Sleek and versatile. The Allen and Heath ZED-420 USB Live Mixer is the ideal choice for musicians, self-recording artists, and venues. Whether you’re tracking demos at home, performing live, or contributing to commercial releases, the ZED-420 is the ultimate companion for every step of your creative journey.
Even with its compact size, the ZED-420 includes four auxiliary channels and a sweepable four-band EQ, ideal for manipulating the tone of your recordings for instant professional results. You’ll be able to capture performances and record them directly to your Mac or PC without the need for additional equipment.
Make your performances resonate with the listener through the inclusion of premium DuoPre preamps. These will provide you with exceptional low noise and expansive headroom, thanks to distributed gain control. The ZED-420 is a workhorse designed to streamline your workflow and drastically improve the sonic quality of your recordings.
The Allen and Heath ZED-420 USB Live Mixer features a padless DuoPre mic/line pre-amplifier, which delivers high-headroom and low-noise signal. 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. The connectors placed on the top surface provide easy plugging and patching. The individual circuit boards are firmly attached to the top panel, making the ZED-420 as rugged as Allen and Heath’s top of the range ML series mixers.
One of the great things about the ZED series is the number and variety of things you can plug in. In addition to the sixteen mono channels, there are two dual stereo channels, each with a main stereo input on jack sockets and with additional inputs on phono sockets. The USB return can be selected to one of the additional inputs so that it feeds either the main LR bus or the stereo channel.
Based on the proven pre-amps from the hugely successful PA series, the ZED series has new DuoPre pre-amps which use a two-stage design with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage. 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, providing you with clean inspiring recordings.
Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production. The way Allen and Heath have implemented this on the ZED-420 is incredibly easy. Just plug in a USB lead to your ZED, 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 ZED-420 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.
Allen and Heath have teamed up with Cakewalk to bundle SONAR LE with this ZED mixer. The two products team up together in many ways to make your life easier – for example, straightforward recording of a stereo mix, recording tracks individually to build up a song, or for inserting a SONAR LE effects plug-in.
ZED-420 features a responsive 4-band EQ taken from the acclaimed GL2400 mixer. The design utilizes MusiQ – optimized slope (or Q factor). This provides total control when manipulating the sonic qualities of each individual instrument.
6 aux sends are provided, of which 1&2 are premade for foldback monitoring and 3 & 4 are switched pre or post-fade for effects sends, and 5&6 are post-fade. Auxes 1&2 can be sent to the USB bus for recording pre-fade signals independently to the main mix. Auxes 5&6 can also be sent to the USB bus for use as effects sends.
The ZED-420 offers 4-band EQ with 2 swept mids and an 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, and an easy-to-use layout, with all connections and controls on the top surface.
The ZED-420 comes bundled with Cakewalk SONAR LE. Specifications Type: Analog Channels: 20 Inputs – Mic Preamps: 16 x XLR Inputs – Line: 16 x 1/4″ (CH 1-16), 4 x 1/4″ & 4 x RCA (CH 17-20 Stereo), 2 x RCA (2 TRK) Outputs – Main: 2 x XLR (Main), 1 x XLR (Mono) Outputs – Direct: 16 (CH 1-16) Outputs – Other: 2 x 1/4″ (Matrix), 2 x RCA (2TRK), 4 x 1/4″ (Group) Headphones: 1 x 1/4″, 1 x 1/8″ Send/Return I/O: 6 x 1/4″ (AUX) Phantom Power: 16 EQ Band: 4-band Sweepable Hi- and Low-Mids (CH 1-16), 4-band (CH 17-20 Stereo) Aux Sends: 2 x Pre, 2 x Post, 2 x Pre/Post Busses/Groups: 4 x Groups Faders: 25 x 100mm Channel Inserts: Yes (CH 1-16), 4 x 1/4″ (Group) Talkback: Yes Computer Connectivity: 1 x USB Height: 5.25″ Product Code: ZED2042
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