Allen & Heath ZED-18

Allen & Heath fabrique des mixeurs depuis plus de 40 ans et a donc une parfaite connaissance des éléments nécessaires à la réalisation d'un bon mixeur, à savoir des qualités sonores exemplaires, une fabrication robuste et des fonctionnalités innovantes. A&H a réuni tous ces principes pour produire la série ZED, une gamme de mixeurs à prix compétitif dédiée aux musiciens et aux ingénieurs du son qui veulent prendre du plaisir à mixer et le faire sur la même console pendant de longues années. Les fonctionnalités présentes sur les consoles ZED sont bien supérieures à ce que l'on peut trouver habituellement à ce niveau de prix. Avez les ZED, vous vous assurez une excellente solution de mixage, quel que soit l'endroit où vous êtes, sur scène comme en studio, ou même chez vous.

• 10 entrées mono micro sur XLR / ligne sur Jack
• Insert Jack
• Alimentation phantom 48V
• Switch coupe-bas
• Egaliseur 3 bandes dont 1 semi-paramétrique
• 4 départs auxiliaires (1 & 2 pré, 3 & 4 post-fader)
• Réglage de panoramique
• Switches de Mute et PFL
• Faders 100 mm
• 4 entrées ligne stéréo
• 2 retours d'effets stéréo
• 4 départs auxiliaires
• Sortie Master stéréo XLR avec inserts
• Switch de sommation mono
• Bargraph 12 LEDs
• Sorties casque sur Jack 6,35 mm et 3,5 mm
• Port USB pour enregistrement ou lecture stéréo 16 bits 32 - 48 kHz.

ZED-18 has an incredibly advanced feature-set for a mixer at this level - it gives musicians, venues and hire companies access to 10 full mono channels and 4 stereo channels in a compact, rack mountable format. Configurable USB audio in/out makes it easy to capture stereo recordings.

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-fade)
2) Main Mix Left + Right (Pre-Fade)
3) Auxes 1-2
4) Auxes 3-4

Return Options
1) To Stereo 3 channel

MusiQ
ZED-18 features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilises MusiQ - with optimised slope (or Q factor) for equalising individual instruments.

DuoPre
Based on the proven pre-amps from the hugely successful PA series, ZED-18 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.

SONAR LE - Provided Free!
We've included Cakewalk SONAR LE with this ZED mixer so you can start recording your own music today with the most complete introductory music production software for Windows PC. Based on Cakewalk's award-winning SONAR X3 digital audio workstation, SONAR LE has been enhanced with cutting-edge instruments, effects, and creative tools to make creating your own music as simple and intuitive as possible, no matter what your experience level.

You can use SONAR LE and your ZED mixer together in many ways - e.g. straightforward recording of a stereo mix, recording tracks individually to build up a song, or using the USB port and software as an effects loop.

• Key Features
• 32 audio tracks
• 64 MIDI tracks
• Seamlessly record, edit and mix using award-winning Skylight Interface
• Edit audio and MIDI intelligently with Smart Tool
• Premium Cakewalk instruments including full Studio Instruments suite and Square I
• Mix using a professional Console view and 10 studio-quality effects
• 1 GB of content including loops, MIDI Groove Clips and templates
• Save and share music using Gobbler,YouTube Export and SoundCloud