Lexicon VORTEX - Presets and Registers

A
B
VALUE
A/B
10
Presets and Registers
REGISTER/PRESET
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
DEJA VU
CHOIR
SHIMMER
SWEEP
SHADOW
CYCLOID
BLEEN
FRACTAL
DUO
MAZE
MOSAIC
AEROSOL
CENTRIFUGE
ORBITS
ATMOSPHERE
REFLEXION
The REGISTER/PRESET button deter-
mines whether the knob will load registers or
presets. The LED lights to indicate register is
selected.
Turn the REGISTER/PRESET knob to
select and load the preset or register number
you want.
Vortex has 32 presets and 32
registers for storing your
customized effects. Pressing the
REGISTER/PRESET button ...
Each preset and register has an A and a B
version. In the presets, A and B versions are
matched into specific effect pairs. You can
set up your own pairing system in the regis-
ters.
The front panel A/B button determines
which version of an effect will be loaded.
When this button is pressed with an effect
running, it will initiate a dynamic transition, or
morph from one effect to the other. (The
ability to make these transitions is one of the
most exciting features of Vortex and is ex-
plained fully under
Morphing later in the
manual. )
. ..determines whether presets
(REFLEXION ... FRACTAL),
or registers (1 ... 16) will be
selected by the knob.
LEDs indicate A/B selection.
The setting of A/B deter-
mines whether the A or B
versions of presets and
registers will be loaded.
LED indicates register selection.
Vortex is loaded with 32 permanent pre-
sets, arranged in two banks, and numbered
1A-16A and 1B-16B.
Vortex also has 32 memory locations,
called registers, where you can store your
own effects. When first shipped, Vortex has
a duplicate set of the presets loaded into the
registers. Although these are grouped into
register pairs which match the preset A/B
pairs, you can store any effect you want into
any register space.