5-Minute UAD Tips: Lexicon 480L Digital Reverb & Effects

Learn how to inject space and dimension to lead vocals and guitars, as well as unique effects on background vocals using the Lexicon 480L Digital Reverb & Effects plug-in. Learn more about the UAD Lexicon 480L here: u.audio/2UtgyBG
Released in 1986, the Lexicon 480L Digital Effects System is renowned for its spacious reverb and vivid effects textures that have helped shape thousands of chart-topping tracks to this day.
Watch the full UAD 5-Minute Tip video and learn how the UAD Lexicon 480L Digital Reverb & Effects plug-in can transform your mixes with its iconic textures.
♫ Music Info ♫
Figured You Out by Johnny Burgos
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[@welliott]

This is the content that makes me spend $$ with UAD.

[@UniversalAudio]

Glad to hear you're finding it valuable William!

[@apshinn]

I LOVE the way Ben demos and explains things! His video recording rap vocals was the reason I bought my Apollo Twin. These demo videos are INFINITELY helpful!

[@vince3804]

by far my fave guy to

[@CarlosGunX]

Super video. I remember unboxing and installing the unit back in the mid 1980s at International Sound in Miami. The 224x shared the same LARK ( Remote control).

[@stephenpeacock7990]

As a fairly recent convert to UA gear / plugins I really love these short tips - many thanks and please keep them coming!! 👍

[@JSmash-]

So glad this one wasn’t 5 min !!! 💯

[@MacReviewzOnline]

EXCELLENT explanation of what which does - for those of us born before the olden days ! It's like a sci-fi- video game from the 80ies to me...looks wise. Very cool.

[@KDNProductionsBing]

Great demo! Thank you!!

[@JohnLloydDavis]

I got an Arrow and UAD2 Satellite a couple of weeks ago (courtesy of a very generous friend!) and Ben has been my tutor for Luna since.

[@UniversalAudio]

🥂

[@davidmesser6594]

10:29 that face you make when you know you're talking about the best sounding reverb/effects plugin ever

[@UniversalAudio]

That's just Ben's face David! :)

[@pandemic7]

One of the more genuinely awkward yet sincere and endearing expressions I’ve ever seen.

[@Pearlpassionstudio]

Hi Ben..Excellent tutorial......I have the 224 already...but this 480 sounds and works like I'd want it too.

[@UniversalAudio]

Hey Jack, the 480 is a whole other beast! But really the 224 and 480 can work great together in any mix. Glad you liked the tutorial.

[@matthill8601]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@chrisraymondmusic]

Great video

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@viniciusbarbosa1484]

Great Job on the Video Universal Audio, Please bring more videos explaining other Plugins.

[@UniversalAudio]

Thanks Vinicius - we're on it!

[@BlackenedNL]

Whatsup Ben! Love this guy

[@scottfaircloff9530]

great!

[@steveholroyd7574]

Great job UA, sounds like the original machine

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@joeydego2]

Do you have experience with the original as well as the plugin? How do you feel now after 3 years, the same?

[@burresseffects]

Sure hope this is coming to spark.

[@welcomestereo]

Nice sir

[@lorinroser1742]

Nice vid...what synth is doing the arp?

[@AiMR]

Hey kids, pro tip: If you're gonna play with reverb settings you should do it while monitoring the rest of the mix. Nothing like wasting time setting up the perfect guitar sound only to find out that it doesn't sit well in the mix.

[@rt-uh6mt]

Oh my god, wow, you're a genius! Wow, you mean un-solo the track sometimes to see how it sound with all them other instruments! I like so totally never thought of that! Thank goodness for your "pro" tip, you just saved my life!

[@AiMR]

@@rt-uh6mt Yes, I am a genius, it's true, but unfortunately your sarcasm meter is a bit off 😂

[@rt-uh6mt]

@@AiMR whatever you say boss

[@HustonSingletary]

Just a guess but my spidey sense tells me he's isolating the reverb return to actually showcase the character nuances of THE REVERB, lol. Tutorial 101 from the pros.... like this guy : )

[@AiMR]

@@HustonSingletary Of course that's what he's doing. What I am doing is warning newbies that this is decidedly NOT how to setup your effects for a mix.

[@matthewcopeland420]

hi ben thank you for this video im new to uad stuff i have just brought a twin and a couple of sats for extra dsp, i have been using daws for 20odd years and pretty quick on a daw but now watching these vids i feel like a beginner again because i now realise i wasn't that familiar with outboard gear loool and because its all based on out board it has a different way of working to standard plugs even though the concepts are basically the same i was confused loool i looked at this thing before i watched this and though what the hell how does this thing work looool but now i have watched your video i actually know what to do with so thank you, very helpful and insightful, im now going to binge watch all of your vids and have subscribed thanks haha , just a quick question what daw is that are you using please? it doesn't look like luna which i have just installed ;)

[@UniversalAudio]

👍That's Pro Tools.

[@matthewcopeland420]

@@UniversalAudio oh i see thanks ben im a logic user generally and i have'nt had any experience with pro tools thanks again

[@juanpasachegonzales2227]

I am from Peru I use a lot of Uad products but I can't find totorales in Spanish or at least with subtitles please could you do something for Latin America

[@glenesis]

Hi Ben. Question: Have the algorithms from the expansion carts been ported to the UAD 480L? I can't seem to find that info anyplace. Thanks :) That dry vocal lead clip is recorded beautifully, by the way! . Folks, the 224 & the 480L are on sale for $139 each til August 31st, 2021 - If you have compatible UA hardware, I feel that these two plugs are a no-brainer. At the least, snag the 480L. The base hardware units still sell for $4k USD and up, and this plug runs the same DSP code as far as I know... At this price you can have a 480L for less than the price of a used LXP-5, and that's no joke! Cheers 🥂

[@UniversalAudio]

Hi glenesis, the plugin does not contain any extra "cart" patches.

[@studioprestigerecordingTV]

リバーブ凄い

[@thisbusinessofmusic1276]

Hi Ben, just curious if the demo presets are available. Just bought the plugin and two of the demo presets you use on the product page are, Universal Audio - Synth Bass - Lexicon 480L - Wet and Universal Audio - Low Guitar - Lexicon 480L - Wet. If these are in the artist presets can you point me to the folder please? Thankyou.

[@DougPanton]

Can anyone tell me how that backing vocal sound was created?

[@johnnyburgosmusic]

Hey Doug, I'm Johnny, the singer of the song featured here. We actually achieved this by tweaking the existing natural backgrounds with melodyne and even making some more with it. Took a while but was fun and loved the result.

[@DougPanton]

Cheers dude, great track. I should also say great vocal too

[@DanDuskin]

You guys should really consider making a controller for this that looks like the original LARC.

[@VoyageOne1]

Sorta like what TC Electronic did

[@DanDuskin]

@@VoyageOne1 Exactly! I have the TC 2290-DT delay with remote... love it! UA needs to get in the remote game.

[@VoyageOne1]

@@DanDuskin Make it compatible with Relab's version and I'm sold

[@user-ux1vj9vx7s]

Softtube has a controller that is compatible with a bunch of UA plugins. I know it doesn’t answer your question from two years ago, but still pretty cool nevertheless

[@frankthetank727]

When using as an aux/send, do you leave the "wet solo" on or off? I was thinking have the wet% at 100, then wet solo to be off, but I'm not quite sure how to optimize this with the UAD 480L.

[@UniversalAudio]

On. This overrides the mix knob.

[@frankthetank727]

Awesome thanks! I wasn't sure so I'm glad I asked

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@kanproduction4495]

did you mean all this sample are using send effect with amount around 100% or the 480 was insert on vocal,etc ? so insert or send?

[@UniversalAudio]

All the examples were the 480 on a Send. In most situations, you want time based effects like this on a Send/Rtn.

[@lamasteve6905]

Ben is that a tools rig ? Better get some outboard !

[@ryanmckinnon6465]

Was this put on the track or as a send?

[@oinkbastudios3150]

More likely a send.. he had multiple tracks.

[@zoltannemeth8864]

Yes, he used a send, he mentions this at 11:14

[@VS-ug9ze]

Can we get direct banking option in shop pls cuz i dont own a credit card that's why i cant buy plugin's..

[@UniversalAudio]

You can set up PayPal to be connected directly to your bank account and use it for purchases. Hope this helps!

[@UniversalAudio]

Or a VISA gift card maybe?

[@VS-ug9ze]

@@UniversalAudio okay thx✌

[@RS-pp7ng]

How the hell do some people manage to have the monitor screen blocking the speakers ?

[@SonNguyen-xj2jm]

Sorry. If you can read this can you help me choose reverb for live vocals? Hall or Plate? Thank

[@UniversalAudio]

of course this is VERY personal, but we'd go plate over hall most times.

[@SonNguyen-xj2jm]

@@UniversalAudio Thanks very much. I converted from Hall to Plate and it's great. 1176LN just came to me and I love it.

[@UniversalAudio]

🥂

[@joeydego2]

Is it just me or does this verb have a grittiness to it, overall? Does the hardware also sound like this?

[@RoyChartier]

It sounds much better.

[@joeydego2]

@@RoyChartier so the plugin sounds nothing or very little like the hardware?

[@FredericDelchambre]

Great plugin, but please stop gui with red text on black blackground, it’s UNREADABLE, thank’s ;)

[@rolfebitsch]

+ One !

[@henrikpetersson3463]

In this video it is blurry and faded, but directly on the screen it should be perfectly readable unless you are visually impaired. Would be nice of them to make a hidden option for changing the text color though.

[@FredericDelchambre]

@@henrikpetersson3463 No it is not readable, I used it for weeks now ... but this red is really painful (nb: my eyes are ok and sorry for my english ;)) nb: soundtoys plays in the same kind of bad gui.

[@MrBassflute]

What a bunch of whiners...OMG...thanks for the great tips, Ben, don’t listen to these weenies! This is a very deep and complex unit, and thanks for explaining it so concisely and well.

[@UniversalAudio]

Thanks for the support Cameron!

[@MasterGuitarChris]

5-minute tip in 13 minutes

[@UniversalAudio]

Ben just has so much information to share with everyone!! He can't help it! At least he changed the opening graphic!

[@MrBassflute]

He could just compress the time by 75%...problem solved! The. Then it would sound like one of those legal disclaimers at the end of a car commercial.

[@donovanyamada3785]

This plugin is way too processor intensive. It utilizes nearly 60% of dsp on my apollo x6

[@valentin8626]

but how you make feel of space with mono verb?

[@rt-uh6mt]

On one hand you only really need to use this plug once on a send or buss but still it uses a lot of DSP. Need to manage plugins with this and bounce some things if possible. Still well worth it to me.

[@eduardclaudiufadgyas3365]

i'm using it now and it doesn't I only see a 8% usage

[@mminjarez]

@@rt-uh6mt exactly, just bounce the reverb audio to a stereo track and mix to taste

[@directed6924]

If you can afford Apollo x6, then you can surely afford OCTO

[@jacey714]

5 min tips in a 13:35 min video~

[@UniversalAudio]

To be fair, we did change the opening graphic to say 13 min!! :)

[@reven6e531]

Plugin is cool but is a bitch to learn. Also it's time consuming to get the "right" reverb sound.

[@famouscryp4130]

4:30 Mia Khalifa can be the tutor of that part