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Lexicon 224 Black Friday pricing from Universal Audio is $49, 67% off, until Nov 30, 2026, on the Digital Reverb plugin built from the 1978 hardware unit.
The hardware's slider-based controller and long, lush tail marked the sound of its era. Talking Heads' Remain In Light and U2's The Unforgettable Fire are the records Universal Audio points to.
The Lexicon 224 plugin brings that unit into your DAW, and it works with any audio interface on Mac and PC.
Universal Audio says the plugin runs the exact algorithms and control processor code of the original hardware. It captures all eight reverb programs and the chorus program, based on firmware version 4.4, which the maker describes as the final and hard-to-find release.
The plugin also includes the original's input transformers and early 12-bit AD/DA gain-stepping converters.
Every parameter from the hardware is present, laid out as dedicated sliders and buttons:
The System Noise control is exclusive to UA. Switch it off and the modeled gain stepping, parameter zippering and quiescent noise of the original hardware go away.
Click the "Open" text beside the display panel and hidden controls appear, including Input/Output gain and Pitch Shift. There is also a selectable "Bug Fix" mode that turns on or off the historical bug fixes in the Hall B and Chorus programs.
Two versions come in the box:
The eight reverb programs and the chorus program suit drums, vocals, guitars and more. Universal Audio points to the Plate and Concert programs for vintage '80s sounds.
Presets come from well-known 224 users, including Chuck Zwicky (Prince) and Kevin Killen (Peter Gabriel).
Yes. The Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb plugin from Universal Audio is 67% off at $49 until Nov 30, 2026. It is a reverb plugin, and both the UAD Native and the Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions are included.
Yes. The UAD Native version runs on a Mac or PC without any UA hardware, and the plugin works with any audio interface. If you use Apollo interfaces or UAD-2 hardware, the Apollo Realtime and UAD-2 version runs accelerated there.
It has all eight reverb programs from the original hardware plus the chorus program, based on firmware version 4.4. Universal Audio points to the Plate and Concert programs for vintage '80s sounds.
System Noise is a UA-exclusive switch for the original unit's inherent dynamic noise. Turn it off and the modeled gain stepping, parameter zippering and quiescent noise are removed. Turn it on and they stay.
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