Allen & Heath ZED60-14FX 14-Channel Analog Mixer with Effects and Instrument Inputs

The ZED60-14FX from Allen & Heath is a member of their ZED Mini offerings with this compact model being ideal for small bands. Don’t be fooled by the size – this mixer is big on high-end audio and build quality. Ultra portable for carrying to the gig, the ZED60-14FX can be used for recording live or in the studio. Guitars can be plugged in directly to the mixer using the specially designed high-impedance inputs, while each mixer has two stereo inputs for MP3/CD players or keyboards.

Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production. The design on ZED mixers 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, 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! The ZED60-14FX also features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilizes MusiQ – with optimised slope (or Q factor) for equalizing individual instruments.

A&H's ZED60-14FX is also equipped with professional XLR main stereo outputs and a flexible monitoring section with headphone and speaker feed outputs along with an added set 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. ZED effects are easily controlled using 3 buttons with 9 display LEDs.

Features

• 8 mic/line inputs, 2 with Class A FET high impedance
• 60mm professional quality faders
• Responsive 3-band, swept mid EQ with MusiQ
• Configurable USB stereo audio in/out
• 1 pre-fade Aux send
• 1 FX send
• 2 stereo inputs
• Separate 2-track record outputs
• 16 Internal Effects
• XLR main stereo outputs with inserts

Specifications

• ZED Mini Mixers:
• Operating Levels - Inputs:
  • Mono channel (XLR) Input -10 to –60dBu for nominal (+11dBu in max)
  • Mono channel Line Input (Jack socket) +10 to –40dBu (+31dBu maximum)
  • Stereo Input (Jack or phono sockets) 0dBu nominal (control = Off to +15dB)
• Outputs:
  • L/R Outputs ( XLR) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.
  • Aux & FX Outputs (Jack sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.
  • Record & Monitor Outputs (phono sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.
• Frequency Response:
  • Mic in to Mix L/R Out, 30dB gain +0.5/-1dB 10Hz to 30kHz.
  • Line in to Mix L/R out 0dB gain +0.5/-1dB 10Hz to 30kHz.
  • Stereo in to Mix L/R out +0.5/-1dB 10Hz to 30kHz.
• THD+n:
  • Mic in to Mix L/R Out, 10dB gain 1kHz +10dBu out 0.002%
  • Mic in to Mix L/R Out, 30dB gain 1kHz 0.01%
  • Line in to Mix L/R out 0dB gain 0dBu 1kHz 0.003%
  • Stereo in to Mix L/R out 0dB gain +10dBu 1kHz 0.002%
  • Gtr Input to Mix L/R Out, 0dBu, Boost OUT 0.015%
  • Gtr Input to Mix L/R Out, 0dBu, Boost IN 2% Second Harmonic
• Headroom:
  • Analog Headroom from nominal (0Vu) 21dB.
  • USB in & out headroom from nominal (0Vu) 14dB.
• Noise:
  • Mic Pre EIN @ max gain 150R input Z 22-22kHz -127dBu
  • Mix L/R out, L/R faders = 0, Levels min, 22-22kHz -96dBu
  • Mix L/R out, L/R faders = 0, Levels min, 22-22kHz -96dBu
• USB Audio CODEC (Coder/Decoder):
  • USB Audio In/Out USB 1.1 compliant 16bit.
  • Sample Rate 32, 44.1, or 48kHz