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Allen & Heath ZED-22FX 22-channel Mixer with USB Audio Interface and Effects

22-channel Mixer with 16 Mic/Line Channels, 3 Stereo Channels, 16 Built-in Effects, USB - Mac/PC
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Built-in Effects and It's Record Ready Too!

A solid mixer with great effects! The ZED-22 FX is the perfect center to your live rig — and it's also ready to rock in the studio. First of all, the Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX gives you all the connections you need to hook up a small band, duo, or solo performer. Thanks to the 16 mic/line channels you can connect all the mics and DI boxes you need. Plus you've got three dual stereo channels available, each with a gain and 2-band EQ control. The FX in the name, though, is what takes the cake. Here, you can get tweaky with 16 separate effects for nailing the perfect, polished live sound with the ZED-22FX. The record-ready Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX will be the centerpiece to your live sound rig!

Tons of power under the hood

Those guys and gals at Allen & Heath definitely know mixers. And their ZED series is super popular for a number of reasons, not the least of which because it puts first-Class A&H quality at a new affordable price point. This is a mixer your band is going to be proud to use. More than that, it sounds great. We've already mentioned a bit about the I/O capabilities, but you'll also want to know that it has four aux sends available — 1 and 2 are pre-fade and 3 and 4 are post-fade for monitoring with effects. Here's the magic. You can send a stereo signal from the auxes via USB right to your computer, so you can create two separate record feeds that are totally independent of the main L/R mix. The ZED-22 FX is Mac and PC compatible and you've got three send/return configurations for recording, playback, and external FX. That's a lot of power.

Onboard Effects

Now for the effects. Onboard, 16 separate effects have been crafted into the ZED-22 FX mixer, ready for any kind of live sound material you face. These include a number of useful delays and reverbs, including a ping-pong delay and a selection of reverbs with different room/hall/arena properties. You'll also dig the flanger and chorus. Every effect has a parameter you can tweak to dial in your sound and five of the effects support tap tempo for really getting into the groove. All in all, with the combination of mic/line inputs (and these preamps are awesome, by the way), professional effects, recording capabilities, and bullet-proof construction, you can't go wrong with the Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX. Get one!

Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX 22-channel Mixer Features:

  • 22-channel mixer with 16 mic/line inputs and three dual stereo channels
  • USB audio connection for immediate recording
  • Feature four aux sends, 1 and 2 are pre-fade, 3 and 4 are post-fade
  • High-quality DuoPre microphone preamplifiers with huge 69dB gain range
  • Musical 3-band EQ on 16 main channels, 2-band EQ on the stereo channels
  • Three switches for varying your send/return configurations for recording
  • 16 built-in effects, including delays, reverbs, flange, and chorus

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Analog
  • Channels: 22
  • Computer Connectivity: USB (2 x 2)
  • Faders: 22 x 100mm
  • Inputs - Mic Preamps: 16 x XLR
  • Phantom Power: 16
  • Inputs - Line: 6 x TRS (CH 1-6), 6 x TRS (CH 17-22 Stereo)
  • Outputs - Main: 2 x XLR (Main), 1 x TRS (Mono)
  • Outputs - Other: 2 x RCA (Alt), 2 x RCA (Rec)
  • Aux Sends: 2 x Pre, 1 x Post, 1 x Post/FX
  • Send/Return I/O: 3 x TRS, 2 x RCA (ST RTN), 2 x RCA (2TRK RTN)
  • Channel Inserts: Yes (CH 1-16)
  • Headphones: 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8"
  • USB: 1 x Type B
  • EQ Bands: 3-band, Sweepable Mid (CH 1-16), 2-band (CH 17-22 Stereo)
  • Effects: Yes
  • Height: 3.9"
  • Width: 25.4"
  • Depth: 18.3"
  • Weight: 23.1 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: AH-ZED22FX

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Rated 5/5

Excellent Mixer

For those of us who work outdoors frequently and occasionally in bright sunshine, this is a fabulous mixer. No need to build a custom sun shield, squint until you're dizzy or otherwise fight to see a small, dim digital display; all of the knobs, switches and controls are easy to see and operate, even in blindingly bright sun.

Very well built, long-throw faders are a pleasure to use and the mixer is very, very quiet, even when the preamplifiers are cranked up all the way. I can't think of a single negative about this mixer.

Effects work well, too.

Your buddies are probably all drinking the "You MUST have a digital mixer!" kool-aid - but when working in bright light there's nothing fun or easy about trying to use a digital mixer. Don't believe me? Take a good look next time you see someone outdoors with a digital unit; they'll be bent double over their digital mixer trying in vain to read even basic indicator lights (let alone the display!) and they will be so busy fighting to operate their mixer that they probably don't even hear the music they're supposed to be mixing.

High quality, analog mixers still have their place- and this mixer is hard to beat.
Music background: Live Sound, Location Recording
Rated 5/5

Go big or go home!

This is my very first board and I'm totally excited. I couldn't be more satisfied!
Music background: Lead vocalist
Rated 5/5

Great Versatile Board, tons of capacity

We are a 10 piece R & B outfit that have been using a piece of analog audio history for years in our practice space and borrowed boards at gigs. Dead channels, noisy sliders etc... The ZED 22 FX has brought us light years ahead! Logical layout, easy to learn, tight smooth controls, on board effects, lightweight and serviceable all at a reasonable price. Our six singers now come in nicely over the instrument mix. Sweetwater was very helpful and delivered top shelf customer service, even checking back to see everything was cool. Indeed it is. Looking at 6 new Sure SM 58s next!!!
Music background: Bass player and setup/tear down grunt
Rated 5/5

Great Mixer !

I replaced an older model Soundtech with this mixer. I am very much satisfied with its performance and features. The pre amps are crystal clear and extremely quiet. All the controls are silky smooth. You can immediately tell that this is a high quality mixer. The reverbs on this unit are so good that I don't even use an external reverb unit anymore. This is the first Allen & Heath mixer that I have owned. I would definately buy another if the need should arise in another venue.
Music background: Live Sound Engineer
Rated 4.5/5

Allen & Heath 22 ZED

I have been waiting to purchase a new mixer for about seven years. My goal is to be able to do live audio with various performers as well as record those events. After several months of despair when my first choice continued to be delayed, I looked at the A & H because of the many similarities I saw between this device and the one that I thought I "needed". I can say that I am glad I pulled the trigger on this purchase.
The sweep-able mids are so precise in tweaking that I can set the high and low pots to midnight and leave them there. The effects are very wide ranging for being on-board as well. The pres are fabulously good at giving my various microphones exactly what they need to fill in the mix.
I haven't run this board through all my events but I am sure my expectations will be met.
Music background: Live audio technician with 35 years of experience and trained at The Recording Workshop in 1981.
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