Allen & Heath ZED-10FX 10-Channel USB Mixer with Effects

Small-format mulitpurpose USB-equipped mixer with 10 inputs and built-in effects.

The ZED-10FX is an amazing, compact desktop mixer, ideal for small band mixing. It is ultra portable for carrying to the gig, and 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 the mixer has two stereo inputs for MP3/CD players or keyboards. It is also equipped with professional XLR main stereo outputs and a flexible monitoring section with headphone and speaker feed outputs. Unlike it’s sibling, the ZED-10, the ZED-10FX also boasts a set of fabulous effects to give shimmering reverbs and enhance your sound.

The ZED-10FX is great for live mixing. The layout makes it very simple to use and easy to achieve a great sound. It can be used for recording a live show, and can also be used for an audio project at home that you can build up track by track using the USB digital audio interface.

The flexibility, quality, and price-point of this mixer makes it stand out from the crowd. You can plug your guitars or instruments straight into the class A discrete FET high impedance inputs, it can cater up to four microphones, two stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility, and separate 2-track record outputs. It also has a stereo playback input for 2-track replay or perhaps interval music from a CD player, XLR main stereo outputs with inserts, comprehensive monitoring with headphones, and separate monitor speaker outputs, 48V microphone phantom power, DI level switching for sub mixing, and last but not least, the same digital effects algorithms as those used on Allen & Heath’s flagship digital consoles costing 150 times as much.

Allen & Heath ZED-10FX Features:

• 4 mic/line, 2 with Class A FET high impedance
• Neutrik mic XLR
• Neutrik 1/4″ jacks
• 3-band EQ with MusiQ
• 2 Auxes
• Sound image pan
• Illuminated PFL indicator
• Stereo returns & playback
• All inputs with level control
• 12-bar meters
• Professional FX
• Responsive 3-band, swept mid EQ with MusiQ
• 2 stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility
• Separate 2-track record outputs
• Stereo playback input for 2-track replay
• XLR main stereo outputs with inserts
• Comprehensive monitoring
• Configurable USB stereo audio in/out
• Stereo monitor outs
• 48V microphone phantom power
• DI level switching for sub mixing.

Allen & Heath ZED-10FX Specifications:

• Send options: Main Mix left + Right (post master level, Aux + FX bus (Aux is a pre-fade send, FX is a post fade send), and Record bus left + right (separate stereo bus to Main Mix)
• Return options: To playback input (through jack socket break contacts)
• To stereo 2 channel (through jack socket break contacts)
• Operating Levels: Inputs
• Mono Channel (XLR) Input -10 to -60dBU for nominal (+11dBu in max)
• 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. +dBu max.
• Record & Monitor Outputs (phono sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21 dBu 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 10Hz to 30kHz
• Stereo in to Mix L/R +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 0dBu +10 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
• Dimensions: 10.8″D x 3.7″H x 13″W
• Weight: 3.3kg.