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Lexicon MX200 or TC Electronic M350 for S/PDIF

I would like to add 2 more channels, using the S/PDIF input on my audio interface (Focusrite Saffire). Mostly to plug in a stereo keyboard module (Kurzweil ME-1). This does not have to be a mic preamp. It should be a good A/D conversion. And, perhaps some of the effects might be useful for the keyboard (compression, vibrato, chorus, etc.).

The cheapest units with S/PDIF seem to be the Lexicon MX200 Reverb ($199) and the TC Electronic M350 Reverb ($199). Can anyone verify if the TC Electronic C300 Gate/Comp ($129) has S/PDIF? (not sure).

Anyone have any of this gear? Any other solutions? Opinions?

Thanks for the advice.

Focusrite Saffire, Kurzweil ME-1, AT4040, Studiologic controllers, MOTU MidiExp-128, 70SVT, 73SuperL, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 18, 2008 9:12 PM

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macmusic47 Author

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Dec 20, 2008 12:04 AM in response to ILUVMYMAC

That music is nice. thanks. fat lead line reminds me of stuff when my Jupiter 4 worked.
Perhaps the MPX100 sounds better than the MX200?

I'm starting to think that. But the MX200 will be killer with the Kurzweil. Easier to Automate the effects with the plug-in, etc. I'm thinking chorus and vibrato on the rhodes, etc.

ILUVMYMAC

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Dec 20, 2008 1:04 AM in response to macmusic47

Now I want a pcm 96. I wonder if i can just get the Plugins. Here's a cool vid moog, Jupiter made me think of it. What else have you got stashed away.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4895544720131136179

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 20, 2008 4:23 PM in response to ILUVMYMAC

That video is cool. thanks. Rick Wakeman is awesome. My alarm clock wakes me to a different song from Tales from Topographic Oceans everyday. Love it.

I thought about my MIDI plan for the Lexicon. It won't work. I am using the Kurzweil multitimbral. (16 sounds/MIDI). If I had a corresponding Reverb patch for each Kurzweil patch, it would totally confuse the MIDI when I played Multi-timbral.

so, I'm back to the plan to get a cheap MPX100 as a converter.

What do you think of this, I asked if the MPX100 Reverb from the church worked. Here is the reply I received:

Hi again! I powered the unit up, and several lights flash for a little
while, then one light on the right side flashes continually at a slow
rate. Dunno what that means, though, since I don't have a manual.
Wayne

Is that what your MPX100 does when it starts? Think it works?
(bidding is up to $66 with shipping. If I don't get this one, I'm sure there will be others available.)

thanks again

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 20, 2008 11:35 PM in response to macmusic47

If you're interested in the Jupiter 4, I put some old recordings I made with it on a Myspace site. Mostly stuff to demonstrate the scary fat sounds.

http://www.myspace.com/retipuj4

(the name is Jupiter backwards)

Btw: Didn't bother bidding on the Church Reverb. Try to get one at the day after xmas sales locally.

ILUVMYMAC

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Dec 21, 2008 5:08 AM in response to macmusic47

I watched that video 50 times anyways

Yep, thats what they do, They don't have a power switch on them you just have to plug them in. When I bought mine originally from Steve he said they cheeped out on everything so they could give you the chip out of the mpx 1. He said it comes with a wall wart because if it had an inside transformer it would have to pass some kind of fire code, I forget , but that alone would double the price. We all had power switches in the rack anyways. The light that keeps flashing is the Tap tempo.

ILUVMYMAC

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Dec 21, 2008 5:40 AM in response to macmusic47

This is sick. Frickin Phat.

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 21, 2008 5:39 PM in response to ILUVMYMAC

thanks. I really miss that synth. Like all real voltage-controlled analog synths, it no longer works. This one is worth fixing, though. I'm looking for another one also. 2 (or 3) Jupiter 4's, with their arpeggiators synced to a drum machine with old-school trigger, would be my dream system.

ILUVMYMAC

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Dec 21, 2008 7:30 PM in response to macmusic47

Get er fixed man,. I don't know how you can get sounds like that without the real McCoy. Or The real Players.

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 21, 2008 9:21 PM in response to ILUVMYMAC

Yea. Gotta fix it soon. it is my sound.

ILUVMYMAC

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Dec 21, 2008 9:48 PM in response to macmusic47

Mpx 200 on ebay right now cheep

http://cgi.ebay.com/LEXICON-MX200-Dual-Reverb-Multi-Effects-ProcessorW0QQitemZ140289468771QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item140289468771 &_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1% 7C294%3A50

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 22, 2008 3:07 PM in response to ILUVMYMAC

That is an interesting auction. However, notice the reserve not met. I was hoping to find one brand-new for around that money (after xmas sales). Guitar Center/SamAsh locally has incredible sales after xmas.

Check this out. I never heard of this place before. Brand new MX200 for $167. Think it's a scam?

http://www.djdeals.com/lexiconMX200.htm

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 23, 2008 3:16 PM in response to macmusic47

This is what I don't understand about eBay:
Look what happened to that MX200 auction. It ended at $81, but the reserve was not met. So there is no sale. Just a waste of time. Why didn't they start the auction at the reserve price? (is there some other reason that I am missing?)

ILUVMYMAC

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Dec 23, 2008 8:40 PM in response to macmusic47

That is kind of strange. Most likely someone bidding it up 5 bucks at a time to try and find the bottom. Thats a little to cheep. Happy Holidays, Cheers.

macmusic47 Author

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Dec 24, 2008 4:09 PM in response to ILUVMYMAC

Thanks. Happy Holidays!

Cheers

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