Discussion in recordinglive sound started by jimeff, mar 25, 2012. Just got an allen and heath zed 10fx and have a question about inputs. The usb zed mixers are class compliant, they do not require drivers and use the built in wdm drivers in microsoft windows and apples core audio drivers in mac osx. They all seem to come with a usb interface built in. The 16 mono channels feature neutrik xlr mic and 14 line inputs, duopre preamps with phantom power and bountiful gain, 14. Zed24 has an incredibly advanced featureset for a mixer at this level it has 23 independent sources to the mix, 10 independent outputs, 4 aux sends. As a result, macos catalina is not currently supported. If you want to use your zed with pro tools 9 or higher yo. I use reaper myself with the allenheath range of desks with mac and it maybe worth thinking about. The daw software they were using was called reaper. Looking at the 12 channel models wondered why the wizards are twice what a zed costs. Zed is also a perfect choice for small pa and av rental, and for installation in hotels, small churches and schools. The correct operation of this product with macos catalina is not yet verified by our development and test departments. Even when recording at 16, i hope people find the advantage in using 24 bit processing as it is much.
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Its feature set is tailored primarily to the daw user, with a multichannel firewire audio interface under the hood, and plenty of midi control thrown in for good measure. Allen and heath zed24 24channel mixer with usb interface. You can connect this mixer to your software or daw via usb and that is very easy to do and set up. It gives musicians, venues and hire companies access to 10 full mono channels, 3 stereo channels and a high quality fx unit in a compact, rack mountable format. For musicians and bands, zed series mixers offer superior audio performance and reassuringly. Provided with configurable usb audio inout makes it easy to capture stereo recordings, 6 mic or line inputs, 4 stereo inputs with eq, there are an incredible 157. There are 3 stereo channels and t connects to a computer via usb connection for mac or pc computers. Even with its small footprint, the 12fx squeezes in 4 auxiliary channels and swept semiparametric eq on top of the already impressive feature set including configurable usb audio inout makes it easy to capture stereo recordings. Once again,in overall simplicity and great tone, for a single l1 compact or my l1 mii2b1s the t1 is hard to beat, it is still my favorite. This versatile 24channel usbequipped stereo mixer excels at recording, live sound or studio production. A very compact and quality mixer that you can use for both livesound applications and basic recording work.
The zed 24 also features high quality duopre preamps, which use a two stage design, with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage, offering lots of headroom. The audio circuitry is based on years of continual development and refinement and the performance of all the elements within the mixer is has been perfected to ensure the very best sound quality possible. What is the best way to connect my zed10fx mixer to a l1. Personal mixing system compatible with dlive, sq, gld, qu and 3rd party digital mixers. The usb series of zed mixers are capable of recording two channels of audio to your daw simultaneously. Zed12fx is ideal for groups who need to travel light. A daw control driver is available for easy setup and emulation of hui or.
Allen and heath zed16fx 16channel mixer with usb interface. Asio is a trademark and software of steinberg media technologies gmbh. Sq mixers are core audio compliant on macos no driver required and support macos 10. Download brochures, user guides and other documents for this product. Allen and heath zed 16fx usb mixer the allen and heath zed16fx is ideal for groups who need to travel light. There are 16 built in effects all in 24 bit, they are basic effects like reverb and delays. The issue i have is that it seems that i cannot route the signal from logic through the mixer back into logic.
Setting up pro tools 9 or higher for recording in windows the default usb audio codec driver used by the zed series apart from the zedr16 is not directly supported by avids pro tools. You can change the usb record bus assignment to aux or master lr but the two channel recording restriction still applies, its an either or sc. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. It has a truly professional feature set, which will fit any sound reinforcement application and. The correct operation of this product with macos catalina. Just plug the mixer into a computer via usb and yourre ready to go, the device will present itself as usb audio codec in your audio software or operating system. Zed24 16 micline inputs, 4 stereo sources, usb and sonar x1 l,e, zed24 16 micline inputs, 4 stereo. Plan contract will be emailed from asurion within 24 hours of purchase. I never record at 16 bits if 24 is available, but for simple uses might be good. The zed24 has a fantastic pedigree which comes from nearly 40 years of making mixing desks for the professional sound community. 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.
Zed24 has an incredibly advanced featureset for a mixer at this level it has 23 independent sources to the mix, 10 independent outputs, 4 aux sends, configurable usb audio inout makes it easy to capture stereo recordings, playback and effects, a unique dual stereo input capability and some very advanced monitoring facilities. As i wrote above there is a workaround, but this is an allen and heath and it is not cheap, so i sort of expected better engineering on this point, and certainly not have to figure workarounds. The audio circuitry is based on years of continual development and refinement and the performance of all the elements within the mixer is has been perfected. The microphone preamps are pretty warm and quiet but i have heard a lot better from allen and heath over the years. Zed12fx, allen heath, multi purpose mixer, live sound. Zed14 main features 6 mono channels neutrik mic xlr neutrik 14 inch jacks channel insert super wide gain duopre mic line input. The lowstress way to find your next zed job opportunity is on simplyhired. There was not a lot of information but there was a few different posts. Zed mixer on mac os x with an audio application that doesnt allow you to select a separate input and output, it is necessary to create an aggregate driver. Based on the proven preamps from the hugely successful pa series, zed24 has duopre preamps, which use a two stage design, with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage. Allpurpose analogue mixers for bands, rental companies, singer songwriters and studio artists. Zed24 has an incredibly advanced featureset for a mixer at this level it has 23 independent sources to the mix, 10 independent outputs, 4.
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