Allen & Heath ZED-18 Analogue Mixer for Live Sound and Recording
The Allen & Heath ZED-18 Analogue Mixer for Live Sound and Recording 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.
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
MusicQZED-18 features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilises MusiQ – with optimised slope (or Q factor) for equalising individual instruments.
DuoPREBased 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.
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