Lexicon MX200 Help Please

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 20 May 2019 6:07 am

I purchased the MX200 from Telonics with the presets and Iâ€™m struggling to find the Delay/Reverb sound Iâ€™m searching for. Admittedly Iâ€™ve had very little time to work with it and I wonâ€™t have allot more so Iâ€™m hoping someone can help me. I only purchased it because I had an extra space in my rack. Otherwise I was happy with my 2 Boss pedals. Below Iâ€™m providing a shot of the Boss Delay settings and want to mimick that as close as possible. Ive tried doing these via the Digital delay on the Lexicon and routing the delay/reverb just like my pedals and canâ€™t get what I want. I can get the Reverb I want but not the Delay. Maybe I should try another Delay setting??

I hope someone can help me. Otherwise Iâ€™ll sell it at a good deal just because Iâ€™m considering myself a novice on rack units.

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 20 May 2019 6:11 am

I typically use setting 50 on the Telonics programmed Lexicon unit.

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 20 May 2019 7:59 am

Marty, I'm sure you will have done, but check the routing is serial not parallel. Apart from that it's a complex beast that requires time.

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 20 May 2019 8:10 am

Thanks Ian! I may have forgotten that detail.

Larry Hamilton · Post by **Larry Hamilton** » 21 May 2019 10:05 am

Marty, I used one several years ago and long story short I just got another one now I have to relearn it. Read the manual and the presets it has built in and try out the best possibilities. What I liked about it, you can tweek the presets to your liking and save them in the user presets pretty easily. Plus itâ€™s easy to tweek or adjust on the fly because it has real knobs and you donâ€™t have to save it. My Lexicon MX1 is hard for me to mess with but luckily I had some presets installed that are pretty good.
How ya been doing? Still with Tracy Byrd?

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 21 May 2019 11:07 am

Thank you Larry. I’m hoping to have a few hours to work with it next Saturday before our show that night. Yes, still with Tracy; burning the candle from both ends working a day job and his shows. Adding up frequent flyer miles...Lol

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 21 May 2019 3:13 pm

Larry's tip is good one - you can mess with any program but you don't have to save it if you regret it!

Steve Spitz · Post by **Steve Spitz** » 21 May 2019 3:39 pm

Are you using the Telonics manual or the lexicon manual ?

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 21 May 2019 5:11 pm

Steve, I have the Lexicon user guide and the Telonics preset list along with a CD.
Any coaching is appreciated.

Godfrey Arthur · Post by **Godfrey Arthur** » 22 May 2019 12:31 pm

This unit can be connected to a computer to tweak using MX Edit software, not having a screen like some of the big brothers, an MPX500.

Not sure of what OS it would need though so YMMV to that end.

It has a USB-out that functions like MIDI but you still have to connect the rack unit to an amp to hear it external to a computer. It won't play audio through the USB.

But yeah, it's a pain to have to go through a user manual.

Check out the "Quick Start" section:
http://tpa-az.com/downloads/mx200manual_b.pdf

Steve Spitz · Post by **Steve Spitz** » 22 May 2019 3:06 pm

I was able to get by with the Telonics preset guide, but ended up swapping it out for the TC unit Telonics uses. I prefer it.

I found Telonics really helpful, you might reach out to them, and get some direction. Someone programmed those presets . Maybe Dave could hook you up with whoever programmed them, if the stock settings donâ€™t do it for you ?

Used, these things are priced at less than some pedals. For me, the presets work. You may have a more particular sound your looking for.

Hope that helps. Let us know what works for you.

Larry Hamilton · Post by **Larry Hamilton** » 22 May 2019 3:35 pm

Marty, what rig are you are you trying to use it with?

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 22 May 2019 5:27 pm

Steve, thank you for your most recent feedback.

Larry,
that’s a great question! I’m just using a Stereo Steel preamp with it and utilizing the Left XLR output of the Preamp to send to the engineer. We use in-ear monitors in Mono mode. I was running a Boss Digital Delay Pedal into a Boss Digital Reverb Pedal and plugging into the 1/4” input on the Preamp then out via the Left XLR output.

Each evening I have been studying the Lexicon User Guide and the Telonics Preset Parameters along with cable routing and I’m hopeful that I can now tweek it to my tastes....and maybe adding some other cool stuff. If I’m not successful I may look into a different processor and/or ask Dave for some help. I’m hoping to have plenty of time next week to work with it.

Lesson learned:
Duh, read all the literature before plugging it in and taking everything for granted.

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 23 May 2019 6:22 am

Marty, don't know how much this will help but I did some experimenting with one. I took the Telonics settings, downloaded them, them tweaked to what I wanted.

I got my hands on a Lexicon MX200 effects rack unit and have been experimenting with it the last several days. Changing programs adding programs, trying the Telonicsâ€™ programs.

So far Iâ€™m impressed with it.

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Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 23 May 2019 7:04 am

Ron,
Sounds great! Like I stated earlier, I should have prepared to use it by reading all of the literature. I wish I had it at home so I could work with it but I should be even more prepared by next weekend when I have access to it and the time to tweek it.

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 23 May 2019 7:22 am

Marty,
Once I got the unit, I had Telonics send me the download. I hooked it up to my computer after loading their program and all went very smooth.

I then sat with it for hours, taking notes and picking the basic programs that I thought I liked. Then tweaked each one I chose and saved them. Many more on there then you'll ever use.

Ron

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 23 May 2019 7:25 am

Thank you for the info Ron.

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 4 Jun 2019 4:51 pm

G D Walker told me the Lexicon was quite intimidating. That is why I use either a Peavey Pro-fex or a Boss DD 3 delay, Marty.