RE: LEXICON pcm 81 gear lust

["Paul Weissman" <paul-mailinglists@nioterra.com>]

i must be crazy... i have both the pcm80 and pcm91 and i think i like the
pcm80 better for everything, except really clean verbs... but i don't
usually use those kinds of verbs.

something about the older converters just sounds great to me.  great bread
and butter unit for me.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Italo De Angelis [mailto:italoop@libero.it]
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:42 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight
> Subject: Re: LEXICON pcm 81 gear lust
>
>
> 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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