1 Mono (1/4" jack), 1 Headphone (1/4" jack), Main stereo out (XLR), Alternate stereo out (RCA), Record out (RCA)
USB
Yes
System Requirements (PC)
For Sonar X1 LE: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, or 7, Intel P4 1.3 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz, 1GB RAM, 3GB free disk space, audio interface (WDM or ASIO), internet connection for product registration, USB port
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- Computer software that has been unsealed or registered
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Allen & Heath ZED-16FX USB Mixer For Live Sound & Recording
One of our favourite small live / studio mixers, shown here in 16-channel form with built-in digital effects. Clean sound, decent three-band semi-parametric EQ and built-in audio interface. Very impressive.
Supplier notes:
The ZED-16FX is ideal for groups who need to travel light. It gives musicians, venues and hire companies access to 10 full mono channels, 3 stereo channels and a high quality effects unit in a compact, rack mountable format. Configurable USB audio in / out makes it easy to capture stereo recordings.
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 the 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.
The ZED-16FX features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilises MusiQ, with optimised slope (or Q factor) for equalising individual instruments.
Based on the proven pre-amps from the hugely successful PA series, the ZED-16FX has DuoPre pre-amps, which use a two stage design, with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage. When amplifying the signal from the XLR input, the gain range is huge, 69dB of range to be exact, and is very evenly distributed around the gain control, meaning better control of signal level. Most of the gain comes from the first stage, so unwanted noise is kept to a minimum. Line level signals are simply plugged into the second stage of the pre-amp by using the line input jack socket, which has the great advantage of less noise when using the line input and also matching to a higher input impedance.
The ZED-16FX has an essential selection of 16 time-delay effects, designed for small groups who don't want to carry around an effects unit with their gear but who still want great quality FX at their gigs and on their recordings. Allen & Heath's DSP engineers worked hard, crafting and refining beautiful reverb algorithms to enhance every performance. These effects are available nowhere else at this price point, this quality and integration is only available from the ZED-FX. The ZED effects are easily controlled using 3 buttons with 9 display LEDs. For example, the ideal delay time can be quickly tapped-in, or the perfect amount of reverb on the lead vocal can be dialled-in. There is one-stop navigation and editing, in fact, it's just as easy as using effects pedals. To alter effects parameters, the Tap button is held down and the up / down buttons pressed to adjust the specific parameter for that effect, for example, the decay length on Plate Reverb, or the depth on Chorus.
Based on the proven pre-amps from the hugely successful PA series, ZED-16FX has DuoPre pre-amps, which use a two stage design, with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage. When amplifying the signal from the XLR input, the gain range is huge - 69dB of range to be exact - and is very evenly distributed around the gain control, meaning better control of signal level. Most of the gain comes from the first stage, so unwanted noise is kept to a minimum. Line level signals are simply plugged into the second stage of the pre-amp by using the line input jack socket, which has the great advantage of less noise when using the line input and also matching to a higher input impedance.
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Specifications
Aux Returns
3
Output Types
1 Mono (1/4" jack), 1 Headphone (1/4" jack), Main stereo out (XLR), Alternate stereo out (RCA), Record out (RCA)
USB
Yes
System Requirements (PC)
For Sonar X1 LE: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, or 7, Intel P4 1.3 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz, 1GB RAM, 3GB free disk space, audio interface (WDM or ASIO), internet connection for product registration, USB port
Dimensions (mm)
465 x 98 x 645
Weight (g)
10500
Allen & Heath ZED-16FX USB Mixer For Live Sound & Recording
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