Strymon Lex V2 – Lex Rotary Speaker Effects Pedal
Born to Revolve
There is something uniquely powerful about the sound of a vintage rotary speaker system. The organic chorusing as the treble horn and bass rotor start speeding up. The grit of the internal tube-driven amplifier, creating additional harmonics that spin around the room. Plug into Lex, close your eyes, and be transported by this classic sound, recreated with astonishing realism and depth for your pedalboard.
The Complete Rotary Speaker System
Firstly, Lex provides you with a complete, accurately reproduced rotary speaker system: the low-frequency bass rotor, the rotating treble horn, the tube-driven amplifier, finely tuned microphone placement, and all the complex sonic interactions between these elements. Powerful, intuitive controls mean you can quickly dial in just the customized sound you desire.
Classic Sound, New Features
Our second generation Lex gives you the same rich rotary sounds of our original and adds significant new features, incorporating technological advancements, hardware improvements and design enhancements to give you additional flexibility, power, and ease of use on stage and in the studio.
User Interface
A more powerful and intuitive user interface gives you instant control over mic position and distance, dry level, acceleration speed, volume boost/cut, as well as easy customization of rotor speed.
Everything you need for the full rotary speaker experience is at your fingertips.
Dial Your Dream Tone
Our goal with Lex was to create the most realistic sounding, flexible rotating speaker effect ever fit within a pedal. Subsequently, Lex features a full suite of practical controls to help you shape your rotary tone.
A major part of that is Lex’s dedicated Horn Level control, which adjusts the output level of the high frequency rotating horn. Turn it up for added output that will help your rotating effect cut through the mix. Or similarly, dial things back to mellow out Lex’s higher frequencies.
Additionally, for this new generation of Lex, we’ve added a Dry mix control. This allows you to add more dry mix to your signal — or in contrast, go full wet.
For added flexibility, we’ve also included a Volume knob for control over Lex’s significant +/-6dB boost/cut. This is perfect for dialing in the best level for a live or studio mix.
Lex V2 – MIDI
Lastly, full MIDI implementation means you can control just about every switch, knob, and setting remotely by sending MIDI commands from your controller or DAW via Lex’s EXP/MIDI jack or USB-C connection.
On-top of this, rotor speed can be synchronized via MIDI Clock, and the sync setting can be saved per preset
Additionally, 300 MIDI preset locations are available for loading and saving your favorite settings.
Strymon Lex V2 Key Features
- High impedance ultra low-noise discrete Class A JFET TRS stereo input.
- Low impedance independent TS stereo outputs.
- Expression pedal input allows the connection of a TRS expression pedal, MiniSwitch, MultiSwitch Plus, or TRS MIDI connection.
- USB jack for controlling via MIDI from a computer or for performing firmware updates.
- Dedicated Slow/Fast rotary speed & On/Off footswitches