Lexicon MPX 100?

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I need an effects box... A box of wonder sounds... Cheesy sounds! I've got my eye on a Lexicon MPX 100, and I'm thinking it's for me... Nonetheless, I'm running it past you guys... Just wanna hear some thoughts. :)
 
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Good for what it is, but don't expect it to turn cartwheels while mounted in your rack. I've used both --- still own an MPX 100 --- and I would listen to the MPX 110 before making up your mind.
 
My main use for the box would be for experimental sounds and such... I'm not looking for anything hardcore... So yeah, I'll check out the 110 as well. Thanks!
 
It's OK, nothing special. I use it for the occasional verb send through spdif into my Tascam FW1082 to ease the load on the CPU.

For the price I'd recommend it (they can be had very cheap on ebay) but don't expect it to knock your socks off.
 
I haven’t cared too much for Lexicon’s budget line in the MPX series. I still own an LXP-1 and a Reflex, so I got to the point where I would almost recommend anything from Lexicon, sight unseen. I checked out the MPX100 when it came out, but was very disappointed with the sound compared to older Lexicon stuff. It's not terrible... just seems a rung below its predecessors.

I can recommend the Alesis Quadraverb 2 (Q2) for versatility, great sound and lots of room for experimentation. Pair it with the free Windows editor called qClick and the sky’s the limit. The Q2 is officially discontinued, but readily available on the eBay market. It will normally cost you around $150.00, more or less.

If you’re not used to having a lot of programming options in an effects processor the Q2 may seem a bit complicated, but it’s very powerful.
 
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It's not terrible...
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Well, that's about what I needed to hear. I'm not looking for the greatest box of effects in the world, just something I can make some crazy sounds with... Anyway, that pretty much does it, I guess...

Thanks gents
 
I have the MX-200... Cheap in price but it definently works. Has some good effects and things in it that I've been able to play around with. I think I used it also for some studio sounding reverbs for a recent recording and It sounded better than plugins.

I just like having the knobs to play with while the audio is going instead of having to adjust numbers on a plugin and press play to hear what it sounds like.
 
A box of cool sounds...look for the Lexicon LXP-15 with some tweaking power if you want to really explore something like a flange or chorus or reverb. I still own the Alesis Midiverb IV and like it. Powerful sounds, though not in the realm of the mid or high (don't know from experience yet on the high end, just assuming) Lexicon gear. I recall seeing the Midiverb IV for pretty affordable prices on ebay.
 
The MPX 100 sounds pretty good. I don't agree that it sounds not as good as a LXP 1, if you just turn down the high frequencies via some eq, it will sound about the same! It CERTAINLY has better a/d/a converters, and operates at 44.1khz sampling rate instead of 32khz.

Anyway, the problem with the MPX 100 is you have very little parameter control. This is not good if your aim is to come up with "crazy sounds".

A vote went out to the Alesis Quadraverb 2. I will give it a second vote! It is a very clean sounding box, and has HUGE parameter control compared to anything else you can get for $150!

The LXP-15 is frankly too hard to work with. It isn't such a bad choice, but you can only do a delay and reverb at the same time. The Q2 can stack 8 effects in stereo! It is dual engine too, so you can do 2 x 4 effects in mono too!

The Q2 is the "crazy sounds" dream box basically!
 
Well, I don't want the box to do all the tricks for me... Know what I mean? When I see guys showing me how cool a keyboard effect is by pressing down one key... It's just too easy. I guess by crazy, I mean something I can really work with. If the MPX 100 can give me some quality sounds, I'm sure I'd be happy with it.

One question, with the MPX 100, is there a way to control the amount of the effect? I mean, can it be use subtly, and conversely, intensely?
 
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One question, with the MPX 100, is there a way to control the amount of the effect? I mean, can it be use subtly, and conversely, intensely?
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Yep, it has the usual wet/dry control.
 
All right, I bought the 100. Plugged my guitar into it and hit some notes through my speakers. I like it! I think it's an alright box. Not terrible, indeed!

Great! :)
 
I would certainly never consider the Alesis Q2 to be a "clean". Of the 30 or so units I have run across (10 of em we owned), not a single one of them was even close to clean sounding. Most had issues, but you could almost always work around them. ALL of them were very noisy, and all of them have a cool FX structure, or architechture. The sounds were not great, but the flexibility was awesome, and there is still one patch in particular that I miss:)
 
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