Allen & Heath ZED 428
4 Bus Mixing Console
Item: AHZED428
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The ZED-428 has a fantastic pedigree which comes from nearly 40 years of making mixing consoles for the professional sound community. 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.
The padless DuoPre mic/line pre-amplifier is a new design; it delivers a high-headroom, low-noise signal.The pre-amp is 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 1/4" line input.
The 4-band, 2-sweep EQ, along with the low noise summing amps, is borrowed from the acclaimed GL2400, while the bus architecture is a simplified, but equally comprehensive, version of that employed in the successful GL series.
The USB audio interface, with its uniquely flexible capability, allows different signals to be sent to USB, from LR or from selected aux buses. The USB return signal can be routed straight to the LR mix or to a stereo channel.
Six aux sends are provided, of which 1 & 2 are prefader for monitoring, and 3 & 4 are switched pre- or post-fader for effects sends.Aux 5 & 6 are post-fader. Auxes 1 & 2 can be sent to the USB bus for recording pre-fader signals independently to the main mix. Auxes 5 & 6 can also be sent to the USB bus for use as effects sends.
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 the ZED-428 is super-flexible and super-easy! No longer do you need to fiddle around the back of your PC to get to the soundcard inputs, only to find that the levels are all wrong and noisy. Just plug in a USB lead to your ZED-428, select the USB routing on the mixer and the device on your computer and that's it! Quality audio to and from your PC or Mac. Three switches provide different send/return configurations for recording, playback and utilizing external FX.
The connectors are placed on the top surface for easy plugging & patching. The ZED-428 has been designed using individual vertically mounted circuit boards with each rotary control fixed with a metal nut to the front panel - making a much more robust product that will resist damage and give years of reliable use. ZED also has professional 100mm faders for ultimate control over your levels.
Also included with ZED 4-Bus is SONAR LE digital audio workstation software for Windows, with audio and MIDI multi-track recording and mixing capability, effects plug-ins and editing features, enabling the ZED 4-Bus mixer to become a live recording or home recording mixer.
Allen & Heath ZED 428
4 Bus Mixing Console
Features:
- 4-band EQ with 2 swept mids and in/out switch
- 6 auxiliary sends (2 pre, 2 post, 2 pre/post)
- 4 sub groups fed from each channel
- L, R and M main mix outputs
- Individual channel 48V phantom power
- Direct output on every mono channel
- 2 dual stereo inputs with 4-band EQ
- Peak and signal indication on every channel
- 2 matrix sections available; can send output to USB
- Configurable USB stereo audio in/out
- Master level controls on all outputs
- Easy to use layout – all connections and controls on top surface
- Cakewalk SONAR LE bundled with mixer