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Digital Effects System
960L.
Owner’s Manual
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Important Safety Instructions Save these instructions for later use. Follow all instructions and warnings marked on the unit. Always use with the correct line voltage. Refer to the manufacturer's operating instructions for power requirements. Be advised that different operating voltages may require the use of a different line cord and/or attachment plug. Do no install the unit in an unventilated rack, or directly above heat producing equipment such as power amplifiers. Observe the maximum ambie
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960L Owner’s Maunal Table Of Contents Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 3 DESCRIPTION 1-1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROLS 3-1 About the 960L 1-1 A QUICK GUIDE TO OPERATION 3-2 Unpacking the 960L 1-1 (1) Setup (Control Mode) 3-2 THE REAR PANEL 1-1 (2) Machine Selection 3-5 I/O Clock Card 1-2 (3) Program Loading 3-5 Option Plates 1-2 Analog Input Card 1-2 (4) Editing a Program or Register 3-6 Analog Output Card 1-2 (5) Storing Your Edits 3-6 AES I/O Card 1-2 Mains Power Switch. 1-2 Chapter 4 Mains
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Table Of Contents Lexicon Table Of Contents, continued Chapter 5 Chapter 6 REVERBERATION AND REALITY 5-1 MIDI 6-1 SOUND IN SPACE: A SHORT HISTORY Nomenclature 6-1 OF STEREO AND SURROUND 5-5 MIDI Channel Allocation 6-1 ALGORITHMS 5-6 Program Loading 6-2 Random Hall 5-6 Bank and Program Mapping 6-2 Surround Hall 5-7 Card Configuration 6-2 Chamber 5-7 Continuous Controllers 6-2 Plate & Surround Plate 5-7 MIDI SYSEX 6-3 Ambience & Surround Ambience 5-7 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 6-4 Ambient Chamber 5
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960L Owner’s Maunal Introduction Title of Section Introduction The Model 960L is a multi-channel reverb processor for devices (hard and soft buttons, motorized faders, and a audio professionals. It brings to surround all the virtues joystick) provide access to everything you need to and facilities of the Model 480L— and then some. Like control. the 480L, it is a multiple-machine system — hardware and software expandable. The 960L’s DSP card can The 960L and LARC2 were designed for maximum suppor
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1 The Mainframe DESCRIPTION............................................................1-1 About the 960L ....................................................1-1 Unpacking the 960L..............................................1-1 THE REAR PANEL......................................................1-1 I/O Clock Card ......................................................1-2 Option Plates ........................................................1-2 Analog Input Card .................................
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960L Owner’s Maunal The Mainframe Description About the 960L Unpacking the 960L The 960L system consists of two components: a rack- The 960L system is shipped in two cartons, one mounted Mainframe designed for remote mounting in containing the 960L mainframe, the other containing machine rooms or elsewhere, and a dedicated the LARC 2 dedicated controller. After unpacking, save controller, the LARC2. all packing materials in case you ever need to ship the unit. Thoroughly inspect the 960L system
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The Mainframe Lexicon, Inc. The Rear Panel, continued I/O Clock Card Analog Input Card The 960L’s analog audio input card has eight female MIDI Connectors (Five-pin DIN female) XLR connectors, all electronically balanced. For • MIDI In impedances and signal levels, see the Specifications Accepts MIDI data from other MIDI-equipped Section near the end of this manual. devices. • MIDI Thru Retransmits, unchanged, MIDI data received Analog Output Card at the MIDI In connector. The 960L’s analog a
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960L Owner’s Maunal The Mainframe The Front Panel Floppy Drive Thumbscrews This is a 3.5", High Density, IBM Format compatible, To gain access into the front section of the chassis, floppy drive. This is primarily used for saving user unscrew both thumbscrews and lower the hinged panel. Registers. 960L DIGITAL EFFECTS SYSTEM Figure 1-2 — Front panel, closed. Standby Switch and Indicator When your 960L is in standby, the power to most circuitry is removed. To completely disconnect power This swi
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The Mainframe Lexicon, Inc. Behind the Front Panel DSP-Card Slots CPU Card Top slot occupied, others reserved for future Lexicon cards. NLX-type montherboard. Important: Caution: Do not plug any cards into these slots except those The motherboard has a lithium battery. Lithium is a made by Lexicon for the 960L. hazardous substance. The battery should be replaced only by qualified service personnel, and disposed of properly. Card slots for DSP cards. The cards can be removed for service, when in
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960L Owner’s Maunal The Mainframe Installation Mounting Use a flat screwdriver to move the switch to the desired voltage. The 960L mounts in stationary racks with four screws. Make sure the 960L Mainframe is securely screwed into Analog Audio Connections the rack. For moving and in roadcases, be sure that For best results, the 960L should be connected to your support is provided for the rear of the chassis to avoid console’s Aux sends/returns, with wet/dry mixing and possible damage. most input
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960L Owner’s Maunal The Mainframe Installation, continued Following AES conventions, the odd-numbered channels are on the left channel of each AES stereo pair, the even-numbered channels on the right. The word length is 24 bits, at sample rates of 44.1, 48, 88.2, 2 High or 96 kHz. To use the digital inputs, the 960L can be synchronized to AES input 1-2 or to the TTL Wordclock 3 Low input. Note that all digital inputs must be synchronized to the same master clock for operation without artifacts
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2 The LARC2 Remote THE LARC2 ................................................................2-1 About the LARC2 ..................................................2-1 Unpacking The LARC2 ..........................................2-1 LARC2 CONTROL SURFACE ....................................2-2 GETTING WHAT YOU WANT ......................................2-3 LARC2 CONNECTIONS..............................................2-3 Control Port............................................................2-
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960L Owner’s Maunal The LARC2 Remote The LARC2 Remote About the LARC2 Unpacking the LARC The 960L system is shipped in two cartons, one The 960L is controlled from the LARC2. While the containing the 960L Mainframe, the other containing LARC2 is a completely new remote, its operation will the LARC2 dedicated controller. After unpacking, save seem familiar to users of the LARC remote used with all packing materials in case you ever need to ship the the Lexicon 224XL and 480L. Like the original LA
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960L Owner’s Manual The LARC2 Remote LARC2 Control Surface Signal present, -6dB and overload indicators Color LCD Display Soft buttons Navigation arrows Numeric keypad Joystick Mode keys Increment/ decrement buttons (+/- key) Mute Machine Joystick key Mute All Fine adjust key “Lexicon” key (compare) Touch-sensitive motorized faders Figure 2-2 — The LARC2 Control Surface 2-2
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960L Owner’s Maunal The LARC2 Remote Getting What You Want LARC2 Connections In general, the LARC2’s faders and joystick are used to Host Port control audio parameters of your choice, while all other This port connects LARC2 to the 960L Mainframe. For buttons select operations and parameters. That means distances of 100 feet or less, use Lexicon No. 022- you have several fast ways to operate the 960L. 14400 50-foot cables. One 50-foot cable is supplied with LARC2. For longer distances (up to 1
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960L Owner’s Manual The LARC2 Remote Navigating Typical Display Screens The use and navigation of the display will be illustrated Parameters in the rows not highlighted are not assigned with the screen shown in Figure 2-4, from Algorithm to the faders and are set to the values shown. Edit Mode. Bring up this screen by pressing the EDIT Touching any fader will select the parameter controlled and then ALGORITHM buttons. Note that the by that fader. At that point, the selected parameter and param
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960L Owner’s Maunal The LARC2 Remote Navigating Typical Display Screens, Continued The Joystick Status Display is also present in all Shortcut: Any numbered item available in the screens. In Figure 2-4, it gives the joystick position and current mode, visible or not, can be brought up by the resulting Shape and Spread values. The entering its number with the Numeric Keypad on the parameters currently assigned to the joystick and their LARC2 control surface. settings are listed in two boxes to th
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The LARC2 Remote Lexicon, Inc. Audio Indicators Fine Adjust A simple meter bridge above the display holds three It is difficult to set parameters with large value ranges to LEDs per channel. The lowest LED indicates that a precise values with the faders. For example, the fader signal is present, defined as a level of –60 dBFS or range for some delays must allow for the fact that more. When levels exceed –6 dBFS, the middle LED delays of 1,000 milliseconds are not uncommon, yet the lights as a wa
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3 Basic Operation AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROLS ........................3-1 A QUICK GUIDE TO OPERATION..............................3-2 (1) Setup (Control Mode) ......................................3-2 (2) Machine Selection ............................................3-5 (3) Program Loading ..............................................3-5 (4) Editing a Program or Register..........................3-6 (5) Storing Your Edits ............................................3-6
