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USB audio flexibility

GettingGetting 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

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, select the USB routing on the mixer and the device on

your

your computer and that's it! CD quality audio to and from your

PC or Mac. Switches and connection through jack socket

terminals provide different send/return configurations:-

ZED-10, 10FX Send options:

1) Main Mix Left + Right (Post master Level)

2) Aux + FX bus (Aux is a pre-fade send, FX is a post-fade send)

3) Record Bus Left + Right (Separate stereo bus to Main Mix)

Return Options:

1) To Playback input (through jack socket break contacts)

2) To Stereo 2 channel (through jack socket break contacts)

ZED-14, 24, 12FX & 22FX Send options:

1) Main Mix Left & Right (post fader)

2) Main Mix L & R (pre fader)

3) Aux 3 & 4 (post fade sends – ideal for effects processing)

4) Aux 1 & 2 (pre fade sends – useful for recording)

Return Options:

1) To Main Mix L & R (using dedicated level trim)

2) To Stereo channel 3 (so you can use EQ, fader etc)

ZED-420, 428, 436 Send options:

1) Main Mix Left & Right (post fader)

2) Main Mix L & R (pre fader)

3) Aux 5 & 6 (post fade sends – ideal for effects processing)

4) Aux 1 & 2 (pre fade sends – useful for recording)

5) Matrix 1 & 2 (great for recording a different mix to the main PA)

Return Options:

1) To 2 Track Return (ideal for background music or playback)

2) To Stereo channel 3 (via switch – either straight to L-R or to the channel)

Lo-Cut Filter

Mid

HF Mid

LF Mid

ZED Design Essentials

DuoPre

BasedBased on the proven pre-amps from the hugely

successful PA series, the ZED mixers (except

ZED-10 & 10FX) have new DuoPretm 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.

MusiQ

ZED-10, 10FX. 14, 24, 12FX & 22FX feature a

responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency design,

while ZED 4-Bus mixers have instead a tuned 4-band

EQ taken from the acclaimed GL2400 mixer. Both

designs utilise MusiQ – with optimised slope (or Q

factor) for equalising individual instruments.

ZED-14, 24, 12FX, 22FX ZED-420, ZED-428, ZED-436

ZED-FX

LaunchedLaunched to complement the existing ZED series, the

ZED-FX has an essential selection of 16 time-delay

effects, designed for small groups who don’t want to

carry around an effects unit with their gear but who

still want great quality FX at their gigs and on their

recordings. Our DSP engineers worked hard, crafting

and refining beautiful reverb algorithms to enhance

eve

every performance. These effects are available

nowhere else at this price point – this quality and

integration is only available from the ZED-FX. ZED

effects are easily controlled using 3 buttons with 9

display LEDs. For example, the ideal delay time can be

quickly tapped-in, or the perfect amount of reverb on

the lead vocal can be dialled-in. There is one-stop

navigation

navigation and editing – in fact, it’s just as easy as

using effects pedals. To alter effects parameters, the

TAP button is held down and the up/down buttons

pressed to adjust the specific parameter for that

effect, for example, the decay length on PLATE, or the

depth on CHORUS.

Guitar DI

In place of the DuoPre, the ZED-10 &10FX have

pre-amps similar in design to our MixWizard range of

mixers, but with a twist! Inputs 3 & 4 have a high

impedance jack input capable of taking either a normal

line level or a low level input from a guitar pickup.

These

These newly designed inputs have been crafted with

the aim of replicating the sound of a classic guitar or

instrument tube pre-amp in a combo or head amp. An

extremely high input impedance ensures loading on

pick-ups is minimal and a Class A FET (field effect

transistor) circuit powered from 48V is employed to

give the valve-like gain stage. There is a gain “Boost”

switch

switch associated with the guitar inputs which boosts

gain by 26dB to cater for instruments with very low

level outputs and the overdrive characteristics of the

guitar inputs are very similar to a valve (tube) circuit,

being asymmetric and soft. All this makes for a

wonderfully natural sound to be reproduced from the

instrument, full of warmth and character.

SONAR LE - provided Free!

(Except 10/10FX)

We’ve included Cakewalk SONAR LE with all ZED mixers

(except ZED 10 & 10FX) so you can immediately start to use

it to create your own music – just add a PC and a it couldn’t

be more straightforward to get going. You’ll be able to record

from your ZED mixer, create tracks and arrange songs, then

play back to ZED via the USB port. You can use SONAR LE

and your ZED mixer together in many ways – for example,

straightfo

straightforward recording of a stereo mix, recording tracks

individually to build up a song, or sending a postfade mix

from ZED and inserting an effects plug-in from SONAR LE,

returning the post-effects signal to the mix in ZED. SONAR

LE is the most complete OEM audio production software

solution available today. And it is now ready for Windows 7!

Today's SONAR LE is based on SONAR 8.5, the newest

technology from Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of

powerful and easy to use products for music creation and

recording.

Key Features

• Powered by SONAR 8.5

• 32 audio tracks

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• 64 MIDI tracks

• 8 simultaneous inputs and outputs

• 24-bit/96 kHz audio quality

• 24 simultaneous effects

• 8 simultaneous virtual instruments

• Includes 2 virtual instruments

• Includes over 10 audio effects

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• Integrated VST/VSTi support

• Support for ACID™-format loops

• Support for ReWire clients such as Live, Reason, and more

• Elegant user interface

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• Active Controller Technology™ automatically maps MIDI

keyboards and control surfaces to the parameters you

need most on effects, instruments, volume, pan, and other

mix elements

• Easier integration of virtual instruments with Synth Rack

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• Support for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and

Windows Vista as well as 32-bit Windows XP operating

systems