Re: LEXICON pcm 81 gear lust

["Italo De Angelis" <italoop@libero.it>]

I still own the old PCM80 for two particular features I like:
-the sound of its resonators
-the expanded delay time for looping; adding 2 SIMMS modules, I got 6 dly 
lines w/43 seconds each (not possible on Pcm81).

what I hate in the PCM80:
-those cheap PLASTIC 1/4" jack connectors
-the fact that Lexicon cheated by putting out 4 versions of the same unit:
original Pcm80 w/1/42 jacks plugs and S/Pdif
2nd version w/XLR plugs
3rd version called PCM81 w/AES
4th version called Pcm81 w/24 bit converters

3rd and 4th versions also incorporate some of the algorithms and presets 
that previously were available by purchasing cards only.

I think Lexicon should have marketed the Pcm80 (and 90) better than they 
did, offering those algorithms and expansions already in the units, for a 
smaller fraction of money of what they charged for the cards.


Greetings
Italo


The Dual FX sound card for the 80/81 has the "Aerosol" vortex patch. I 
think 
the MXP 1 & g2 models have a few more. I just used the pcm80 live for the 
first time last week. I did my first solo stick/loop gig & I so took out 
the 
EDP, Digitech Echo+  & the 80  & had a fun time...
cheers
LOU



>From: Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: LEXICON pcm 81 gear lust
>Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:31:03 -0800
>
>At 12:17 PM -0500 1/6/03, dcoffin@taunton.com wrote:
>>  These are deep boxes, certainly, but I sold a PCM80 I'd lusted after 
>for
>>years after about 2 months, because I was so underwhelmed by it as a
>>mangler/complexifier. I did NOT discover it to be an FX playground....but
>>then, I have kind of a modular predisposition when it comes to fx design,
>>and the 80/81s are decidedly not multifx. Maybe I bailed too soon, and
>>you'll have better luck/more persistence....
>
>I was similarly unimpressed when I first fired up my PCM80, but one night 
>I 
>was showing it to a friend and after he left I kept playing with it for 
>hou
ain quality of sound and consistency 
>of user interface that is elegant and "musical." Still, when it comes to 
>performance mangling I prefer Eventides and normally use three of them. 
>The 
>Lexicons sit in studio rack and never hit the road.
>--
>
>______________________________________________________________
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Italo De Angelis
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