Allen & Heath ZED-16FX Multipurpose 16-Channel USB Mixer with FX for Live Sound and Recording

The Allen & Heath ZED-16FX is a Multipurpose 16-Channel USB Mixer with FX for Live Sound and Recording 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 FX unit 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 connections through jack socket terminals provide different send/return configurations.

ZED-FX

ZED-16FX has an essential selection of 16 time-delay effects, designed for small groups who don’t want to carry around an effect’s unit with their gear but who still want great quality FX at their gigs and on their recordings. Our 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. 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 dialed-in.

Duopre

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.

Product Specifications:

Channels: 16-channel

Computer Connectivity: USB (2 x 2)

A/D Resolution: 16-bit/48kHz

Faders: 16 x ALPS 100mm

Phantom Power: Global

Send/Return I/O: 3 x 1/4" (aux send)

Channel Inserts: 10 x 1/4"

Inserts: 2 x 1/4" (stereo main)

Headphones: 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8"

USB: 1 x Type B

Other I/O: 1 x 1/4" (footswitch)

EQ Bands: 3-band EQ with MusiQ

Effects: Delays, Reverbs, Chorus

Software: Cakewalk Sonar X1 LE

Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable

Height: 3.9"

Width: 18.3"

Depth: 18.3"

Weight: 18.7 lbs.