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Allen & Heath ZED-24 - 24-Channel Touring Quality Mixer with USB I/O (AH-ZED-24)
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Brand | Allen & Heath |
Number of Channels | 24 |
Item Weight | 23.1 Pounds |
Connectivity Technology | USB |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
About this item
- DuoPre XLR Microphone preamps, including 48V Phantom power for condenser microphones and up to 69dB of gain. Each preamp uses two gain stages to provide a full and accurate sound across the entire gain range with enough power for even the most gain hungry mics.
- A 100Hz High Pass Filter on every mono input allows unneeded low frequencies to be removed, then the 3-band MusiQ EQ with swept mid frequency uses carefully selected frequencies to ensure your sound sculpting is always musical. Cut or boost highs and lows with shelving EQ and use the mid frequency selection to choose exactly where to adjust the mid frequencies, especially useful for vocals, guitar and other instruments with a rich mid-range.
- Two ‘Pre-Fade’ Auxiliary outputs enable separate mixes to be sent to monitor speakers or any feeds that require a mix of channels independent of the main mix. Another two ‘Post-Fade’ Auxiliary outputs sends signal at a level which follows the send level to the main mix, ideal for use with external FX units, feeds to subwoofers or creating a mix for streaming or recording.
- Every mono channel and the main mix feature insert sockets for connection of external processors such as compressors or graphic equalisers to apply dynamic or tonal shaping on a per-channel basis as well as the whole mix.
- A routable stereo-in stereo-out USB connection makes it easy to record the whole main mix or just the channels you need and enables a stereo return from the connected device to be routed back to the mix. It’s also class compliant and does not require drivers, meaning not just Mac and Windows computers can be connected, but also many mobile devices such as tablets or even smart phones.
- 16 Mic, 16 Line/ Inst, 2 Stereo (2 Left, 2 Right), 2 USB Audio
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Value for money | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | — | — | 4.3 |
Versatility | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | — | — | 4.1 |
Sound quality | — | 3.1 | 4.4 | — | — | 4.3 |
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hardware interface | usb | usb2.0, secure digital, bluetooth | usb, 1 4 inch audio, 3 5 mm audio, headphone | usb | usb | usb3.0 |
style | ZED 24 | 24-Channel | 30-Channel | ZED 22FX | — | ZEDi-10FX |
model year | — | 2021 | 2019 | — | — | 2016 |
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Product information
Item Weight | 23.1 pounds |
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Product Dimensions | 18.3 x 3.9 x 25.4 inches |
ASIN | B00167IWR4 |
Item model number | AH-ZED24 |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #16,019 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #133 in DJ Mixers #4,848 in Music Recording Equipment |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | November 20, 2007 |
Back Material | back material |
Body Material | body material |
Color Name | Grey/Red |
Fretboard Material | fretboard material |
Guitar Pickup Configuration | guitar pickup |
Hardware Interface | USB |
Top Material | top material |
Neck Material Type | neck material |
Guitar Bridge System | guitar bridge |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
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Product Description
ZED-24 Mixer. The Allen & Heath ZED 24 audio mixer has a fantastic pedigree: nearly 40 years of making mixing desks for professional sound engineers. The ZED 24 mixer's audio circuitry is based on years of continual development and refinement. All the elements within the mixer have been perfected to insure the very best sound quality possible. This is a mixer with broad appeal, from entry-level to professionals. You get fantastic sound, rugged build quality, and imaginative features. The ZED 24 mixer is equally happy running your gig on stage, recording live, or mixing down in your studio at home. The features are incredibly advanced for a mixer at this level. The ZED 24 has 23 independent sources to the mix, 10 independent outputs, 4 aux sends (2 pre and 2 post fade), a USB send and return for PC or Mac recording, playback and effects, a unique dual stereo input capability and some very advanced monitoring facilities. In fact, the ZED 24 mixer is so packed with great features that you'd think it would cost much, much more! In addition to 16 mono channels there are 4 stereo channels, each with a main stereo input on jack sockets and the ability to take additional stereo inputs from phono sockets or from the USB audio input, enabling you to control and route any source. The ZED 24 mixer features a responsive 3-band swept-mid EQ, with an optimized slope for equalizing individual instruments. The ZED 24 also features high quality DuoPre pre-amps, which use a two stage design, with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage, offering lots of headroom. Allen & Heath includes the excellent SONAR LE digital audio workstation software for Windows with the ZED 24 multipurpose mixer. With audio and MIDI multitrack recording and mixing capability, effects plug-ins and editing features, SONAR LE enables the ZED 24 audio mixer to become a live sound, recording, or home recording mixer.
From the manufacturer
ROAD TOUGH
Designed and Built to Last
All ZED mixers are designed and built to Allen & Heath’s legendary touring grade standards to ensure a long life in the toughest environments. All channels are on individual, vertical circuit boards and all rotary controls are secured to the front panel with a steel nut to guard against impact damage.
USB AUDIO FLEXIBILITY
Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production. The way this has been implemented on ZED is super-flexible and easy! 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!
MUSIQ to Your Ears
ZED mixers feature a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilizes MusiQ – with optimized slope (or Q factor) for equalising individual instruments.
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USB Interface | 2x2 | 2x2 | 2x2 | 2x2 | 2x2 | 2x2 |
Built-in FX | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
XLR Mic inputs | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 16 |
Stereo input channels | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Channel EQ | 3-band Sweepable | 3-band Sweepable | 3-band Sweepable | 3-band Sweepable | 3-band Sweepable | 3-band Sweepable |
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Customers like the quality, sturdiness, sound quality, ease of use, and versatility of the audio mixing console. For example, they mention that it works well, the knobs and sliders are solid, and the sound is clean and warm. That said, they say it's easy to use and trouble free. Customers are also impresseded with the input and output flexibility, saying that it has enough inputs to satisfy any additional gear they might obtain in the future.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the audio mixing console. They mention that it works well, the EQs work well, and the 3 band EQ all perform their jobs. They also appreciate the reliable performance and the fact that it performs above its price point.
"...The gain controls, 100Hz Hi-pass filter, and 3 band EQ all perform their jobs, and the sweepable mid-frequency EQ is a really nice feature...." Read more
"...of us devoted to their multi-channel studio boards, but provides a worthy companion. And for the price, that is a major accomplishment...." Read more
"...I was very impressed with my first recordings through it. The EQs worked well, it just worked and sounded nice...." Read more
"...Same quality as the "big guys". This mixer has it all...enough capability to turn your basement into a studio, or play out somewhere on a medium-..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the sturdiness of the audio mixing console. They mention that it is well built, has solid knobs and sliders, and is a solid performer. The USB interface is solid and doesn't introduce any problematic latency. Overall, most are happy with the quality and value of this product.
"...For a board in this price range, they're solid and should be fine for most gigging musicians and basic home recording...." Read more
"...You'll read that the board is solid. It is...." Read more
"...However, that doesn't mean it's perfect. Quality at cost is excellent...." Read more
"...The effects are definitely studio quality, and will stand up to an rank-mounted effects you can buy...." Read more
Customers like the sound quality of the audio mixing console. For example, they mention it's compact, quality built, and holds its own in sound quality. Some say that it has a warm sound and is quieter than expected. That said, they say it'll be great for going to an audio interface and mixing to a monitoring solution.
"...They're very quiet with a very, very low noise floor and good responsiveness...." Read more
"...Quality at cost is excellent. Sound quality was above what I expected, and to be fair - I'm a harsh critic and expected to be disappointed...." Read more
"...I even go direct to my powered FOH speakers and the sound is clear as a bell! I highly recommend this mixer, you will not be disappointed!" Read more
"...I must say, it sounds better than the Sapphire Pro preamp I had for a few years...." Read more
Customers find the audio mixing console easy to use. They mention it's plug-and-play, trouble-free, and the 3-band EQ is fairly straightforward to use, and you can even adjust the amount of effect to each.
"...The 3-band EQ is fairly straight-forward to use, and you can even adjust the amount of effect to each channel...a nice feature if you want more..." Read more
"Works as expected. Easy to setup and use.Would recommend for people who are serious about sound. Very sturdy built" Read more
"...It's plug and play, but there's drivers available for it, I just didn't need them. I use it with Windows 10 with absolutely zero issues...." Read more
"...And I have to tell ya... it is amaizing. SO SIMPLE TO USE...." Read more
Customers find the audio mixing console very versatile and easy to use. They say it has the input and output flexibility to allow them to run Skype mix-minus setups. Customers also appreciate the many routing possibilities and the ability to easily handle any external music device and any instrument or XLR mic input.
"...The board also has the input and output flexibility to allow me to run Skype mix-minus set ups, telephone VOIP patches, etc.,..." Read more
"5 Stars because I love it, it is loaded with features, it sounds amazing and at the price - it is. However, that doesn't mean it's perfect...." Read more
"...It will easily handle any external music device and any instrument/XLR mic input...." Read more
"...This has enough inputs to satisfy any additional gear I might obtain in the future." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the audio mixing console. They mention it's a great buy at any price and has good cost performance.
"...Nice board, well built. Great value for the money." Read more
"...If you own a Mac, it is amazingly simple and trouble free. A great buy at any price for the small home studio." Read more
"...I'm using this at home studio. Good cost performance!" Read more
"Great price on a great mixer...." Read more
Customers like the effects in the audio mixing console. They say the effects are ok, and it's easy to use. They also appreciate the ability to adjust the amount of effect to each channel, which is a nice feature.
"...band EQ is fairly straight-forward to use, and you can even adjust the amount of effect to each channel...a nice feature if you want more reverb on..." Read more
"Its a decent board. bought it for the effects unit. the effects are ok, was hoping for little more but for the price, its better then not having any." Read more
"...It's perfect. The effects really surprised me and as I said it sounds awesome and I am quite picky..." Read more
Customers like the responsiveness of the audio mixing console. They say it responds powerfully, dynamically, and smoothly. They also mention that the board is smooth, transparent, and workable, and the sliders have a pro-feel to them.
"...They're very quiet with a very, very low noise floor and good responsiveness...." Read more
"...work is what it does, and that is done powerfully, dynamically and smoothly...." Read more
"...All sliders have a pro-feel to them, and it even comes with the Roland X2 Sonar (Calkwake) software to record directly from the mixer to your..." Read more
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The ZED-14 is an easy way to route my inputs between my DAWs and other outputs (headphones at the recording desk and in the booth, studio monitors, etc.). The board also has the input and output flexibility to allow me to run Skype mix-minus set ups, telephone VOIP patches, etc., so that clients can listen to and comment on my work in real time while I'm in the booth, but I can exclude their inputs from the Mains output, so their comments don't make it to my DAW master tracks.
The USB interface is solid and doesn't seem to introduce any problematic latency (though I monitor directly from the mains output, not from the USB Return). I also don't notice any digital artifacting and, in fact, think that it does as well at analog-digital conversion as my much more expensive Lavry converter that's a dedicated box in my signal chain.
The entire board has an extremely solid and professional feel to it. Granted, I'm a VO artist and engineer and don't tote it from gig to gig or hammer on it during multi-feed recording sessions, but I have a lot of confidence in the durability and longevity of the board.
The mic preamps are good, but not great. For a board in this price range, they're solid and should be fine for most gigging musicians and basic home recording. They're very quiet with a very, very low noise floor and good responsiveness. The gain controls, 100Hz Hi-pass filter, and 3 band EQ all perform their jobs, and the sweepable mid-frequency EQ is a really nice feature.
Unfortunately, for what I do, the preamps don't have the chops to deliver on powerful Voiceovers with top-shelf tube mics. I can't hold that against the ZED in the rating, though. It's not billed as a full signal chain solution; in order to get the sound I need, I have to run through a channel strip with a compressor, more powerful pre, de-esser/limiter, and a more surgical EQ.
Overall, this board is a critical part of my studio and sound chain. It's flexibility allows me to offer client services that other boards don't, and until I started pairing it with boutique tube mics it met all of my daily needs.
First, you need to know this unit was not made in Britain but China. This is probably no surprise.
But it gets better from there. Allen & Heath have managed to carve a place in the modest mixer category that not only doesn't embarrass those of us devoted to their multi-channel studio boards, but provides a worthy companion. And for the price, that is a major accomplishment.
You'll read that the board is solid. It is. What you need to do though is "hear" what it does that other brands of mixers just below this price range fail miserably at doing. This board is smooth, transparent and workable. Once you get over the quirkiness of lit "mute" buttons rather than lit "on" buttons, nothing about this board raises ears or eyebrows. Your work is what it does, and that is done powerfully, dynamically and smoothly.
You pay a little more (but not much) and you get what engineers demand: reliable performance. For this market, this box is as close to the upper lines of pro mixers (including A&H's top lines) as you can get! Oh yes, there are units selling well into the thousands (A&H sells those, too) but the ZED 14 will not disappoint you and perhaps best of all, for the company, it is not the kind of embarassing mix-box you could buy and quickly regret. It's not a Rolls , nor a Bentley, but let's say. a worthy Range Rover! Spend a little more, like they say, because later you will never think about the price.
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Reviewed in India on April 9, 2022
Its a nice board, the EQs sound nice and it does exactly what it says on the tin - very happy customer :D
Will definitely deal with this company again.