Lexicon 960L owner manual Size, Slope, Spin, Spread, Steering, Wander

Using The Reverb ProgramLexicon, Inc.

Parameters Used in the 960L Algorithms, Continued

Size	Size is a scale factor that alters the length of most of the reverb’s delay elements. This control is
	calibrated in units that approximate the longest dimension of the reverberant "space" in meters.
	In practice, perception of room size is also strongly determined by Shape. Size strongly affects
	the overall timbre of the reverberation. Values less than 25 have a noticeable "small room"
	coloration. For the most neutral sound with the programs that have Shape and Spread controls,
	set Size to about 30M, and the adjust the apparent size with Shape and Spread.
Slope	Slope (Reverse algorithm only) multiplies low-frequency energy and is similar in its effect to Bass
	Multiply.
Spin	Spin and Wander introduce small random variations within the reverberation, continuously
	altering the reverb timbre to create a more natural sound. Spin controls the relative rate of
	motion and the speed with which changes occur, expressed in arbitrary units. Wander controls
	the amount of change. At extreme settings, these parameters can introduce slight wobbles that
	are audible in critical material such as classical guitar or piano.
Spread	Spread works with Shape to control the profile of initial reverberant-energy growth. Shape sets
	the contour of the energy growth and Spread stretches or compresses this contour in time to
	make reflections closer together or further apart. With complex material, it may be advisable to
	use a moderately high value for shape and a moderately low one for spread to create a bit of
	space around the original signal. Large values of Spread and Shape can create "inverse" effects
	(see note under Reverse algorithm). See also Contour.
Steering	Steering (Stereo algorithms only) controls a matrix encoder that affects only the reverberant
	tails. This provides a reverberation that will decode into surround without strong early
	components that might trigger phase correction devices. Steering is not continuously variable,
	but offers the following choices:

•Mono -- Mono sum tail.

•Narrow -- between mono and stereo.

•Stereo

•Wide -- Expanded Stereo.

•Lex -- LexiconLogic™ , a matrix that includes separate left and right surround signals when used with a Lexicon Logic decoder, but is also compatible other commercial matrix codings and with stereo and mono.

•Matrix -- 4-2-4 encoding.

Wander	Wander and Spin introduce small random variations within the reverberation, continuously
	altering the reverb timbre to create a more natural sound. Spin controls the relative rate of
	motion and the speed with which changes occur, expressed in arbitrary units. Wander controls
	the amount of change. At extreme settings, these parameters can introduce slight pitch wobbles
	that are audible in critical material such as classical guitar or piano.

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