No, bumping a nine-month dead thread just to say its four years old is a lot sodding sillier.Djnorythm wrote:This is just plain silly. A four year old thread about emulating the Vortex. Good luck.
Lexicon Vortex emulation?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35476 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRer
- 21 posts since 11 Jan, 2026
Vortex Emulation incoming
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- KVRAF
- 10151 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
I love a happy ending to a thread
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- KVRAF
- 7041 posts since 28 Apr, 2004 from france
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- KVRAF
- 1650 posts since 2 Jun, 2003
Can't wait!
If every KVR member wrote one review a year we'd have 1340 reviews each day!
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35476 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
likewise. though i would hope there's an alternate UI; direct copy of the hardware's clunky knob pair isnt ideal.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRian
- 908 posts since 12 Sep, 2007
While tempting since I love my vintage pair of hardware Vortexii, I'm sticking with the hardware.
I do certainly applaud your attempts to make it a Vst though for folks without hardware.
I do certainly applaud your attempts to make it a Vst though for folks without hardware.
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- KVRist
- 285 posts since 28 Jun, 2017
Lucky you! As a Lexicon fanatic, I've always been intrigued by the Vortex' reputation but they're virtually impossible to find these days, according to the stats in 2025/2026 a hopping two units have shown up on reverb.Dirk Diggler wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2026 12:31 pm While tempting since I love my vintage pair of hardware Vortexii, I'm sticking with the hardware.
I do certainly applaud your attempts to make it a Vst though for folks without hardware.
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- KVRian
- 908 posts since 12 Sep, 2007
I traded away a very nice neck through bass when the Vortex first came out.
You might check on Ebay from time to time.
They used be as cheap as Alex's are today, just a couple years ago.
You might check on Ebay from time to time.
They used be as cheap as Alex's are today, just a couple years ago.
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- KVRAF
- 8706 posts since 24 May, 2002 from Tutukaka, New Zealand
Hmmmm...bought an Alex when they were new. Always wanted a Vortex but never got round to getting one and regretted it ever since. Very interested to hear this. My Alex is half porked - some presets work, some don't...it never liked sitting in a damp old cellar I used to have as a studio. Build quality is questionable - ironically I have some old Behringer gear from the same time that suffered same conditions and they all work perfectly 30 yrs later. Lost half my Alex and a LA4C that now crackles like a bastard, so the posh gear is the dodgiest.
Anyway, looking forward to a Vortex plugin. Will almost certainly buy it if it sounds even remotely like the real thing. Those were pretty well the last decent hw units Lexicon sold IMO. Didn't the Vortex let you morph between presets or something similar?
Anyway, looking forward to a Vortex plugin. Will almost certainly buy it if it sounds even remotely like the real thing. Those were pretty well the last decent hw units Lexicon sold IMO. Didn't the Vortex let you morph between presets or something similar?