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Lexicon 480L Owner's Manual
Glossary
• Mainframe Mainframe refers to a functional 480L
operating with one or more machines.
• Machine Each 480L HSP board is addressed in the
mainframe as an independent machine, or signal processing
engine. In addition, the 480L can recognize the
Lexicon 224XL and address it as another machine.
• Algorithm The 480L contains several algorithms.
An algorithm is a set of instructions that tells the 480L's
microprocessors how to process the input signal. One
algorithm produces effects, another reverberation, another
sampling, etc. Each Machine in the 480L can
process an algorithm independently from the other
machine.
• Parameter Each algorithm has a set of parameters
(controls) that uniquely characterize it. The settings of
the parameters can be changed to create radically
different sounds from a single algorithm.
• Program A group of specific parameter settings
permanently stored as separate programs in the 480L.
• Preset A group of specific parameter settings you
create by editing presets and storing the new set of
values.
• Register Nonvolatile RAM memory locations in the
mainframe, or in a removable nonvolatile memory
cartridge, for storing presets.
• Bank A bank is a collection of as many as ten
programs or registers. Program banks contain a collection
of similar programs derived from one or more
algorithm. For example, the Halls bank contains reverberation
programs that simulate large spaces, while
the Mastering bank contains programs for level adjustment
and digital equalization.
• Pages The LARC can display and provide slider
control for six parameters at a time. Because most
algorithms have more than six parameters, they are
grouped in blocks of six called pages. The PAGE
button provides access to each group of parameters.
• Control Mode The control mode contains several
pages of utility parameters and functions which are not
directly related to a single algorithm, such as sampling
rate, register transporter, program name function, etc.
The control mode is entered and exited by pressing the
CTRL button on the LARC.
• Configuration The 480L machines can be configured
to operate independently, or they can be combined
to function as a single machine. The configuration
is changed from the control mode. The 480L is
shipped in the single configuration.
• dBFS A digital signal at full amplitude, or registering
to the most significant bit.
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