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Rating And Reviews: Allen and Heath ZED-10FX

10-Channel Mixer with USB audio interface, featuring built-in digital effects from Allen and Heath consoles costing 150 times as much!

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"Great mixer value" submitted June 5, 2011

By a customer from richlamphear.com
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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Rock Alternative Folk Country
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Sound: At this price point, sound is a definite 10. I had a mackie 1202-vlz3 and was happy with it, replaced it with the ZED mostly because I wanted the integrated effects unit. I was shocked however, by the improvement in sound of the preamps, mix engine and overall quality of the ZED compared to the Mackie. My live sound really took a step forward by comparison. The effects too are excellent quality themselves. I think this mixer is just an amazing bargain. Feature: The main omission is channel mutes - really miss these compared to the mackie. It's nice to have USB computer interface included but keep in mind it's just 16-bit. If only it was 24-bit, combined with the high quality mic preamps the ZED could be a very credible studio interface in addition to live mixer. As it is, the USB recording capability is a nice-to-have add-on for recording performances and rehearsals, but not much more. Ease of Use: About as easy to use as you can expect for a small mixer with effects and USB recording built in. Go through the manual and work with it for a few sessions and you'll have it down. Quality: Similar to Mackie quality. Metal parts and switches might be a tad 'lighter' and it does use plastic end panels. To the good is an internal power supply and the knobs and connectors all feel solid. No worries, but if you're gigging with it much I'd get some kind of case or at least a gig bag. Value: Unless you really must have channel mutes this is the only thing I'd consider in the price range. The sound quality is simply miles ahead of the competition in the range. Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed support. The manual is good and I've noticed the designer from A&H hangs out on Gearslutz from time to time.. The Wow Factor: Not a terribly pretty thing. More geek appeal than sex appeal. I could see having some wooden end caps made to replace the plastic though. That would be hot. Overall: Easily the best under $300 mixer I've owned. If sound quality is the most important consideration to you, don't hesitate, get this one.
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"Nice little mixer, great value, excellent sound quality." submitted August 30, 2012

By Brent A in Tipp City, OH
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Overall: I bought this little mixer for three purposes: mixing for band practice sessions, streaming ipod music through my powered speakers, and interfacing with Sonar to record music track by track. This mixer does all three things well and the sound quality is great. Getting it to work with Sonar required installing the free ASIO4ALL utility.
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"ONLY RECORDS 2 CHANNELS TO USB" submitted January 26, 2013

By Jake A in New York, NY
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Musical Background: 20 years, multi-instrumentalist, frequent live band performances and recordings.
Music Style: rock, electronic, experimental, acoustic, psychedelic, ambient
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Overall: I love this mixer, and it has served phenomenally in live performance applications, but I bought it with the mistaken impression that I could use it to record at least 6 tracks simultaneously through the USB port into my recording software, to be mixed separately on the computer. It cannot! You can make an analog mix of your 6 tracks on the mixer and send that in, but you get 2 tracks to work with on the computer. That's it. Very disappointed, and pretty sure I can't return it at this point. bummed. :(
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"Go Get it!!" submitted September 26, 2011

By a customer from msn.com
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Musical Background: Active musician
Music Style: Variety
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Sound: Very clean. I like it. Feature: I was very happy, I returned it and upgraded to the ZED14FX. Ease of Use: Somewhat easy but the manual can be upgraded like how mackie does their manual. Quality: Only tried it foe a couple weeks, but it feels pretty well built. Value: Awesome value for quality Manufacturer Support: Did not use support The Wow Factor: Love the way it looks, it's practicallity,function and it seems like it's built to last. Overall: I loved it so I upgraded to the ZED14 right away. It it gets lost/stolen I will be heartbroken and buy the same one next time.
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"Clean, quiet, musical pres and built like a tank!" submitted February 19, 2011

By a customer from msn.com
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Musical Background: Recording Engineer, Live Sound Engineer, Semi-Pro Musician
Music Style: Just about anything but primarily rock
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Sound: The pre amps alone are worth the price of admission. They are clean, quiet, musical and are good enough to use for recording if you have a good sound card or interface. They are the best small format pres I have heard so far and beat the heck out of Mackies and the SoundCraft small format mixers. The FET DI inputs on channels 3 & 4 actually work quite well on Bass guitar. Haven't had a chance to use them much on guitar, but I tried running the line out of my VBT1 into one of them with interesting results. The EQ sections sounds fine, although I tend to run things flat because I use it primarily as recording sub mixer for drums and such. The FX are limited but quite usable for live and if you want just a touch of reverb on the monitors or even recording. Feature: Very nice feature set. I really appreciate the mic level main out capability for chaining to another mixer. The extensive routing capabilities are extremely useful. The primary downside is no mute buttons, but it really isn't a problem, more a matter of convenience. As for the USB, I really don't use it because it is a 1.1 interface and is limited to 16 bits, but if that is all you need it is fine. Ease of Use: Plug and play! The routing paths being printed on the mixer makes it really easy to set up in a hurry. Quality: This thing is built like a tank! While a tad small (hey, it's a small mixer!), all the knobs and switches have a very good feel. The rotary controls are nicely damped and are very smooth. You feel like you are using a much larger, more expensive mixer. The Zed10's are bit more expensive than some similar models, but if you get one, you will know why the minute you open the box. I just want to add ZZounds did me a great deal with their price matching and I got the FX unit cheaper than the non-FX. Take advantage of their price matching! I have become a hard core ZZounds fan! Value: This is one of the best mixers for the money there is. And like I said, with the ZZounds price matching, I got an amazing price but it also enabled me to get that price from a company I trust. I don't know how much ZZounds will want me to say, but let's just say for $229, you would have to pay far more to equal the quality, sound, and features.... Manufacturer Support: Contacted them about some compatibility issues and they responded promptly and not with a form email. The Wow Factor: It is attractive and well made. Overall: I expect this thing to be around for a looooong time. My next purchase will be to get more inputs, but after my experience with this small format Allen Heath, I will definitely look at them first for my next mixer.
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