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Old 13th March 2013   #1
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Lexicon PCM60 for piano/brass/strings?

I am putting together a bread-n-butter keyboard rig for club gigs, the final piece being the piano/brass/strings source.

I am using the Kurzweil 1000PX for the bread-n-butter sounds, but it has no on-board DSP reverb. Having been spoiled with Eventide 2016s and Lexicon model 200 in my studio, I am looking for economical compact equivalents to these reverbs to gig with. I want a good short room reverb to provide ambience for the piano, and plate reverb for brass/strings. MIDI and digital IO are not a concern, and I don't need multiFX just plain reverb.

The Lexicon PCM60 appears to be what I am looking for. I have read that it is a derivative of the Model 200 which is very appealing. I've heard some promising PCM60 sound samples on YT with vocals and synth, but nothing with piano/brass/strings.

What I plan to do is assign the L/R outputs of the 1000PX into separate outputs - one being mono piano and the other being mono brass/strings, and send each to independent PCM60s one set for room the other for plate.

The question for PCM60 users - do the room and plate reverbs work well for piano and brass/strings? Does the PCM60 create a stereo reverb output image from the mono input? I am aware of the current new reverbs, but I am pretty set on the classic Lexicon sound.
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A PCM60 is one of those pieces of gear that if you love its particular sound, its your friend forever. I would think it will be just what you are looking for as it has that traditional Lex lushness. I find they are a little too noisy for the demands of recording today, but then again what you are using it for might have something to say about that as well.

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I think the PCM60 is great. I think for you keyboard rig it might be prefect in that the setting are quite quickly perfectly recallable.
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Got the PCM-60s last week, they do indeed deliver. One of them has the inverse room upgrade. Thanks all!
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