Lexicon MPX 100 Dual Channel Processor

pretty simple to get a good sound. A lot of presets, and you can tweek a couple parameters. Manual's good.

using this with an older mackie 1604vlz, mostly for verb, though the chorus is pretty good too. Not at all noisy, SWEET verbs for the price.

Haven't had any problems with it. We don't gig that often, though, so I may not be the best authority on this subject.

Haven't dealt with them.

We play rock music, vocals & instrumentals, and this is good for chorus, and great for verbs. Been playing for about 25 years. We also use a presonus bluemax compressor as well. Inexpensive stuff, and it works well for what we do. I'd buy it again if it were lost or stolen.

very simple to use, easy editing and storing patches simple manual
original firmware

this little unit has pristine lush sounding reverbs which is why I got it I think outboard effects are sometimes better than software
i use it through a mackie mixer using one of the auxs and have no problem with clipping or hum at all just clean sounding effect

very dependable/reliable and simple

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this is a good unit for all music I play rock blues and pop
easy use and no menues eg there is no lcd dispaly only knobs
if you like decent reverb for low cost this will do the job
and then some has chorus, flange, pitch,delay as well oh and the mpx 100 is dual channel stereo so you can split it into two auxs

very easy to get a good sound. plug it in and turn it on. very easy to store your favorite sounds. you would have to be very stupid not to be able to operate this unit in 5 minutes. you can download a users manual if you need it which you might need to store a program which is very simple.

i know this unit has been replaced with the mpx 110. since i am mostly a reverb nut i dont care what these other reviewers say about this product this thing has the best reverbs i have ever heard and i am not tone deaf. ive had rolands srv 2000, dep 5, peavy addverb alesis nanoverb , i still own the peavy and alesis and they are very good. the main reason this thing is so cheap is because it is made in china. i hear a lot about high dollar pcm reverbs but i seriously doubt there is much difference in reverb quality under identical circumstances. this is a great sounding product.

very dependable would use without a backup. i like my nanoverb and peavy but i wanted this unit because it says lexicon even tho it is made in china, so is the nanoverb. havent had it long and bought it used so i wont rate it yet but so far so good.

never dealt with them. i think they have a pretty good rating for customer support. you can read what the other reviews say about support.

i play gospel, country and bluegrass also have a home studio and this unit will help me and do what i need it to do.btw this unit is very low noise and does not clip nearly as easy as some reviewers have stated. i forgot i also had an lxp 1 and this unit sounds just as good and transparent. 1 would buy it again, they are going on ebay for around 100 dollars just be sure the seller has good feedback. you cant beat this product for the price. i do wish it had display window but for the price you cant have everything. been playing 45 years.

The unit is very easy to handle, yet one should know which effect belongs to which variation number by heart in order to avoid looking into the manual every time you use the unit. Editing is easy and one obtains satisfying results very quick.

THIS is for all of you out there who believe the MPX 100 clips too early and wonder about the low input adjustment. The MPX 100 is suitable for input voltages of -30dBu to +4dBu. Adjusting the input knob to 9 o'clock means, that an input level of 0dBu would just not cause the clip-LED to light up. In this situation, rotating the knob clockwise must cause clipping!!!! So, there's absolutely no problem concerning this matter.

To my knowledge, there's hardly any noise added to a signal.

For instruments which need a sophisticated treatment of parameters like pre-delay, high damp, ... for reverberation (maybe for snare, vocals) I prefer different units or plug-ins. For everything else it's great.

So far, no problems...

The MPX 100 fits perfectly in our studio setting complementing our equipment. The price-performance ratio is excellent in our case since we bought a used one.

this is a follow up to my original post after i got this
a few yrs ago....i realize this is the old "intro" to
lexicon effects.....

well, originally i said it sounded good, but 1 1/2 yr ago, i noticed
when i was recording stuff that i was getting a strange crackle, and
then i noticed that i was not getting my stereo sound. i thought it
was my long delay/looper acting crazy. i took my rack apart, tested
each piece, and lo and behold, it was my lexicon mpx100. the one piece
of gear that I BOUGHT BRAND NEW!!!!! so after that, disconnected it.
i just hooked it back up again, to test again, to make sure, and nothing comes out. the light flashes showing i've got signal coming in, but nothing out of either out channel. i originally thought it was a short.....

well. i bought this b/c i had read the b. frisell interview in GP mag
back in '01 (i think) and he said he loved the mpx100 for reverbs, delays, and pitchshifting. so i thought, well if it's good enough for
him, its good enough for me. i bought it right after xmas in 01, and it did work fine until mid-05. i suppose you could say, well, i almost got 4 yrs out of it....but i had a # of digitech rack units from the late 80's and early 90's and they worked great, sounded great etc....so to say i'm disappointed...i realize that the world of effects is going to software/computer applications, but i am one who doesn't use that stuff (yet). i thought my budget lexicon unit would last much longer. i emailed co. last yr and they said that they have a standard 90$ fee to fix things. i suppose most would say that's not bad, but if i had paid an additional 90$ i could have gotten the mpx200 which was at the time 299$ (versus the 199$ mpx100). i guess i should have known something would happen, when about a month after i got mine, they discontinued it, and came out w/ the 110 model, and now i think they have the mx200 or something. just very disappointed.

emailed the co. last yr and they said that it's 90$ to fix. i'm hoping the cost hasn't doubled in the yr i let it sit.

i remember seeing one for sale here in H-C ads and someone was
asking 35$ for one of these. i remember thinking, wow, only 35$?
this was my main reverb, post looping processor. i liked it when it
worked, not so sure how much i trust stuff anymore. the thing is i'm on a budget and can't afford the top of the line lexicon stuff. i really missed it when i took it out of my chain, but got used to using my other digitech rack reverbs for awhile, and then scaled back my rack and have been using mostly reverbs from my multi-effects pedals. i don't think they are as good, but they served me since this unit failed me.

Not real deep editing but that's ok, I get what I need out of it.

I bought this for one reason. Bill Frisell uses it. This is how he gets that beautiful long reverb. It's a snap to get that verb dialed up.

My big complaint. if I sit it by my amp or a power strip it makes bad hummmm. It works best isolated from other gear. A hassle.
Because of that, it sits in my home studio and doesn't see the light of day as far as playing out.

Now I'm playing with guys who like Steve Kimock (LXP-1 reverb) These reverbs are mostly the same (is there a mod?) so I'll have to start using it.

I'm knocking 2 points off for the hum prob.

The long reverb sounds great, just wonderful.

When I learned Bill Frisell uses this unit I was on the hunt.

Steve Kimock and Bill Frisell use reverb in a similar way. They both play with economy and they both utilize in-just tuning, creating chorus like textures by bending the neck or microtonal string bending. The long delay is the best I've ever heard for this kind of playing. These guys must feel the same way also.

I have the 'Line6 Podxt Live' pedal and I totally love it. I'ts my main rig. BUT, as powerful a tone shaping tool the Live is it just cannot dupe the long reverb in the Lexicon.
I feel comfortable Line6 could model this verb and I'd be happy. But for now this sound lives only in these early Lexicon units.
I just wish I was eager to haul a lot of gear around still. I'm too lazy. The Pod is too convienient.

Bottom line - This is my favorite reverb

I must always own this reverb.

Happy Trails too the max.

very easy to use, select patch, rotate knob for 16 variations, easy to read manual, all the patches sound good, quiet and sparkling.

I tested this unit by plugging in a Strat direct and using AKG headphones. Absolutely no noise, digital glitching, buzz or anything that spoiled the audio program. Just clean clear deep when desired patch sounds. All the efx sounded good, the room-ambiance, and reverbs were sparkling. I even liked the chorus/flange/phase modulation patches. This low-cost Lexicon unit delivers, especially if you are looking for a fast patch with numerous variations on the theme. Highly recommended!

I bought this unit to add some basic stereo spread to my stereo guitar rig, it works on all accounts and I'm very pleased with it. Would also be highly suited for recording as it is a no noise at all unit.

no issues, although I am a new owner of this unit, it appears to be fully functional and works fine.

I've heard that Lexicon is pretty good w/support.

Play everything from 60s-90s rock, been playing a long time so you could call me a "classic" act..... After a hundred or so amps over the past few years seeking that perfect combination for my style of playing, I settled on (2) Vox AD50VT amps, a Vox Tonelab as an input/front end, running through an Orban 111B spring reverb (best on the planet), a DBX 119 compressor/expander (to eliminate any signal noise), and finally this Lexicon MPX-100 to add a slight delay/ambiance between left/right sides of the stereo amp setup. My tone-to-the-bone setup is now complete.

Manual seems to explain it pretty well.

Sound seems half way there except for the tankiness others talk about. Want to try the cap upgrade but can't find any info one doing the swap. (Which caps to use and where they are on the board)Does anyone know where to find info on this?

Don't know yet, only had it a couple of wks.

Never contacted.

Really want to do the cap swap to see what it can do.

Can someone point me in the right direction to do this?

Very easy to use. I am just using the factory presets and moding as I go.
My unit has not been upgraded.

I am using in a live sound situation into a Beheringer 3282
I am only using for delay. I use one of the Aux returns and ne of the channel strips. Patching that way gives me a lot of control over the Lexicon. No noise ... Cool

I have had the unit for a while now and It works fine

No dealings

I'll give the Lexi an 8 because it is just OK

I've used a lot of soft and hardware effects in my life, and some have more capabillities than others. The MPX-100 hasn't got much editing possibilities. however you can edit the things you need to edit on this this. the thing is intuative and easy to use.

The quality of the reverbs are really good for subtile reverb on vocals or drumtracks. the thing does what it's supposed to do.
Unfortunately the input level has to be very low and there's digital clipping if the input volume is set to high. this clippign occurs even before the input knob! so don't set the input level to high....
due to this low input level, the possibilities to do heavy effecting is reduced drastickly.

It does what it has to do, whenever i want it to do it!

I produce all kinds of music from dance to pop-rock and the MPX-100 has proved to be a good reverb for my vocals and drumtracks. the other effects are nice and subtile. it's easy to use and has good sound quality. compared to software reverbs it is a bit soft (no heavy effecting with this baby!) for subtile reverbs it's just great and it doesn't take any CPU from your computer! (like softreverbs do a lot!)