Strymon Lex User Manual

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USER MANUAL

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Lex - rotary User Manual

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FAST ROTOR SPEED: Controlsthe speed of the rotors in FASTspeed.

MIC DISTANCE: Varies thedistance of the stereo mics fromthe horn rotor and the singlemic on the woofer rotor. Turntowards minimum for a morepronounced, aggressive hornsound with mics up close. Turntowards maximum for moreambience. The effect will bemost audible with the horn rotor.

PREAMP DRIVE: Controls thedrive of the rotary cabinet’stube preamp and phase inverterstages. Turn up for a moreoverdriven cab sound.

HORN LEVEL: Controls the outputlevel of the highfrequency hornrotor.

SLOW / FAST FOOTSWITCH: Changes the motor speed from fast toslow. HOLD for brake .

BYPASS FOOTSWITCH: Engages and disengages effect. Bypass mode istrue bypass . LED on indicates that the effect isengaged.

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

BYPASSSLOW/FAST

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MIC DISTANCE

HORN LEVEL

Front Panel




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PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

BYPASSSLOW/FAST

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MIC DISTANCE

HORN LEVEL

Secondary Functions

Hold down SLOW/FAST and BYPASS to access all secondary functions onthe knobs.

( ACCELERATION )

ACCELERATION: Controlshow quickly the rotorstransition from Fast to Slowand from Slow to Fast speed.The rotors will accelerateindependently. The lowfrequency rotor acceleratesmore slowly just like an actualrotating speaker system.

CAB DIRECTION: Changes theposition of the cabinet relative tothe microphones. In the FRONTorientation (counterclockwise)the sound travels through theslats in the wood cabinet. In theREAR orientation (clockwise),the the cabinet is open for adifferent sound. The defaultposition is REAR.

SLOW ROTORSPEED: Controlsthe speed of therotors in SLOWspeed.

LEVEL: Controlsthe +/- 6dB boostor cut when thepedal is engaged(12:00 on the

PREAMP DRIVEknob is unity gain)( SLOW ROTORSPEED )

( CAB DIRECTION )

( LEVEL )

REARFRONT




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EXPINPUT 9VDC+ -

RIGHT OUTLEFT OUT

FAVORITE

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TRS

OR

High impedancemono input.

Stereo outputs. Use LEFTOUT for mono signal output.If using in BI-AMP mode, theLeft out is the woofer andthe Right out is the horn.

Connect a standard TRS expressionpedal for continuous control overany selectable knob parameter. Toselect the knob controlled by theexpression pedal, hold the SLOW/FAST footswitch during power up.The rst knob turned is then thenassigned to the expression pedal.The maximum position the knob isturned up to becomes the expressionpedal “toe down” maximum value.Moving the pedal to the “heeldown” position activates the rotorbrake when the expression pedal isassigned to control speed.

Rear Panel

Standard 9V DC centernegative power input.250 mA availablecurrent required.

Connect a Favorite Switch to saveyour favorite setting or to toggle slow/fast speeds remotely. To use a Favorite

switch, see page 5 for a detailedexplanation of set up.




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Power up settings

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

BYPASSSLOW/FAST

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MIC DISTANCE

HORN LEVEL

HOLD BOTH AT POWER UP

STEREO BI-AMP

BI-AMP: While holding bothfootswitches at power up, turnPREAMP DRIVE fully clockwisefor Bi-Amp ON. When in BIAMPmode, the Left output is thewoofer signal and the Rightoutput is the horn signal. ForBi-Amp OFF (stereo mode),turn PREAMP DRIVE fullycounterclockwise.

GUITAR AMP FULL RANGE SPEAKER

EXPPEDAL

FAVSWITCH

CAB FILTER: Tailors the cabinetlter for best use either in frontof a guitar amplier or a fullrange speaker system. Whileholding both footswitches atpower up, turn MIC DISTANCEfully counterclockwise for usewith a GUITAR AMP. TurnMICDISTANCE fully clockwise foruse with a FULL RANGE speakersystem, e.g. studio monitors.Full range mode is also usefulfor direct recording.

EXP INPUT ASSIGN: Assignsthe EXP pedal input jack touse an expression pedal or aFavorite switch. While holdingboth footswitches at power up,turn FAST ROTOR SPEED fullycounterclockwise for use with anexpression pedal. Turn knob fullyclockwise for use with a FavoriteSwitch to save a favorite setting.Turn knob to the middle positionto use a Favorite switch to togglebetween FAST and SLOW rotorspeeds.

EXTERNALSPEED SWITCH

When a knob isadjusted, LEDs willlight up to indicatewhich selection hasbeen made for eachstart up setting. Fora counterclockwisesetting the SLOW/FAST LED will light.For a clockwisesetting the BYPASSLED will light. Fora mid knob settingboth LEDs will light.




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Factory settings

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE

HORN LEVEL(ACCELERATION)

(LEVEL)(SLOW ROTORSPEED)

(CAB DIRECTION)

Secondary functions: Cab direction set to REAR. All other secondary functions set to 50%EXP input jack: Assigned to use an expression pedal and vary the SPEED from BRAKE to FASTBI-AMP MODE: OFFEXP INPUT ASSIGN: Assigned to use an expression pedalCAB FILTER: Assigned to GUITAR AMP mode




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Sample Settings

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

PREAMPDRIVE

FAST ROTORSPEED

MIC DISTANCE



(CAB DIRECTION)

Mellowed Out Rotary Brake

Fat Harmonics Classic Ballad

Maximum Drive Swirly Horn

Distant Miking Slow Overdrive




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Specications

Input Impedance 1Meg OhmOutput Impedance 100 OhmSignal to Noise 110 dBA/D & D/A 24-bit 96kHzFrequency Response 20Hz to 20kHzMax Input Level +8dBu

DSP performance 1596 MegaFLOPSBypass Switching True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)Dimensions 4.5” deep x 4” wide x 1.75” tall

Power Supply

Input Voltage 9VDC Center NegativeRequired Current 250mA

Features

• Hand crafted rotary algorithms for meticulous and nuanced recreations of rotary speaker systems• Ultra Low Noise, high performance A/D and D/A Converters• Premium analog front end and output section

• High Performance DSP• Selectable cabinet orientation (front or rear facing)• Fast and slow rotary speeds with independent horn and drum acceleration times• Bi-amp output capability• Stereo Output• Expression pedal input with selectable control over any knob parameter• Compatible with Favorite switch to save your favorite sound• Remote switching of SLOW / FAST speeds with Favorite switch• +/- 6dB level control• SLOW / FAST footswitch with BRAKE feature• Rugged & Lightweight Anodized Aluminum Chassis• No-Nonsense User Interface

• True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)



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