Mixer Allen & Heath ZED 10

4 mic/line inputs, 2 with Class A FET high impedance inputs

Neutrik mic XLR

Neutrik 1/4 inch jacks

3 band EQ with MusiQ

2 auxes

Sound image pan

Illuminated PFL indicator

Stereo returns & playback

All inputs with level control

12 bar meters

Responsive 3-band, swept mid EQ with MusiQ

2 stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility

Separate 2-track record outputs

Stereo playback input for 2-track replay

XLR main stereo outputs with inserts

Comprehensive monitoring

Configurable USB stereo audio in/out

Stereo monitor outs

48V microphone phantom power

DI level switching for sub mixing

 
USB audio flexibility
Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production. The way this has been implemented on ZED is super-flexible and super-easy! No longer do you need to fiddle around the back of your PC to get to the soundcard inputs, only to find that the levels are all wrong and noisy. Just plug in a USB lead to your ZED, select the USB routing on the mixer and the device on your computer and that's it! CD quality audio to and from your PC or Mac. Switches and connection through jack socket terminals provide different send/return configurations:-
Send options:
1) Main Mix Left + Right (Post master Level)
2) Aux + FX bus (Aux is a pre-fade send, FX is a post-fade send)
3) Record Bus Left + Right (Separate stereo bus to Main Mix)

Return Options:
1) To Playback input (through jack socket break contacts)
2) To Stereo 2 channel (through jack socket break contacts)

MusiQ
ZED-10 features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilises MusiQ – with optimised slope (or Q factor) for equalising individual instruments.

Guitar DI
ZED-10’s pre-amps are similar in design to our MixWizard range of mixers, but with a twist! Inputs 3 & 4 have a high impedance jack input capable of taking either a normal line level or a low level input from a guitar pickup. These newly designed inputs have been crafted with the aim of replicating the sound of a classic guitar or instrument tube pre-amp in a combo or head amp. An extremely high input impedance ensures loading on pick-ups is minimal and a Class A FET (field effect transistor) circuit powered from 48V is employed to give the valve-like gain stage. There is a gain “Boost” switch associated with the guitar inputs which boosts gain by 26dB to cater for instruments with very low level outputs and the overdrive characteristics of the guitar inputs are very similar to a valve (tube) circuit, being asymmetric and soft. All this makes for a wonderfully natural sound to be reproduced from the instrument, full of warmth and character