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Originally posted by threm
Thrill,
Are there any budget ways into the halls of Lexicon?
PCM 70's with latest software can be found around $450 - $500. Massenburg has used the 70 quite a bit on vox, if i remember right.
How does it compare to the PCM 91. Or the big ones?
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The PCM 70 sound is one of the most recognizable reverb sound of 80's music.
What i learned from working with it for so long is that in order to get the best sound, you need a pair, each running in mono.
You pan each mono return where you want it and you get a humongous and lush sound.
When running it on its own in pseudo stereo mode(it has 1 in and 2 outs) its reverbs tended to eat up the mix too fast.
Then it becomes too much reverb and we are back to the big hair days with the skinny ties.
What Lexicon is cheap enough and gives you a good chance for the Lex Hall?
Well i've never been a big fan of the PCM-91.
What i liked the best in it are the tap delays mixed with reverbs.
I think on a budget, i would look for a used PCM-80 with the cards.
Its different than the 91.
The 91 has the dual reverb engine which tends to make the reverbs more discrete, but a little less Lexicon sounding.
The 80 has one reverb engine, but it also has an engine dedicated to modulation and its that combination that actually gives the Lexicon Hall alot of its sound.