Lexicon PCM Native Reverb Plug-in Bundle, PCM Native Chamber Reverb, PCM Total Bundle, PCM Native Room Reverb, PCM Native Hall Reverb User Manual

Thank&you&for&purchasing&the&Lexicon&Native&PCM&plugins&

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This!document!contains!important!information!for!users.!!Please!read!the!information!before!you!install!and!use!
the!plugins.!
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Notes&for&all&users&

• Make!sure!you!have!an!iLok!key!(Intel!Mac!users!must!have!a!second>generation!iLok,!often!called!iLok2)!
which!you!have!designated!to!hold!the!license!for!the!plugin!bundle.!!This!may!be!a!new!key!or!a!key!that!
already!holds!other!licenses.!!Follow!the!directions!provided!with!the!plugin!CD!to!enable!your!iLok!for!
use.!!This!must!be!done!before!attempting!to!run!the!plugins.!!I f!y o u !d o n ’t!o wn!an!iLok,!you!may!p u r ch a s e !
one!at!any!professional!music!retailer!or!from!the!iLok!website.!

• Make!sure!your!iLok!driver!and!client!software!are!up!to!date.!!Go!to!the!iLok!website!for!downloads!a n d !
account!management.!

• Check!the!Lexicon!Website!for!the!newest!version!of!plugi n !co d e .!

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If&you&have&a&problem&

You!can!contact!our!customer!service!department!through!the!Lexicon!Website.!You!should!have!the!following!
information!before!you!co n ta ct !u s:!

• The!type!of!platform!you’re!running!(Mac/PC).!

• Information!about!the!computer!(m an ufa ctur er,!pro cess or!sp eed ,!am ount!of!memory,!etc).!

• The!version!of!the!operating!system!you’re!using.!

• The!DAW!application!and!version!in!which!you’re!running!the!plugins.!

• The!information!from!the!plugin’s!About&Box.!!You!can!bring!up!the!About&Box!by!clicking!on !t h e !n a me!

of!the!plugin!at!the!upper!left!corner.!

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Major&Changes&for&this&release&

64>bit!plugins!are!now!provided!for!AU!and!RTAS!on!the!Intel!Macintosh.!!Those!plugins!will!work!in!both!64!
and!32!bit!DAWs.!
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Other&things&to&know&about&this&release&

There!is!no!update!of!PowerPC!code.!!While!an!installer!is!provided,!there!will!be!no!further!support!
of!the!PowerPC!architecture.!

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Release&History&

1.3.4–!Bug!Fixes!and!change s !

• Individual!licenses!now!fully!supported.!

1.3.3–!Bug!Fixes!and!change s !

• Alternate!build!allows!plugins!to!be!sold!separately!under!individual!licenses!

• Internal!changes!in!preparation!for!new !for m a ts.!

1.3.2–!Bug!Fixes!and!change s !

• Some!text>editing!changes!that!should!improve!compatibility!across!DAWs.!

1.3.1–!Bug!Fixes!and!change s !

• Dialog!window!for!missing!iLok!should!now!appear!even!if!User!Interface!not!present.!

• Dialog!window!for!missing!iLok!now!shows!the!name!of!the!offending!plugin.!

1.3.0–!Bug!Fixes!and!change s !

• Fixed!a!problem!that!occasionally!showed!up!in!ProTools!8.!!This!caused!the!plugin!window!to!be!
drawn!incorrectly!

• Improved!efficiency!of!plugin.!!iLok!authorization !issue s!u n d er !he a vy !lo a d!sh o u ld !b e!re so lv e d.!

• If!the!iLok!is!removed!after!instantiating!a!plugin,!instantiatio n!of!a!se con d!w ill!cau se!a n!im m e diate !

check!and!error!message.!

1.2.13–!Bug!Fixes!and!change s !

• Increased!size!of!activation!area!for!about!box!

• A!build!error!was!corrected.!!This!caused!the!plugin!to!think!it!was!cracked.!!This!would!result!in!

erroneous!state!data!being!stored,!causing!the!soft!row!(and!other!parameters)!to!be!incorrect.!

• A!caution!was!added!not!to!save!data!if!an!iLok!was!not!detected.!

1.2.11!–!Release!Candidate!2!

• Addressed!an!issue!in!which!an!extremely!loaded!computer!might!report!a!missing!iLok.!

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1.2.9!–!Release!Candidate!

• Lowered!iLok!processing!load.!!Preset!level!balancing!

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1.2.8!–!Bug!Fixes!and!changes !

• A!number!of!small!fixes!

• Added!a!bank!of!presets!to!Roo m,!with!sounds!remin isc e n t!o f !4 8 0 L !Wild!Spaces.!

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1.2.2!–!Bug!Fixes!and!chang e s !

• Compatible!with!OSX!10.7!Lion!

• 64/32>bit!AU!and!VST!(Intel!Macs!on ly ) !

• In!some!cases!in!ProTools,!the!plugin!window!could!freeze!or!be!mis>drawn.!!That!has!been!

corrected.!

• Some!ProTools!users!prefer!to!move!plugins!to!subfolders.!!That!is!now!allowed.!

• iLok2!(Intel!Macs!only )!

• Echo!2!(L!and!R)!were!not!properly!working!in!Vintage!Plate.!!This!has!been!repaired.!

• A!bug!was!fixed!that!could!cause!the!RTAS!version!o f!C o n ce r tHall!to!crash!on!Power P C !Macs.!

• Multiple!instantiations!of!a!plugin!will!now!have!a!slightly!smaller!resource!requirement.!

• A!number!of!small!bug!fixes.!

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1.1.3!–!Bug!fixes!

• Room!Pattern!parameter!could!reset!to!first!pattern!in!the!list!on!compare!cancel.!
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1.1.2!–!Bug!fixes!

• ConcertHall!produced!white!noise!under!some!circumstances!at!higher!sample!rates.!

• ConcertHall!had!subtle!crackling!noise!in!chorus.!

• Hall,!RandomHall!and!Chamber!could!build!up!feedback!under!Cubase!at!higher!sample!rates!when!

instantiated!for!the!first!time!in !a!p ro je ct .!

• Room!Pattern!parameter!could!reset!to!first!pattern!in!the!list!during!the!first!navigation!to!Room!
edit!page.!

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1.1!–!Bug!fixes!

• Minor!fix!to!Real!Time!Visualization.!

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1.0.9!>!Bug!Fixes!

• The!removal!of!the!redundant!Tail!Width!parameter!(in!Room)!caused!an!unforeseen!problem!when!
loading!a!session!stored!with!V1.04 !plu gin s.!!W h ile!th e !plu gin !w o uld !loa d,!th e!st ore d!v alu e s!w o uld !
not!be!loaded!and!the!plugin!would!revert!to!default!values.!!This!has!been!fixed.!!The!problem!on ly !
affected!Beta!users.!

!!!!!!!!Other!Changes!

• Some!new!Tempo>sensitive!presets!have!been!added!to!Vintage!Plate.!

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1.0.8!–!Bug!fixes!

• Upgraded!framework!to!fix!Wavelab!6!crash.!

• Fixed!a!few!drawing!issues!on!Windows!systems.!

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1.0.7!–!Bug!fixes!

• Fixed!a!bug!that!caused!the!plugins!not!to!be!able!to!find!the!user!presets.!

• Factory!presets!for!Concert!Hall!needed!to!be!updated!in!1.05!and!they!weren’t.!!They!should!now!

sound!identical!(minus!artifacts)!to!the!V1.04!presets.!

1.0.6–!internal!release!

1.0.5!–!Bug!fixes!

• There!was!occasionally!a!loud!blast!of!noise!when!loading!the!Room!algorithm.!!We!believe!that!has!
now!been!corrected.!

• There!was!a!redundant!copy!of!the!Tail!Width!parameter!on!the!Room!page!of!the!Room!algorithm.!!
That!has!been!removed.!

• The!Store!dialog!has!been!corrected!so!that!illegal!characters!can!no!longer!be!entered!in!file!names.!

• The!ConcertHall!algorithm!caused!clicks!and!pops!when!changing!size!(which!could!result!from!

changing!presets).!!That!has!been!repaired.!

• In!some!DAWs!(for!instance,!Logic)!a!plugin !instan tiate d!in!m o no>in/stereo>out!form!would!only!
have!dry!signal!on!the!left!side.!!That!has!been!corrected.!

Changes!

• In!64>bit!applications!on!the!Mac,!the!plugins!now!recognize!the!name!of!their!32>bit!shell.!!This!is!
informational!only.!

• A!new!parameter!has!been!added!to!ConcertHall.!!It!is!named!“Chorus!Type”!and!it!can!be!used!to!
modify!the!way!in!which!pitch!is!affected!by!Chorus.!!Additional!presets!have!been!added!using!new!
settings.!!There!are!further!details!on!this!parameter!in!an!appendix!at!the!end!of!this!document.!

1.0.4!–!Bug!fixes:!

• Bug!fix!to!address!CPU!usage!spikes!in!some!situations.!!This!was!most!noticeable!when!vi rt u al !
instruments!were!in!use. !

• Bug!fix!to!eliminate!ticks!in!ConcertHall!algorithm.!

• Bug!fix!to!eliminate!a!minor!ring!in!Plate!and!also!to!repair!a!shape/spread!issue.!

• Bug!fix!to!fix!a!problem!that!occasionally!caused!something!like!white!noise!when!some!plugins!were!

instantiated.!!This!was!mos t!co mmon!in!RandomHall,!b u t!c ou l d!o c cu r !o n !others.!

• Bug!fix!to!repair!an!obscure!problem!in!RandomHall!that!occurred!after!size!change.!!RandomHall!
now!has!more!of!its!characteristic!motion.!

1.0.2>1.0.3!–!internal!releases.!

1.0.1!–!Original!release!

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Appendix:&Concert&Hall&

The!new!Chorus&Type!parameter!appears!on!the !R e ve r b !p a g e !o f!th e !C o n c e rt H a ll !al gorithm.!!You!will!see!it!as !a !
button!above!Chorus&Rate.!!The!Standard!setting!provides!Chorus!ide n tic a l!to !e a r lie r !ve r s io n s!o f !th e !p lu g in .!!
The!new!settings!change!the!way!chorus!works.!!The!best!way!to!hear!the!effect!is!with!slow,!pitched!material.!
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Any!presets!that!you!have!developed!for!ConcertHall!are!fine.!!When!you!load!them,!they!should !d e fa u lt!t o !th e !
Standard!setting.!!It!is!a!good!idea!to!resave!them!(with!the!same!name,!of!course).!!Then,!the!Chorus&Type!
value!will!be!explicitly!saved!in!the!user!preset.!!!Presets!saved!with!this!n e w!parameter!will!wor k !fine!in!
older!versions!of!the!plugin!as!well:!they!will!simply!default!to!Standard.!