Gear · reverb
Lexicon 480L
Digital reverb and effects system, 1986 onwards. Algorithmic digital reverb with plate, hall, room and ambience programmes, run from a fader-based remote control. A fixture of large studios since 1986, valued for its smooth, modulated reverb tails.
Source, read 15 Nov 2026
Records it appears on · 2
- Wicked Game
Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World, 1989
- Lead vocal · Mix effectsReportedVocal reverb, using an altered version of the Snare Plate program. (recalled with uncertainty)Settings: Pre-delay taken down, room size 35 metres, overall decay probably about two seconds, high frequencies rolled off to around 5 or 6 kHz
- Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry · Raw Like Sushi, 1988
- Recording and mix · Mix effectsReportedReverb whose fully wet signal was recorded on a flipped tape to make the backwards swell before the bridge.
Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.
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Universal Audio Lexicon 480L Digital Reverb and Effects
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A model of the Lexicon 480L itself, endorsed by Lexicon, with its main reverb and effects algorithms.
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