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Originally Posted by Finkelstein  the problem with this demo is i can't put it in 'real' work because i will have no recall after the demo runs out.. but real work is how i would be able to evaluate it |
Then put it in 'fake' work. Seriously.
When we got the demo, we remixed several tracks which had originally used 4 stereo patches from a 960L. One test was to match them as closely as possible, another test was to improve upon them. It was much harder to match than to improve. In fact, the matching sessions take a couple days - we have 8 or 10 particular presets that we HAD to have available to us if the 960 was going out the door.
But then we started a session from scratch with the sole purpose of testing the plugin thoroughly. Snares, toms, kicks, guitars, male and female vocals, pizz and legato strings, etc. We imported a sh!tload of things from other sessions and laid them out along the time line then went to town. This was the best test we could manage and I think it revealed what the plugin had to offer.
It's also important not to simply run through the presets. Get off that beaten path and explore new things. It's very flexible and tweaking is quick and easy. Reading the manual to understand what each term refers to is also helpful, although most of them carry over from past Lex products or reverb in general.