ZED-18  ALLEN & HEATH 

 Compact Audio Recording Mixer 

The Allen & Heath ZED -18 is designed for bands, schools, houses of worship, AV and PA hire companies looking for maximum functionality in a compact mixer. With 10 fully featured mono inputs and 4 stereo inputs, ZED-18 packs a huge amount of functionality into a console that can be comfortably carried under one arm or mounted in a 19” rack. All mono channels feature Allen & Heath’s acclaimed DuoPre two stage preamps, 3 band MusiQ EQ with swept mid frequency, 4 auxes and smooth glide 100mm faders. A USB connection allows easy connection to a laptop for adding plug-in FX or capturing stereo recordings. Built to last in demanding live sound environments, ZED -18’s rotary controls are secured to the front panel with steel nuts and high quality components have been used throughout, including Neutrik mic XLRs and 1/4" jack connectors.

ZED-18 features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilizes MusiQ – with optimized slope (or Q factor) for equalizing individual instruments. Based 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.

Features:

• 10 mono channels

• Neutrik mic XLR

• Neutrik 1/4 inch jacks

• Channel insert

• Super wide gain ‘DuoPre’ mic line input

• 3 band EQ with MusiQ

• 4 auxes

• Illuminated mute

• Sound image pan

• Illuminated PFL & peak warning indicator

• ALPS 100mm faders

• 4 stereo channels with 2-band EQ

• Stereo returns & playback

• All inputs with level control

• 12 bar meters

• Mono/stereo function on auxes 1&2

• Monitor output section

• Alt stereo output source

• Configurable USB stereo audio in/out

• Global +48V phantom power

• Rack ears available

Specifications:

Input

• Mono channel (XLR) Input +6 to –63dBu for nominal (+17dBu in max)

• Mono channel Line Input (Jack socket) +10 to –26dBu (+30dBu maximum)

• Insert point (TRS Jack socket) 0dBu nominal +21dBu maximum

• Stereo Input (Jack sockets) 0dBu nominal (control = Off to +10dB)

• Stereo input (phono sockets) 0dBu nominal (control =Off to +10dB)

Output

• L, R & Mono Outputs (L&R XLR, Mono Jack) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.

• Aux Outputs (Jack sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.

• Alt Outputs (phono sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.

• Rec Outputs (phono sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.

Frequency Response

• Mic in to Mix L/R Out, 30dB gain +0.5/-1dB 20Hz to 20kHz.

• 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, 0dB gain 1kHz +10dBu out 0.004%

• Mic in to Mix L/R Out, 30dB gain 1kHz 0.014%

• Line in to Mix L/R out 0dB gain 0dBu 1kHz 0.005%

• Stereo in to Mix L/R out 0dB gain +10dBu 1kHz 0.003%

Headroom

• Analogue Headroom from nominal (0Vu) 21dB

• USB in & out headroom from nominal (0Vu) 14dB

USB Audio CODEC (Coder/Decoder)

• USB Audio In/Out USB 1.1 compliant 16bit.

• Sample Rate 32, 44.1, or 48kHz

Noise

• Mic Pre EIN @ max gain 150R input Z 22-22kHz -127dBu

• Mix L/R out, L/R faders = 0, 22-22kHz ZED-14 -88dBu

• Mix L/R out, L/R faders = 0, 22-22kHz ZED-18 -86dBu

• Mix L/R out, L/R faders = 0, 22-22kHz ZED-24 -84dBu

• Dimensions: 15" W x 8.3" L x 3.86" H (to top highest point)

• Weight: 14.3 lb

SALE: $849.99 

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