages Local ON OFF All Notes OFF Active Sensing System Reset X X X X X X X X Notes Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO O Ye...

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Page 68: ...h Sandy Parkway Sandy Utah 84070 U S A Phone 801 568 7660 Fax 801 568 7662 PCM96 Questions or comments Email us at customer lexiconpro com or visit us online at www lexiconpro com Copyright 2008 Lexicon Professional Part 18 0711 B ...

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