Lexicon LXP Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle AU VST RTAS MAC OSX IN
For over 40 years Lexicon has been recognized as the gold standard of digital reverb and effects processing and has continuously introduced leading edge technology for the audio industry. Lexicon has again rocked the audio industry with a complete collection of the finest reverb plug-ins available. The PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle is the ultimate reverb plug-in for creating professional, inspirational mixes within popular DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic, and any other VST, Audio Unit, or RTAS compatible platform.
Lexicon LXP Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle AU VST RTAS MAC OSX IN
The wealth of algorithms and presets will enable you to envelop your vocals and instruments with the musical ambiance of panoramically wonderful spaces. The PCM Native Reverb Bundle is a complete collection of the finest reverbs, now with all the flexibility of a multi-platform native software plug-in.
Included Plug-insThe PCM Total Bundle includes the 7 unique reverb plug-ins from the award-winning PCM Native Reverb Plug-in Bundle and 7 unique effects plug-ins from the recently-released PCM Native Effects Plug-in Bundle. For more information about these plug-ins, click on the images below.
The Lexicon LXP Native bundle is not a plug-in version of their hardware LXP-1 digital reverb from years ago--it's WAY more. It has the great sounds of the four most popular reverbs Lexicon is known for: Chamber, Hall, Plate, and Room. With over 200 factory preset sounds ready to go, it's iLok authorized, comes as VST, AU and RTAS and runs under Windows XP, Vista, and 7 and MAC OS 10.4 or above and on Power PCs or MacTel computers.
I installed it into my Pro Tools HD rig here at my Tones 4 $ Studios and found all four plug-ins perfect for all the reverb needs I could ever have. Suffice it to say if you wanted to buy just one great reverb plug, this should be it.
Each of the reverb plug-ins arrange all presets into three categories, small, medium or large--with the exception of the Hall reverb with its Small Spaces, Small Halls, Medium Halls, Large Halls and hyperbolic Huge Halls categories.
Next in my mix came the drum kit and it already had a short ambience via a stereo-recorded room mic pair so I found a plate preset in the Plate reverb plug-in called Blue Plate. I lengthen the RT (mid-range frequency reverb decay time) to 1.4 sec and added small amounts of left and right Reflection Delays of 160ms and 162ms with no feedback. This delay adds the sound of a subtle slapback off an (imaginary wall) in a room and colors the bright Plate reverberation. The drums took on a more unique stage sound--live and a little splashier in the high frequencies.
Normally I set up reverbs and delays on Aux sends and returns but I found LXP to work well as an inserted effect too. Inserted reverb on a track adds the most when it is placed before (pre) other processing I'd probably do anyway. Each plug-in will run in mono, stereo or mono in/stereo out so LXP makes a good way to turn mono recordings into stereo spreads.
The LXP's ambient treatment was blended with the original sound of the drum kit and EQ'd or compressed making it a more cohesive whole sound to my ears. I liked that the Wet/Dry control stays put when toggling through different categories and presets plus the 3-D multi-dimensional real-time display (a smaller version of the one in the high-end Lexicon PCM Native Reverb bundle) shows three different views of everything that is going on with the reverberation--even sonic components I can't hear! You can see the effects of changing the more arcane reverb parameters such as RT HiCut, BassRT or Shape and Spread.
the best reverb ever has been Wizooverb W2, by far, but because of that, M-audio bought it and made it secretly the new pro tools native reverb, shhh dont tell anyone.So if you turn to have it forget about looking somewhere else, use it and listen.