Lexicon Reverb Outboard unit

[Bay Studio]

Hey guys

I just found this piece of gear at my Studio, cleaning out a couple of racks i have full of studio equip....And i stumbled over this fella.

Picture: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j240swnbfy97285/Lexicon reverb.jpg

Has anyone had experience with this unit before? Cause i´m starting to really appreciate them, since i´m doing alot with outboard lately instead of plugins.

Thanks guys!

 

[Arsonstudios]

could be a lexicon reflex but i'm not sure... kinda hard to see on the pic

 

[Bay Studio]

Yeah, gotta admit the pic is a bit dark (shot with my macbook, and my studio is in a big cellar/old wine cellar construction). I just checked it more in detail... On the back it says "Lexicon Alex". Never fucking heard of it haha. Tried it out, sounds so nice! Especially the plate reverbs on snare.

 

[~BURNY~]

They were cheap entry level reverb from the 90's. Never used it but it was generally considered shit units in the same category as the Alesis Midiverb/Quadraverb...
Just try it and see for yourself. Crappy reverbs can be useful sometimes. I'm not kidding.

 

[Bay Studio]

They were cheap entry level reverb from the 90's. Never used it but it was generally considered shit units in the same category as the Alesis Midiverb/Quadraverb...
Just try it and see for yourself. Crappy reverbs can be useful sometimes. I'm not kidding.

You´re definitely not kidding, because it actually DOES sound way cool!

 

[mickrich]

I used to have an Alex.
Lexicon's attempt to get into the Alesis market in the 90s.
Gave mine to a band to use on live keyboards.
It was noisy and grainy and basically not very good.
Might be useful for some lo-fi verbs but any plugin will sound better.

 

[Bay Studio]

I used to have an Alex.
Lexicon's attempt to get into the Alesis market in the 90s.
Gave mine to a band to use on live keyboards.
It was noisy and grainy and basically not very good.
Might be useful for some lo-fi verbs but any plugin will sound better.

Noisy, hm..maybe it was that unit you had. Tried mine out yesterday on 2 things: A snare hit with reverb splash, and a reverse snare effect later on. Only went with the reverse snare, because it just sounded better. So yeah, basically it´s cool for stuff like that (FX etc), but like mickrich said, any plugin could do better. True. But it´s fun using outboard.