Lexicon 224XL Hardware Reverb!

Absolutely my favorite reverb…everything fed into it is returned bathed in pure magic.

It's awesome to see and hear a classic piece of gear AND a piece of Aussie music history preserved. Sounds INCREDIBLE mate.

Back in the 90s, this thing was the reverb to get. Every serious studio either had one or wanted to have one Fantastic piece of gear

holy crap.. the LARC is bigger than the "Falcon" haha.. great vid man

The One Thing always sounds great and to own the reverb that gave space to Michael’s vocals and Kirk’s sax must be amazing.

Mate you have essentially my dream studio. Ir's full of state of the art gear from years past (like that Sync and the 224 in this video), but integrated with a modern computer based setup. Perfection. That 224 still sounds fantastic now. Quality is quality, no matter the era.

Great cult reverb! I used it when I was working in the studio, it remains one of the best I've ever heard

I've got two 224xl's. Hard to beat in my opinion. Great presentation mate.

Nice presentation Mike. Also really cool that it has a story. The 224 remains on my bucket list. I've seen them, but never used one.

Still my favourite after all this years.

100 things i just wanted to holla at you you're the best channel out there, I wasn't even born when this got out, but wow I never I heard a reverb like that

Fantastic. The UAD 224, Arturia LX24 and Relab Rev 1A all come close but this thing sounds beautiful 💜

And we're back! Great video man, studio is looking mighty fine. Loved the "out on the streets segment". Oils, INXS, Divinyls, daaaaaamn piece of museum history!

Oh I have one of these and one of the original 224 (not XL). I don’t need or use any other reverbs.

Hey! Nice to see you! :hand-pink-waving: It sounds sooo good!! Mmmhhh! I can totally understand your excitement! And you got a true piece of history! I bought a first hand PCM70 the other day, which is from the same Lexicon era. It's definitely fascinating how synthesizers are "melting" into this reverb. There is nothing comparable when it comes to plugins, and also newer low budget Lexicons like the MX400 cannot reproduce this transparent deepness. JX-8P Strings through the PCM70s "Large Hall" or "Gymnasium" are highly addictive! 😁There is also a Yamaha REV-7 arriving! They are so cheap now, I just couldn't resist...🤖 All the best from Berlin! 🖖

A guy who has an Atari St on his desk can't be totaly bad! (well, I'm half bad, mine is in the bassment, but 3 year ago it booted and it's monochrom monitor worked) These Lexicons were a revolution in their times, you can see their remote control on every big desks of every big studios in the music magazines we dreamt about. About retrobrighting the LARC: I'm not a big fan of retrobrighting. I've the tendency to prefer things in their historical juice, with the old elephant tusk color of their past. Like me. Would you want you prefered granny with a face lifting and piercings on her intimate parts? I ask the question... 😁

Sounds absolutely beautiful

I have been messing about with some HP bubble LED alphanumeric displays pulled from an old language translator, and thought they looked familiar. Must be the exact same displays the LARCs use. That really nice deep red that's hard to get on camera.

Nice! Lexicon has the sound!

I'm a "rich plate" guy for vocals. Interesting that you're using the "rich chamber"...sounds cool on synths!