USER MANUAL rotary ®
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Front Panel FAST ROTOR SPEED: Controls the speed of the rotors in FAST speed. MIC DISTANCE: Varies the distance of the stereo mics from the horn rotor and the single mic on the woofer rotor. Turn towards minimum for a more pronounced, aggressive horn sound with mics up close. Turn towards maximum for more ambience. The effect will be most audible with the horn rotor. PREAMP DRIVE: Controls the drive of the rotary cabinet’s tube preamp and phase inverter stages.
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Secondary Functions CAB DIRECTION: Changes the position of the cabinet relative to the microphones. In the FRONT orientation (counterclockwise) the sound travels through the slats in the wood cabinet. In the REAR orientation (clockwise), the the cabinet is open for a different sound. The default position is REAR. ACCELERATION: Controls how quickly the rotors transition from Fast to Slow and from Slow to Fast speed. The rotors will accelerate independently.
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Rear Panel Standard 9V DC center negative power input. 250 mA available current required. INPUT EXP LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT 9VDC + - TRS Stereo outputs. Use LEFT OUT for mono signal output. If using in BI-AMP mode, the Left out is the horn and the Right out is the woofer. High impedance mono input. ® FAVORITE OR Connect a Favorite Switch to save your favorite setting or to toggle slow/ fast speeds remotely.
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Power up settings EXP INPUT ASSIGN: Assigns the EXP pedal input jack to use an expression pedal or a Favorite switch. While holding both footswitches at power up, turn FAST ROTOR SPEED fully counterclockwise for use with an expression pedal. Turn knob fully clockwise for use with a Favorite Switch to save a favorite setting. Turn knob to the middle position to use a Favorite switch to toggle between FAST and SLOW rotor speeds.
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Factory settings Secondary functions: Cab direction set to REAR.
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Sample Settings (CAB DIRECTION) (CAB DIRECTION) MIC DISTANCE FAST ROTOR SPEED (SLOW ROTOR SPEED) SLOW/FAST MIC DISTANCE PREAMP DRIVE (LEVEL) HORN LEVEL (ACCELERATION) Mellowed Out BYPASS FAST ROTOR SPEED (SLOW ROTOR SPEED) SLOW/FAST PREAMP DRIVE (LEVEL) HORN LEVEL (ACCELERATION) Rotary Brake (CAB DIRECTION) (CAB DIRECTION) rotary rotary ® ® MIC DISTANCE MIC DISTANCE FAST ROTOR SPEED (SLOW ROTOR SPEED) SLOW/FAST PREAMP DRIVE (LEVEL) HORN LEVEL (ACCELERATION
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Features • Hand crafted rotary algorithms for meticulous and nuanced recreations of rotary speaker systems • Ultra Low Noise, high performance A/D and D/A Converters • Premium analog front end and output section • High Performance DSP • Selectable cabinet orientation (front or rear facing) • Fast and slow rotary speeds with independent horn and drum acceleration times • Bi-amp output capability • Stereo Output • Expression pedal input with selectable control over any knob parame
Lex - rotary User Manual ® Strymon Non-Transferrable Limited Warranty Warranty Strymon warrants the product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase. If the product fails within the warranty period, Strymon will repair or, at our discretion, replace the product at no cost to the original purchaser. Exclusions This warranty covers defects in manufacturing discovered while using this product as recommended by Strymon.