All user reviews of 4/5 for the Lexicon Omega

I was looking for a USB audio interface with digital microphone input 1, 1 instrument input and 2 line inputs. All under 200 EUR.
With 2 mic inputs, entry instruments and 4 line inputs, the Lexicon Omega is perfect for my use.

The two mic inputs have dbx preamp with phantom power, I believe transparent.
The instrument input is in parallel to the input line 3. So that when my device is connected, the line input is inactive. This is not serious, but we need to know.

The interface allows you to record 4 of these 6 ways simultaneous inputs. Choice of two.

Without beings connected to a computer, the interface can be simple mixer, each with its own input diposant volume knob.

UTILIZATION

4 tracks can be recorded simultaneously.

Audio in Logic, I work with a buffer of 512 samples (24.4 msecs) but can drop below 10 msecs no problem for the interface.
The interface has direct monitoring required.

GETTING STARTED

Connecting to a Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.
Automatic recognition. No driver installation required.
Very stable. No worries.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it daily for over 2 years.

This is my first digital audio interface. Previously, I went out of my console directly into the line input of the sound card's internal computer.

The price / quality ratio is simply excellent, given the number of available inputs.
I remake that choice without hesitation.

I particularly appreciate the input microphones and instrument input on the front panel.
I like a little less noisy knobs manipulation.

The Lexicon Omega Recoding Studio was an all in one studio that came with Cubase, after using this setup for a while I had to upgrade, for some reason I fell out of love with it. Mainly because I really didn’t like using Cubase for my recordings. I have used Cubase for other parts of my music but I hate recording in Cubase, then when I would try to use the Lexicon Omega Studio interface in another one of my DAW's on my pc it wouldn’t work correctly. This was a major problem , and it kept me constricted to just using it with Cubase so I was forced to get rid of it, but a good buddy of mine didn’t have an interface so I pretty much just gave it to him. At this point it was an older piece of gear anyways and I didn’t care about selling it so I gave it away and it worked great for him because he was just getting into music and really wanted to start with Cubase and work his way up.


UTILIZATION

I think with everything that you get with this package makes it worth the money spent. Cubase is a great program to have especially if you are going to be producing music, but if you are recording and going to mix your songs I don’t suggest using Cubase. The interface itself is pretty good though, its not very well built and couldn’t take much wear and tear but the quality that you will get is very nice.


GETTING STARTED

It has ultra low latency so there are not gaps in time while recording or at least to the naked ear. You wont be able to hear the latency at all. There are not really any interfaces that don’t have latency anyways so its as close as you can get to zero latency.


OVERALL OPINION

It is worth the buy, but only if you want work with Cubase. When trying to use this interface in other digital audio workstations and programs it will cause some problems down the road.

The Lexicon Omega Studio bundle was one of the first bundles that I actually bought and used. I had it in my first year of college years ago. It was one of the cheapest (priced) setups that I could get so I could do recording right from my dorm room. I really didn’t know what to expect getting this bundle and I didn’t read any reviews or anything before I purchased it. I just saw a cheap bundle plus I had a online coupon code so I used that and I got it really cheap during a time when I was looking for a small set up to record with.

Since it was my first time really recording myself, I ran into some small issues just with how to set everything up and how to actually record and over dub and all that good stuff. But those where just issues from it being my first time, so after I worked out those problems I got right to recording.

Some of the things I really like about it was it was really easy just to open the program and drag the instrumental in and press record and that was it, nice and quick and easy. I really had no knowledge of actually mixing or anything so all that stuff didn’t matter to me. I don’t really think it would have been to hard to get a good mix in Lexicon Studio. I just didn’t know how to do it. I also loved how fast the program opened up. Unless pro tools which is what I use now it takes time to get it to open. I no longer have Lexicon Omega Studio I sold it on eBay a few years ago and upgraded. One bad thing about this bundle is the mic is really cheap. You could probably get the same quality from a wal mart mic that comes on a karaoke machine..

4 analog inputs Concurrent
So indpendante external machine (for use on mobile from time to time).
Used with any soft
Between output numrique S / Pdif
Phantom power.
Direct Monitoring.
PC / MAC and drivers for the two worlds.

Primarily to be used on simple edits in 2 tracks on my second machine, but also to serve as a backup machine in 4 tracks out of my Tascam pramplis live.

PowerMac G4/1.25Ghz/768Mb main machine ram / 80Gb Maxtor IDE 2 * 7200 in a raid for audio and Hitachi 80Gb IDE 7200 for Systm and softs. Mac OS X 10.3.3
Machine secondary (mobile) Toshiba Satellite Pro M30/Centrino 1.5Ghz/512Mb ram / Win XP

Reli S / PDIF on my Tascam DM-24 (pending the FW card for the console). In mobile direct output of each channel of a prampli Tascam MX-4 in Jack-Jack Symtrique.

UTILIZATION

I have not personally tested under Win, but one of my collgues did without problem.
As for installing Mac, the real difficulty is the lack of clarity of the manual and CD. APRs have lost 20 minutes searching for how to install the driver, I glimpse the card in fact silent gre natively by OS X and no driver n'tait required.

However, both Windows and Mac, is a dtail Drout, instead of having one driver for all, there is a driver for 2 Premire between the 2 and one for the following outputs.

The manual installation of the card and the use of rverb are in French and English. More ProTracks manual and the shortcut guide are in English only. As Decker, soft mac, no paper manual. The manuals are clear, although I found one of ProTracks meager when you consider the possibilities of this software. A black dot, it is nowhere mentioned, nor the bote, or on the documents that the indoor plug-in rverb Pantheon only works on software supplied with or Se Deck for Mac and PC ProTracks Plus, a lack of clarity that I find limiting.

GETTING STARTED

No problem for drivers on the Mac, no update since been - days with the system.

Spark LE on Mac Pros and I start with Digital Performer 4.

Not really finished testing latency.

4-track recording and playback simultanment 2, in line with expectations.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two months as an interface between my numrique DM-24 and my Mac, also tries to analog.

I particulirement:

- The function sample rate converter in digital (useful sometimes).
- In case of crash of the computer interface continues to direct the sound to Stereo outputs if the monitoring is in direct mode (you can connect a DAT into analog output for security.
- The direct monitoring or return machine (possibility of mixing between the two).
- The interface can operate only as a phantom prampli micro, or D / A converter (not vice versa) or as mini rgy with 4 analog inputs and between numrique (not adjustable). Can dpanner in case of failure.
- PC software, full trs (actually a version of Sonar Allgemeine).
- The quality of pramplis and converters.

I dislike:

- No on / off switch (unplug it must be).
- The quality dplorable XLR connections (can not bring out the plug on one of two entered without disassemble the interface). We can solve the problem permanently leaving short branches 2 Cables.
- The plug-in rverbration brid with the original software without it being prcis.
- Mac software, Deck SE, which I find absolutely anti-friendly and limited compared trs Pro Tracks Plus.

Report qualitprix trs good, not perfect, of course, but I will make adjustments Lexicon, I'm sure.

I think I made the right choice. But for mac, purchase of software needed supplmentaire my opinion.

I had at least 4 entries for Reduces price, this card was perfect for my home studio. I use a Dell laptop inspiron 1000 256 Super silent RAM and is super stable for the past two months no problem. I find the prampli are (as novice) trs warm.

UTILIZATION

The instalation is done without worry. I use Cubase SE, but I can not make a run on Adobe audition when I got there.

GETTING STARTED

Everything is stable I can record 4 track at the same time without any problem APRS I know for now

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months and I'm really happy but I never used the other cards. Considering the price of any fawn can not be that happy ...