Lexicon PCM90 Presets Rev0

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PCM 90 Presets

250 PCM 90 presets are organized in 5 Banks (P07P4) of 50 presets/Bank (numbered 0.0 -4.9). Press Program Banks repeatedly to cycle through the Banks.
Turn SELECT to scroll through all ofthe presets. Press Load/>1: to load any displayed preset. Press Program Banks once beyond the last bankto display selected
presets sorted by KeyWord. (To son by a different KeyWord, press Control, then turn SELECT to display 1.8. Turn ADJUST to select a new KeyWord.) Each
preset has one or more parameters patched to the front panel ADJUST knob to give you instant access to some of the most interesting aspects of the effect. In
addition, many presets can be synchronized to tempo. To setthe tempo, press the front panel Tap button twice in time with the beat. (Tempo can also be dialed
in as a parameter value, or it can be determined by MIDI Clock.) Be sure to try these effects synchronized with MIDI sequence and drum patterns. Press Edit
to access the most Usetul parameters for each effect as well as any Custom Controls.Full descriptions of each preset are available in the PCM 90 User Guide.

Program Bank P0: Halls

0.0 Deep Blue ADJUST: Decay
An allapurpose hall with moderate size and delay time.

0.1 Large Hall ADJUST: Decay
A large hallwith a gentle ploom in the reverberation envelope.

0.2 Medium Hall ADJUST: Decay
A natural sounding medlum~size hall, with moderate decay.

0.3 Small Hall ADJUST: Predelay
A natural sounding small hall with bright initial revero that
decays ouickly.

Presets 0.4-0.6 are similar to 0.1-0.3, with added reflections
lrom a stage.

0.4 L Hall+Stage
0.5 M Hallo-Stage
0.6 S Ham-Stage

ADJUST: Stage Size
ADJUST: Stage Size
ADJUST: Stage Size

0.7 Gothic Hall ADJUST: Decay
A large, spacious and riltered, mediumapright hall made ol
stone. Smaller room sizes add density to the sound.

0.8 Concert Hall ADJUST: Decay
A |arge,smootn, dark and lush hall. Very dense with retlectlons
added to reinforce the sound. Classic Lexicon!

0.9 Small Church ADJUST: Decay
A small hall with no retlections and short decay time.

Vocal

1.0 cnoir Hall ADJUST: Decay
A mediumrsized space With lots or retlections. Fairly dark
timpre and a bit ot predelay make it more suitaole tor a group
ot voices than lor solos.

1.1 Vocal Hall ADJUST: Liveness

A medium-sized hall with short, clear reverbdecaythatdcesnt
get lntheway cfthe source,Greattorvocalsorany instrument
with very derined pitch, such as piano.

1.2 Vocal Hall2 ADJUST: Liveness
Alairly large hall with a generous revert: decay, Atlat high cut
keeps the tail lrorn muddying the source.

1.3 VocalConcert ADJUST: Sealing
An enormous, slightly retlective room, ADJUSTsets yourdlsa
tance from the stage.

1.4 Rise'n Hall ADJUST: Decay
A strange hall with a long early rellection rise and a shon
decay, creating an echo verb eitect ror leads.

1.5 Good OI'Verb ADJUST: Attitude
Aqulcksolutionwhenyourelookingiorawellroundedreverb.

1.6 Deep Verb ADJUST: Decay
A large, washy, chorused space.

1.7 Vocal Magic ADJUST: Decay
A lovely revero with short decay 7 a pertect vocal revero.

1.8 Wide Vex ADJUST: Width Arc
Close delays double the source. ADJUST widens the signal.

1.9 Slap Hall ADJUST: Decay

Provides a dense revert: With a solt initial double tap or the
source, herore darkening and decaying.

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2.0 lee Arena ADJUST: Seating
A very large hall with moderate revert: decay time tor non:
percussive sources.

2.1 Real Hall ADJUST: Decay
Asmall,relativelyhrightsounding halllorall program material.

2.2 Great Hall ADJUST: Decay
A great hall reverp that works well with all program material.

2.3 Brick Wallz ADJUST: Decay
A wide and abrupt sounding, gated ettect.

2.4 Cannon Gate ADJUST: Decay
A mediumsslzed room with sharp, medium long decay. Great
on percussive and lead sounds.

2.5 Spatial Hall ADJUST: Decay
A strange hall With an LFO controlling spatial E0. The revert:
tail moves in and out or the stereo tield.

2.6 Nonlin thse ADJUST: Decay Level
A large nonlinear revert: that sounds like a gated warehouse.

2.7 Sizzle Hall ADJUST: Decay
A bright, close hall With medium short decay and a very live
revert: quality.

2.3 Bright Hall ADJUST: Tail Brightness
A light revert: with a great deal ol high end activity. Designed
to provide a lush, oright revert: to cut through the darkness in
live settings.

2.9 U Hall ADJUST: Decay
A large hall with very little high ireouency content. Adds
spaciousness to all sounds Without getting in the way.

3.0 Home Hall ADJUST: Timbre
A very large space, ideal lor horns.

3.1 Snare Gate ADJUST: Release a Threshold
A tight, gated hall revert: lor snares and percussive instrur
ments.Roomyanddensewhenopen,slammingshutabruptly.

3.2 Guitar Cave ADJUST: Decay
Long predelay with recirculating echoes. The main delay taps
give it a lotol lelt and right t:ouncing activity. Great solo preset.

3.3 Drum Cave ADJUST: Decay
A medium sized cave with short decay time.

3.4 Saxy Hangar ADJUST: Out Width
An airplane hangar designed tor a spacious sax solo.

3.5 Gated Hall ADJUST: Room Size
If ltwere possibleto have a gated hall, ltwould sound like this.

3.6 For The Toms ADJUST: Room Type
A large, dense room revero ror toms and other percussives.

3.7 Synth Hall ADJUST: Decay
Achorused hallwlth longdecaytimetorallsynthtypepads and
washes. Also good on strings.

3.3 ShortReverse ADJUST: Shape
A short reverse reverb With a quick ouild up and shon decay.
Good for leads and percussives.

3.9 GtrBalladBPM ADJUST: High Cut
A medium~sized room that t:lends a 2second reverb decay
with tempoacontrolled delay tap.

4.0 Tidal Hall ADJUST: LF01 Rate
A strange hall With an LFO controlling revert: high cut as well
as creating an in and out" kind ot washing action on the vert:

4.1 Dream Hall ADJUST: LF01 a LF02 Rates
A bright, crystalline hall With potent out subtle delay taps that
pan randomly trom left to right, then tade.

4.2 PumpVerb ADJUST: Decay
A strange, semigated revert: with pumping trom a compress
sor. Try this on drums and percussives.

4.3 PanHallBPM ADJUST: Tap Rate
An LFO patched to OutWidth creates a subtle sweeping
sensation.

4.4 Utility Verb ADJUST: OutWidth
A general, all purpose revero.

4.5 Museum Hall ADJUST: Reflective Material
A reverberant hall like a large room in a museum.

4.6 Nonlinear! ADJUST: Room Size
Adense, medium long, nonlineargated verb. Good torallsorts
ol program material, especially percussive sounds.

4.7 Tap BrickBPM ADJUST: Tap Rate

Avery rellectivesound, as itthe sourcewere poundingagainst
a brick wall. The LFO opens up the Mid RT and controls
OutWidtrl in temporcontrolled cycles.

4.3 Gen. Concert ADJUST: not patched
Ageneric concerthall. Usethisasastarting placeto make your
own concert hall effects,

4.9 Gen. RHall ADJUST: not patched
A generic hall with random retlections, Use this as a starting
place to make your own random hall ellects.

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0.0 Large Room ADJUST: Decay
A perfectly smooth listening room With high ditrusion. Very
natural sounding on any sound source.

0.1 Medium Room ADJUST: Decay
A smaller version of Large Room.

0.2 Small Room ADJUST: Decay
A tight, but smooth and natural sounding room.

0.3 Guitar Room ADJUST: High cut
Atight and punchy amoience eltect, compiningthesmallestoi
sizes and revert: times.

0.4 Organ Room ADJUST: Low Rt
A Chamber/Room etfect for organ and other keyboards.

0.5 Largechamber ADJUST: Decay
A smooth, large reverberant space using Shape and Spread
to add some detlnltlon,

0.6 SmallChamber ADJUST: Decay
Slmilarto Large Chamberwith tighter Mid Rt and smallerslze.

0.7 SpinningRoom ADJUST: Speed
A nice Amblence revert) with a circular sweep of Out Width.
Great as a special effect or lor adding movement to a mix.

0.3 Wide Chamber ADJUST: Decay
A big, wide space With a dark, somper ellect

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0.9 Tiled Room ADJUST: Rt HC

Just what youd expect e an incredibly sibiiant and bright
reverberant space.

Vocal

1.0 arite Vocal ADJUST: High cm
A bit of predeiay separates bright reverb from the source for
definition and clarity on vocals.

1.1 Vocal Space ADJUST: Size
A short Mid RT and small Size fan ideal space for vocals due
to the use oi Shape and Spread.

1.2 Vocal Amt: ADJUST: Ditiusion
Short and soft. A very realistic small room.

1.3 VerySmallAmb ADJUST: Width
Justllke VocalAmb, butsmallerandtighter. ADJUST provides
monosto -stereo OutWidth control.

1.4 SVocalSpace ADJUST: High Cut
A small, smooth space, wel|»suited lor vocals. A Decay Level
ot Veda keeps the reverb from becoming overpowering.

1.5 L VocalSpace ADJUST: High Cut
A bigger version ot S VocaiSpace.

1.6 S Vocal Amb ADJUST: Ditiusion
Custom t in the Sott row lets you choose the right studio for
your vocalist.

1.7 L Vocal Amt: ADJUST: Ditiuslon
A more spacious version ol S Vocal Amb. Set to Studio A

1.0 AmbienlSus ADJUST: Size
A bit of dry deiay makes this a sweet selection tor your vocal
tracks.The subtleties oi this preset also suit instruments,

1.9 Vocal Booth ADJUST: Walls/Size
The most confining of isolation booths,

2.0 LargeSpace ADJUST: Decay
Designed for live sound reinforcement in all situations.

2.1 Med. Space ADJUST: Decay
A small, intimate setting with smooth reverb and soft timbre.

2.2 Delay Space ADJUST: Decay
Attitude for live drums, guitar, or vocals with a less dominating
reverb, punchier sound, and lots ot delay.

2.3 BigBoom Room ADJUST: Blend
Saturated With bottomrheavy, dense reverb. Contigure the
input as stereo or mono,

2.4 Tight Space ADJUST: Prox ity
vibrancy and attitude with a gated feel to give live drums an
extra push.

2.5 Reflect Room ADJUST: Arena Size
Superrsaturated, atmospheric quality. Great tor creating a
dreamy landscape tor solo instrument or vocals.

2.6 fiockRoom ADJUST: Liveness
Extremely bright live drum sound with no FlT HC.

2.7 Real Room ADJUST: Size
A natural reverb for a live setting. Smooth and subtle on
anything you throw at it.

2.0 Spatial Bass ADJUST: ngh Cut
Spatial EQ bass boost enhances the lowertreouencies otyour
sound source and combines it with a bright reverb on top.

2.9 Great Room ADJUST: Liveness
The warm smooth reverb of Real Floom with more decay time
and an overall warmer timbre.

3.0 Drum Room ADJUST: Size
A dark preset with dense, saturated reverb for the whole drum
kit.

3.1 Snare Trash ADJUST: Rt HC
Large room size, short Mid Flt, and Spatial EO bass boost all
play a significant role in this snare reverb.

3.2 MetallicRoom ADJUST: Decay Lv|
A resonant drum preset With very small Size and Mid Rt
settings. Best on individual drums rather than the whole kit.

3.3 Slap Place ADJUST: Pre Delay
A dark and wet reverb. Medium room slze and long reverb tail
make this a good choice for a big drum sound.

3.4 FercussPlace ADJUST: Decay Lvl

Congas, bongos, bells and whistles are all at home with this
preset. A lull and resonant reverb accentuates the transients
as well as the pitch material in percussive instruments.

3.5 PercussRoom ADJUST: Decay Lv|
Similar to PercussPlace with slightly smaller Mid Fit and Size
settings for a more intimate eliect.

3.6 Room 4 Drums ADJUST: Decay Lvl
All you could ever want tor drums 7 punch, attitude, and a
tight, beety reverb, Crank it upl

3.7 Sloppy Place ADJUST: Sloppiness
An unnatural room reverb that will enhance any drum track.

3.0 WideSlapDrum ADJUST: Spatial Enhance
Aspecialdrum ettectWithADJUSTtakingyoulromnarrow and
dry to wide and slap happy.

3.9 lnverseDrums ADJUST: Spread

A backwards effect. Great as a special ellect for one drum, or
the whole kit. ADJUST lets you smooth out ortighten up the
time it takes to get that perfect backwards sound.

4.0 PCM 60 Room ADJUST: Reverb Time

Letthis presettake you backto the good old dayswhen life and
reverbs were simple. Four Custom Controls in the Soft row let
you control Size, exercise a wondertul feeling ol power with
Bass/Treble Contour control, create backwards elfects arid
adjustable echoes.

4.t lnverseRoomZ ADJUST: Width
Lots of options via ADJUST and Custom Controls to create a
great backwards etiect,

4.2 BeeBeeSlapz ADJUST: Feedback
Perfect tor creating dreamy soundscapes and atmospheric
moods dripping with reverb.

4.3 Storeroom ADJUST: Amount oi Boxes
Use ADJUSTtodecide how empty orlull this storeroom is. Soft
row parameters let you customize the space.

4.4 Split Rooms ADJUST: Reverb Balance
A Chamber/Room where a small room and a big, bright
chamber are patched with the AR Envelope to Mono lnLvl.

4.5 Spatial Room ADJUST: Spatial Movement
Similar to Spinningi=toom with ditterent parameters and more
Custom Controls.

4.6 Hole Room
A dense concert hall.

ADJUST: Decay

4.7 Storage Tank ADJUST: Fullness/Size
A storage tank with a metallic sound and bright resonance.

4.8 StrangePlace ADJUST: Chorus
A superstight concen hall with lots of spatial enhancement.

4.9 Gert. Ambi ADJUST: None
A generic ambience ettect. Use this as a starting piaceto make
your own ambience ettects.

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0.0 Just Plate

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A basic plate tor any kind of sound source.

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0.1 Rich Plate ADJUST: Decay
An old standard, bright and diffuse,

0.2 Gold Plate: ADJUST: Size at Decay
A classic plate with long decay and medium high end re
sponse.

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0.3 Plate4Brass ADJUST: Rt HC
A good plate tor brass sounds.

0.4 Rock Plate ADJUST: Out Width
A big boomy dark piate With a moderate reverb taii tor high
frequency sound sources where you do not want to add more
high end.

0.5 Eko Plate ADJUST: Mslr Delay
A sweet combination ot recirculating preechoes and bright
sounding reverb tor guitar and keys.

0.6 A.Gtr Plate ADJUST: Dly Lvls
A really smooth plate with a slow reverb buiid tor acoustic
guitar.

0.1 SynthLdBPM ADJUST: Delay Lvl
AmediumbrightpiatewithtempodelaysoptimizedtoruseWith
synth patches.

0.0 Floyd Wash ADJUST: In Width:0utwtdth
A big plate reverb with long predeiay and repeating echo
delays to add a spacey wash to slow program material, Great
for guitar and synth sounds.

0.9 GtrPlateBPM ADJUST: Dry Dly
A moderate size dark plate reverb optimized tor guitar with
tempodriven delays to tatten up the sound.

1.0 Vocal Plate ADJUST: Decay
A short plate with low diffusion, Great for a solo vocal track.

1.1 Vocal Platez ADJUST: Liveness
A large plate With a moderate decay time for backing vocals.

1.2 SmVoxPlate ADJUST: Decay
A small bright plate for vocals.

1.3 VoclEkoPlate ADJUST: PreDelay
Aiargedark platewith justtherightamountofdelayto enhance
vocal tracks,

1.4 Choir Plate ADJUST: Choir Size 0. Type
A large silky plate with a long decay time tor background
vocals.

1.5 Multi Vox ADJUST: Size st Decay
A small short plate. Designed tor gang vocals.

1.6 Bright Vox ADJUST: Darkknob
A large bright plate with a long decay time torvarious vocals.

1.7 VoclEcho BPM ADJUST: Dry Signal Pan
A silky smooth piate With moderate decay time and recirculata
ing delays. Great tor ali vocals.

1.8 VocalTapBPM ADJUST: Reverb Level
Similar to VocalEchoBPM with different delay taps.

1.9 VocalTapBPM2 ADJUST: Size
Similar to VocalEcho BPM with a more linear straight BPM

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2.0 lee Plate ADJUST: Decay

Acrispclean basic plate with mediumdecaytime and low bass
response optimized for live PA applications.

2.1 Clean Plate ADJUST: Diflusion
A clean plate with ADJUST control ol diffusion.

2.2 Live Gate ADJUST: Gate or inverse
Change from a tight gate or crisp inverse sounds on the fly.

2.3 Bright Plate ADJUST: Liveness
Asmall bright platewithshortdecaytime.Greatlorenhancing
an instrument Without overpowering it.

2.4 Hot Plate ADJUST: Plate Temperature
A medium sizzling plate optimized torlive sound mixing. good
for all material.

2.5 Ever Plate ADJUST: Decay
Mono Level is patched to Attack and Spread in this ever
changing plate.