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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING FOR YOUR PROTECTION PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS HEED ALL WARNINGS FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS THE APPARATUS SHALL NOT bE ExPOSED TO DRIPPING OR SPLASHING LIqUID AND NO ObjECT FILLED WITHI LIqUID , SUCH AS vASES, SHALL bE PLACED ON THE APPARA- TUS. CLEAN ONLY WITH A DRY CLOTH. DO NOT bLOCK ANY OF THE vENTILATION OPENINGS. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUC- TIONS. DO NOT INSTALL NEAR ANY HEAT SOURC- ES SUCH AS RADIAT
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DecLaratIon of conforMIty ® manufacturer’s Name: Lexicon manufacturer’s Address: 8760 s. sandy parkway sandy, utah 84070, usA declares that the product: product name: pcm96 Note: product name may be suffixed by the eu. product option: None conforms to the following product specifications: safety: iec 60065 (7th ed. 2001) emc: eN 55013 (2001+A1) eN 55020 (1998) supplementary information: the product herewith complies with the requirements of
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Warranty This warranty is valid only for the original purchaser and only in the United ® States. If outside the United States please contact the local Lexicon distribu- tor. 1. The warranty registration card that accompanies this product must be mailed within 30 days after purchase date to validate this warranty. Proof- of-purchase is considered to be the burden of the consumer. 2. Lexicon Professional warrants this product, when bought and used solely within the U.S., to be free from defec
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INtRodUctIoN ................................................................... 1 the FRoNt P ANeL .............................................................. 3 the ReAR P ANeL ................................................................ 5 USING the PcM 96 ............................................................ 7 Powering Up the PCM 96 ............................................. 7 The Preset Screen .......................................................... 7 Selecting Your Audi
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Channel Map (How Channels Map to Machines) ......... 28 Bank Dump .................................................................. 28 Reverse Bank Dump (Bank “Load”) .............................. 28 Continuous Controllers ................................................. 28 Soft Row Parameter/MIDI CC Map ............................. 29 Bank/Preset Map ........................................................... 29 MIDI SysEx Implementation ........................................ 30 the ALGoR
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INtRodUctIoN Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the PCM96 Reverb/Multi Effects Processor! The PCM96 offers legendary reverbs you’ve come to ® expect from Lexicon , plus new mono reverbs, new room algorithms with selectable, reversible reflection patterns, and more. And you can add it all to TM your recording software via FireWire connectors supporting four 96kHz sample rate audio streams in each direction. The PCM96’s intuitive front panel makes operation simple. Just select a pr
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the FRoNt P ANL e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SELECT MACHINE TAP/TEMPO STORE FLASH BUSY BACK LOAD COMPARE 10 11 12 13 1. Gain LEDs Each pair of Gain LEDs indicate input signal strength of each of the PCM96’s inputs. If the Audio Source is set to Analog (in the Audio Setup menu), they show analog levels. If Audio Source is set to Digital, they show digital levels. Range is from -18dB, -12dB, -6dB, -3dB, and 0dB. 2. MACHINE Button The PCM96 can be configured as a single system or as 1-4 “machines”, e
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9. Power Button Press to turn the PCM96 on or off. 10. Display This high resolution, high contrast, and high viewing angle OLED (Organic LED) display shows menu and box configuration and status information. 11. BACK Pressing this button moves you up one level in the menu tree. Note that when a System preset is loaded, this button takes you to the System Mode Category Selection menu. When a Machine preset is loaded, the Back but- ton takes you to the Machine Mode Category Selection menu. 12.
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the ReAR P ANeL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. POwER JACK Standard 3-pin IEC power connector. 100-240V, 50-60Hz automatic switching to correct voltage range. 2. ETHERNET INPUTS These RJ-45 connections are used to network PCM96 devices and control them via Ethernet. 3. MIDI IN Receives MIDI information from other MIDI equipment such as master keyboard controllers, MIDI foot controllers, sequencers and synthesizers. MIDI THRU Passes any MIDI data received without change. MIDI OUT Transmits MIDI data to ot
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USING the PcM96 PoWeRING UP the PM96 c 1. Plug in the power cord. 2. Press the Power button. ® 3. The Lexicon logo appears, and remains until the boot process is com- plete. Next, the Preset screen appears, showing the currently loaded pre- set. the PReSet ScReeN The Preset screen is the starting point for many of the instructions in this manual, so it’s a good idea to know how to get to the Preset screen. In most cases, pressing the Back button one or more times will take you back to the
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SeLectING yoUR AUdIo SoURce ANd cLocK SoURce 1. Press the Machine button until the words “System View” appear in the Display. 96 48 1:ConcertHall->Flange 1:Single Stereo Config ((System View) System View) 2. Press the Select knob. The System Menu appears. System Menu Version 1.0 48 +Audio Setup +System Control +MIDI Control 3. With Audio Setup highlighted, press the Select knob. The Audio Setup menu appears. 48 |:Audio Setup Audio Source: ANALOG
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System Presets and Machine Presets also have User and Card categories, where you can access user-edited presets. Presets in the User category are stored on the PCM96, and presets in the Card category are stored on a Compact Flash card. To select a different category 1. From the Preset screen, press the Back button. The Category Selection screen appears. Note that there are different Category Selection screens for System Presets and Machine Presets: Category Selection Screen - System Pres
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Note that pressing the Back button or the Select knob have different results depending on what kind of preset is loaded. The following diagram shows what happens when you press the Select knob, Back button, and Machine button in both System View and Machine View. System Category Machine Category Selection View Selection View Press Press Press Press Select Back Select Back Press Machine Press Machine Button Button Machines 1-4 System View (Machine Presets) (System Presets) Press Press Press P
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48 0:Med Hall 0:Med Hall 1:PreDelay 1:PreDelay :14ms :14ms 2:ReverbTime 2:MidRT :1.59s :1.59s 3:RvbOutFreq 3:RvbOutFreq :4750.0Hz :4750.0Hz Configuration Icon (Machine Preset) Press the Machine button repeatedly to cycle through the virtual machines in a System Preset, and eventually back to the System Preset. Ide tING A PReSet To edit a System Preset, you must edit the virtual machines within it. Press the Machine button to cycle through the virtual machines within a System Preset. Each vi
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StoRING A PReSet Once you’ve edited a preset, you can store it on the PCM96 (in the User cat- egory) or on a Compact Flash card (in the Card category). Note: When you first insert a Compact Flash card, you may receive the message “Card Needs Initializing.” Refer to page 13 for instructions on how to initialize a Compact Flash card. 1. From the Preset screen, press the Store button. The Save As screen appears. Select Knob -> Change Position ʻAʼ Knob -> Change Letter Save As: Single
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INItIALIzING/FoRMA ING tt A coMPAct FLASh cARd To initialize or format a Compact Flash card: 1. Press the Back button until the Preset screen appears. 2. Press the Machine button until System View is displayed. 3. Press the Select knob to enter the System Menu. 4. Turn the Select knob until Card Config is highlighted. 5. Press the Select knob to access the Compact Flash Menu. 6. Press Knob B to Format the card OR press Knob C to initialize the card. cReA ING t A NeW SySteM PReSet One way to crea
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dSP coNFIGURA tIoNS The PCM96 processor can be divided in up to four virtual machines, each of which can run its own algorithm. This lets you route signals from each input through a variety of algorithm combinations. The PCM96 can use up to two physical inputs and two physical outputs at a time; configurations for the physical inputs and outputs are described below. Note that the software plug-in lets the PCM96 use up to four inputs and TM outputs via FireWire ; those configurations are on
