Resident Studios

  • 0208 830 4321
  • RECORDING
    • Studio A
    • Studio B
    • Studio C
    • Mastering
    • Equipment List
    • Recording Rates & Deals
  • REHEARSAL
    • Studio One
    • Studio Two
    • Rehearsal Rates
  • VIDEOS
    • Music Video Production
    • Live Acoustic Video
  • BLOG
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Recording Technology
  • Resident Picks: Lexicon’s 224XL & LARC
January 30, 2023

Resident Picks: Lexicon’s 224XL & LARC

Resident Picks: Lexicon’s 224XL & LARC

by Staff / Friday, 17 July 2015 / Published in Recording Technology

‘Resident Picks’ is a new blog feature where we shine a light on some of the favourite instruments, software and gear available across our studios…

Developed during the early 1980s, Lexicon’s 224XL reverb unit was state of the art for its time. Built with the finest technology available, this was one of the world’s first digitally powered effects processors. Three decades on and despite great advancements in music technology, the 224XL is still a staple for many recording studios at the very cutting edge of their trade.

Once upon a time you had to go to elaborate and impractical lengths in order to create realistic acoustic environments (e.g. costly acoustic chambers, large metallic plate reverbs etc.), but that all changed in the 1970s when affordable digital reverb hardware hit the market. Offering a cheaper and more practical alternative to the unwieldy and monstrous EMT 250, the Lexicon unit quickly became an industry staple. Even after all this time the technology has yet to feel dated and the unit remains so popular that software developers Universal Audio have developed a plug-in emulating the 224XL.

Well renowned for it’s hyper-realistic room sounds, the 224XL succeeded in creating synthetic ‘spaces’ through complex algorithms and multiple delay lines. Installed in our flagship recording studio and paired with Lexicon’s calculator-esque LARC remote, the 224XL has been a constant in pop and rock music for the last thirty years (check out U2’s Unforgettable Fire, and Peter Gabriel’s So).

Testing out the 224XL’s Room Programmes:

It’s the perfect tool for the dub technicians out there:

  • Tweet

About Staff

What you can read next

SSL console added to Studio A arsenal
Resident Picks: Arturia’s V Collection 4
The iPad as Recording Studio – Will the iPad Get Into the Recording Business?

Recent Posts

  • A look back on the last few months at Resident Studios…

    The last few months have been absolutely brilli...
  • Introducing Rumours…

    When Rumours entered the studio in order to reh...
  • Introducing Tom Neale & Sam Watt…

    Last week we had the brilliant Tom Neale and Sa...
  • Jon Tbone Taylor & Tim Richards with their forthcoming JT4 EP

    Last week we had the pleasure of having the leg...
  • Introducing Noam Galperin…

                &nbsp...

Resident Studios Ltd

57a Windsor Road
Willesden
London
NW2 5DT
0208 830 4321

Company number: 04202775

Join our Newsletter

For exciting offers and deals on rehearsal and recording packages

And to keep up with the latest gossip at the studios.

  • GET SOCIAL

© 2020 Copyright Resident Studios Ltd. All rights reserved. Our full terms and conditions.

TOP