Live or in the studio, ZED60-14FX from Allen & Heath is a compact, portable
mixer that is ideal for small bands. This mixer is a guitarist's dream. Two of
the 8 mono channels have high impedance jack inputs that can take a normal
line level or a low level input from a guitar pickup, so guitars can be
plugged straight into the mixer without the need for DI boxes. These inputs
have been crafted to recreate the sound of a classic tube preamp in a combo or
head amp for incredible definition and warmth. Two stereo inputs are provided
for MP3/CD players or keyboards. ZED60-14FX comes with configurable USB audio
in/out, making it easy to capture a stereo recording at the gig or in the
studio. The mixer is equipped with professional XLR main stereo outputs, a
flexible monitoring section with headphone and speaker feed outputs, and 16
stunning FX. Most important of all, ZED60-14FX lives up to the audio and build
quality standards that have made Allen & Heath one of the most trusted names
in professional audio for more than 40 years. The ZED60-14FX comes with a full
duplex USB soundcard built-in, many useful routing options and a separate
stereo return channel. An extremely high input impedance ensures loading on
pickups is minimal and a Class A FET circuit powered from 48V is employed to
give the value-like gain stage. ZED60-14FX features a responsive 3-band, swept
mid frequency design which utilizes MusiQ with optimized slope for equalizing
individual instruments. An essential selection of 16 time-delay effects has
been designed with small groups in mind who don't want to carry around an
effects unit with their gear but who still want great quality FX at their gigs
and recordings. Allen & Heath continues to use separate vertical PCB
construction on the ZED, borrowed from our large pro-audio mixers. Even with
the smallest SED, every one of its controls is solidly PCB mounted, and every
potentiometer is nutted to the front panel.