Lexicon 960L owner manual Introduction, Title of Section

960L Owner’s Maunal Introduction

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Introduction

The Model 960L is a multi-channel reverb processor for audio professionals. It brings to surround all the virtues and facilities of the Model 480L— and then some. Like the 480L, it is a multiple-machine system — hardware and software expandable. The 960L’s DSP card can support up to four stereo reverbs or two multi-channel surround reverbs at 48 Hz, or two stereo reverbs at 96 kHz. The 960L provides eight balanced inputs and outputs, eight channels of AES/EBU digital input and output, external word clock in/out, and MIDI In/Out/Thru.

The 960L is controlled by a new, dedicated remote, the LARC2. Its user interface is fashioned after the original LARC controller, so 480L users can get up to speed quickly, but it was also designed for fast, intuitive operation by those who have never used the 480L. Extensive visual feedback and a wide variety of input

devices (hard and soft buttons, motorized faders, and a joystick) provide access to everything you need to control.

The 960L and LARC2 were designed for maximum flexibility and control. The 960L’s reverberation algorithms, based on Lexicon’s 3DPM™ (for 3- Dimensional Perceptual Modeling) technology, embody the accumulated knowledge of more than 20 years of research and study into how humans perceive spaces.

With the 960L, engineers working in surround can create convincing 5.1-channel spaces — even spaces that sound better than real ones — from a reverb designed for the purpose, rather than an unconvincing assemblage of multiple stereo and mono reverbs. The 3DPM™ algorithms Lexicon developed for the 960L take the principles of physics and psycho-acoustics into account.