The Lexicon PCM41 is a digital delay made by Lexicon Pro, a company whose product pages carry the tagline "Legendary Reverb and Effects"1. A digital delay samples the incoming guitar signal and plays it back after a set time, producing repeats that can range from a single slapback to long, cascading echoes. Lexicon lists the PCM41 as discontinued, so it is no longer in current production1.
Lexicon Pro's own product page marks the PCM41 as discontinued1. Players shopping for one are looking at the secondhand market.
What the maker's page records
Lexicon Pro's product page for the PCM41 gives a short, plain description of the unit. What it states comes down to the following:
- It is a "Digital Delay"1
- It is made by Lexicon Pro, whose tagline is "Legendary Reverb and Effects"1
- It is listed as discontinued1
The page carries the company's own words for the product category, and that tagline verbatim:
"Legendary Reverb and Effects"
What it does
As a digital delay, the PCM41 sits in the same family of effects as the delay and echo units players use to add repeats to a lead line, thicken a rhythm part, or build ambient textures. Lexicon describes it simply as a "Digital Delay" on its product page1.
Where it sits in Lexicon's range
Lexicon Pro is better known today for its rack processors, and the maker's current and recent lineup includes units such as the Lexicon M1300S, the Lexicon M93, the Lexicon M92 and the Lexicon M951. The PCM41 belongs to that same tradition of Lexicon signal processing, in a form factor aimed at players.
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