Fantastic sound, rugged build, and imaginative features.

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 multi-track 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.

Allen & Heath ZED-24 Mixer Features:

• Multipurpose mixer with USB for live sound, recording and production
• 16 mono mic/line inputs
• 4 stereo line inputs
• DuoPre mic preamplifiers
• Insert points
• High pass filter
• Responsive 3-band swept mid-channel EQ
• 4 aux sends (2 pre-, 2 post-fade)
• Stereo imaging control on every channel
• Channel mute switches
• Professional 100mm faders
• Stereo return
• 2-track return
• USB send and return for PC/MAC with controls for recording playback and effects
• USB Audio In/Out: USB 1.1 compliant 16bit
• Sample Rate: 32, 44.1, or 48kHz
• Advanced monitoring facilities
• 1/4 inch and 3.5mm headphones outputs
• Stereo record out
• Alternative stereo out
• Mono sum of LR output
• Main LR
• 12-bar LR meters
• Master controls for aux1&2
• Cakewalk SONAR LE bundled with mixer

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Allen & Heath ZED-24 Mixer

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Without a doubt

Posted by Aaron from MON (middle of nowhere) PA on Feb 7, 2010

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: 30+ years gigging

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock+

For the price, the features are very difficult to beat, in any combination. The ability to punch in and out any channel (mute button) is essential for noise reduction in both live and studio situations (this board is used for both applications in my world). All other elements here work nicely together, and provide options when you know what you are doing.

By thinking through your desired result, you can perform some tricks (albeit at the cost of a channel or two for effects) that get you where you need to be. The flexibility is outstanding, and the systemic noise is nearly zero.

If there is any negative at all, it is the lack of submixing groups and dedicated send/return loops for outboard effects. But for the price, I suppose it is difficult to expect those two things. The work-around I created was using the AUX 1 & 2 systems for reverb and delay respectively, bringing the "wet" signals back into a pair of channels.

I have an I-Pod feeding a stereo signal of backing tracks into stereo channel 23-24 as a solo guitarist. Using another Aux feed, I can send that signal straight to a secondary (powered) mixer that simulates "sidefills" for bass/keyboard/drum mix, and then pump the signal out front on the mains. With that rig, extra microphones (channels) are no problem.

The USB port was a key selling point on this mixer, because of the recording flexibility it offers. (One of the HUGE negatives of most other mixers -- they should ALL have that feature in today's digital era.)

With the channel overhead present in this situation, I can use the board in many ways. ALWAYS get more channels than your wildest dream can imagine using, because the future always pushes limits inconceivable when you are first shopping.

In all, I couldn't find better features for the price, so I snagged it. It was a good choice. Knowing I could be doing pro sound reinforcement for other bands, political rally speaking engagements, and assorted performing venues/recording for myself -- flexibility was a requirement. I got it in this board. Over a year now, no problems whatsoever. Solid engineering.

Yep -- I would recommend this board to all but the most demanding mixing environments (those who simply cannot live without multiple sub-mixes for very complicated live rigs & multiple monitor systems).

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AWESOME!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous Musician on Aug 25, 2009

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: N/A

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This board RULES. Period.

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