Lexicon PANTHEON™ VST REVERB PLUG-IN Owner’s Manual
Owner’s Manual
AND USER'S GUIDE
PANTHEON™ VST REVERB PLUG-IN
WORLD CLASS REVERB
LICENSE AGREEMENT
PANTHEON
™
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
History 4
The Pantheon™ Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
REVERB OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reverberation and Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMPUTER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Requirements for PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Requirements for Mac® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PANTHEON NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Editing and Saving a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DESCRIPTION OF PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reverb Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pre-Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Room Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
RT60 . 9
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mix . 10
Level 10
Regen (Regeneration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Delay 10
Echo Level Left/Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Echo Time Left/Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Diffusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bass Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bass Freq (Frequency) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PRESET LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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INTRODUCTION
PANTHEON
™
HISTORY
In 1971 Lexicon released the first Digital Audio product ever to the world, a
simple delay line called the Delta-T 101. Since this time Lexicon has been at the
forefront of digital audio. In the late 1970’s after finishing his Ph.D. in Physics, Dr.
David Griesinger developed one of the first digital reverberation devices. The product
eventually became the Lexicon 224 reverberator. The 224 was just the beginning of a
long line of Lexicon reverberation devices including the PCM60, PCM70, M480L and
960L. Over 80 percent of platinum recordings and major film releases take advantage
of Lexicon processing. David Griesinger is a physicist interested in sound - the sound
of music. He is particularly interested in translating subjective impressions of sounds
into the physics of sound propagation, and the psychoacoustics of sound perception.
He has found that although it is wonderful to discover ways to improve the quality
of a reproduced sound, it is far more useful and powerful to understand exactly how
the improvement was achieved. Now Lexicon’s Principal Scientist, Dr. Griesinger is
involved in all of Lexicon’s reverb algorithms, which take advantage of his extensive
research into both the acoustic properties of spaces as well as psycho-acoustics or the
human brain’s perception of sound.
THE PANTHEON REVERB
The Lexicon Pantheon reverb plug-in combines world-class Lexicon reverb with a
simple, yet powerful interface to create an indispensable tool for your recording system.
The Lexicon Pantheon reverb plug-in features a wide range of reverb types
including Hall, Chamber, Room, Plate, Ambience, and Custom. A full complement
of user adjustable parameters is available, including: Room Size, RT 60 (decay
time), Pre-Delay, Damping, Diffusion, Spread, Bass Boost and Frequency, Delay and
Regeneration, Independent Left and Right Echo Time and Level, Wet/Dry Mix and
Output Level.
Whether mixing for music, film/TV, or multimedia, the set of 35 factory presets in
the Lexicon Pantheon Reverb will cover your needs. Presets ranging from Vocal,
Instrument and Drums, to Live Sound and Special Effects make it easy to add that
“Lexicon Sound” to your projects.
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USING REVERB
Music recorded in a typical studio sounds lifeless. In a performance space the music
is enhanced by reverberation, but even in an ideal space capturing that reverberation
can be difficult. Lexicon reverberators solve this problem by enabling you to generate
exactly the reverberance that your recordings call for. The Pantheon Reverb Plug-in is
designed to create, through software, the acoustics of any real or conceivable space.
REVERBERATION AND REALITY
The acoustics of a given space are defined by its reflected energy – that is, the way
sound is reflected and re-reflected from each surface. This is affected by the
dimensions of the space, the complexity or flatness of the surfaces, the frequency
characteristics of each surface’s energy absorption, and the distance and direction of
each surface to the listener. In addition, in large spaces there is a high-frequency rolloff caused by the sounds passage through air.
It is, in principle, possible to model the reflected energy pattern in a specific
space, either real or imagined, and to reproduce this pattern as closely as possible.
Alternatively, one could measure the reflection pattern from a specific source point in a
real space to a specific receiver position, and reproduce this pattern. One might expect
this technique would yield the most accurate sonic representations of halls and rooms.
Alas, the illusion of reality is not so easily achieved. First, real spaces are themselves
a compromise. Large rooms tend to provide a sense of blend and distance to music,
but provide little warmth and envelopment, and often can make the sound colored or
muddy. Small rooms can provide envelopment, but often the sound can be too clear
and present.
Our solution has been to study the physics and the neurology of human hearing, to
discover the mechanisms by which reflected energy patterns create the useful
perceptions of distance and envelopment, and to discover how to recreate these
perceptions without compromising clarity. Using knowledge of these mechanisms
we can create reverberation algorithms that can give the desired acoustic impressions
– rooms that sound plausibly real, but that give the recording engineer complete
control over the sense of distance and the sense of envelopment. These rooms seem
real, but they are not. They are designed and adjusted by the engineer to the specific
needs of the recording.
REVERB OVERVIEW
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