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Hi this is Pete from Strymon.
We're going to talk about the Lex Rotary pedal.
We've got a high powered SHARC processor which is running an independent drum
and horn process taking into account the acoustic and physical properties of a rotating speaker system.
We've got the ability to control the fast rotor speed and slow rotor speed independently.
We can adjust the mic placement that is picking up the sound from the rotating speaker.
We've got horn level adjustment to tailor the high-end.
Preamp drive to drive the tube amplifier that drove those systems.
And in addition to that we have access to the acceleration time trim.
The drum and the horn independently accelerate, but the overall system time can be adjusted.
And system volume is also able to be adjusted as well as a unique voicing control.
Here is the bypass sound of the rig.
So by adjusting the Fast Rotor Speed we can slow down to about 4 rotations per second.
Up to about 8 rotations per second at maximum capacity.
In the middle is where most of the rotary speaker systems ran is about 6 1/2 rotations per second.
We can adjust the slowest rotating speed of the system by pressing down
both foot switches an adjusting the Fast Rotary Speed ***.
It's our quickest slow speed.
In the middle is more typically tuned system.
At minimum we actually apply the brake to the system.
At minimum speed is actually is stationary, no rotation.
So now you've created a one speed rotary system where you have fast speed and the slow speed is brake.
Now we see the Mic Distance control when we bring it up close,
you hear more of the choppy amplitude modulation as you get the microphones very close when the horns swings by.
At the other extreme we pull the microphones away and now it's a little more of a mellow experience.
The Horn Level adjusts from very low amounts of horn to louder horn signal there.
And we turn the Preamp Drive up.
You hear the horn and the drum independently ramping down their final speed.
And we'll change the Acceleration Time, we can go a slow acceleration time
so that the drum and the horn will really take their time to find their final speed.
We'll ramp from slow to fast to demonstrate that.
And back down to slow.
Quite a long ramp time, longer than most systems would be set to.
Now here's a fast acceleration that will go from slow to fast again.
Back down.
Turn the Drive back and clean that up a little bit.
Now the voicing control in effect turns the cabinet around to have the open part of the cabinet,
which is the back actually, facing forward and micing it from that perspective.