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PRODUCTS: ZED-10 and ZED-10FX
MANUFACTURER: Allen & Heath
What’s the story?
Part of A&H’s ZED range of USB-equipped mixers for live performance, recording and production, the new ultra-compact additions will suit venues including houses of worship and conference facilities.
TALKING TECH: ZED-10 and ZED-10FX feature two innovative ultra-high impedance, discreet Class A FET (Field Effect Transistor) inputs, which allow an instrument to be plugged directly into the mixer, emulating the valve/tube input circuitry commonly found on instrument combos or amplifiers. There is also a 26dB gain boost switch, which caters for instruments with very low output pickups.
The ZED-10 can also manage up to four microphones and two stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility, provides separate two-track record outputs and a stereo playback input for two-track replay or interval music from a CD player, XLR main stereo outputs with inserts, comprehensive monitoring with headphones and separate monitor speaker outputs, 48V microphone phantom power, and DI level switching for sub mixing. There is also a USB send and return for PC or Mac recording, playback and effects.
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Great! What else? The ZED-10FX has the same feature set as the ZED-10, and in addition, has a built-in FX processor with TAP tempo delay settings and a 24 bit/48kHz conversion rate. The ZED-10FX uses digital effects algorithms derived from Allen & Heath’s pro touring digital mixing system, ranging from classic reverbs and cascaded delay plus reverbs to shimmering flanger and chorus effects.
VERDICT: Great additions to Allen & Heath’s ZED range.
PRODUCT: FLASH8 and FLASH12HA loudspeakers
MANUFACTURER: Proel
DETAILS, DETAILS: FLASH8 is a full-range speaker with 8” woofer, available both in passive (8P) and active (8A) versions, manufactured by Italian firm Proel.
Technical highlights include a polypropylene cabinet with an extended system of internal ribs designed through FEM analysis, a new 90°x60° constant-directivity high-frequency horn, a bi-amplifier (50W class AB – 180W class D for low frequencies) with separate line and microphone inputs, two-band EQ, double clip limiter circuit and Neutrik connectors.
FLASH12HA is an active loudspeaker featuring state-of-the-art Celestion Neodymium speakers and class D amplifiers.
Proel claims the Celestion Neodymium 1” compression driver with 1.75” voice coil ensures high efficiency and maximum linearity. Low frequencies are reproduced by Celestion Neodymium woofers 12”, with a 3” voice coil, guaranteeing high power handling and significantly reduced weight.
VERDICT: Next-gen class D amps are the highlight here.
All About…
In the Xone
Also released at NAMM 2010 was Allen & Heath’s next-gen DJ controller for the Serato Itch, the Xone:DX.
The DX is a 20-channel USB 96kHz/24-bit USB 2.0 soundcard that integrates with the new four-deck Serato Itch software, providing the ability to send up to 168 individual MIDI control messages.
With two dual layer deck simulators, RIAA/phono inputs for external decks, as well as a central four-channel mixer section which directly manipulates the DSP mixing within the computer, the Xone:DX is loaded to the gills with useful features.
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Fast Fact
The FLASH H amplifier module 100+400W consists of the new class D amplifiers designed by Proel’s R&D labs for the low range.
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