Overview:
Multipurpose mixer with FX for live sound & recording
- ZED-22FX is ideal for groups who need to travel light. Featuring configurable USB audio in/out makes it easy to capture stereo recordings.The ZED-22FX easily accommodates vocals, drums, guitar, bass and keys whilst also providing a dedicated FX bus and 16 internal time-delay effects – giving the whole mix extra ambience.
USB audio flexibility
- Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production. The way this has been implemented on ZED is super-flexible and super-easy! No longer do you need to fiddle around the back of your PC to get to the soundcard inputs, only to find that the levels are all wrong and noisy. 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! CD quality audio to and from your PC or Mac.
Switches and connection through jack socket terminals provide different send/return configurations:
Send options:
1) Main Mix Left + Right (Post-fade)
2) Main Mix Left + Right (Pre-Fade)
3) Auxes 1-2
4) Auxes 3-FX
Return options:
1) To Stereo 3 channel
MusiQ- ZED-22FX features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency EQ design which utilises MusiQ – with optimised slope (or Q factor) for equalising individual instruments.
DuoPre™
- Based on the proven pre-amps from the hugely successful PA series, ZED-22FX has DuoPre pre-amps, which use a two stage design, with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage. When amplifying the signal from the XLR input, the gain range is huge - 69dB of range to be exact - and is very evenly distributed around the gain control, meaning better control of signal level. 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 and also matching to a higher input impedance.
ZED-FX
- ZED-22FX has an essential selection of 16 time-delay effects, designed for small groups who don’t want to carry around an effects unit with their gear but who still want great quality FX attheir gigs and on their recordings. Our DSP engineers worked hard, crafting and refining beautiful reverb algorithms to enhance every performance. These effects are available nowhere else at this price point – this quality and integration is only available from the ZED-FX. ZED effects are easily controlled using 3 buttons with 9 display LEDs. For example, the ideal delay time can be quickly tapped-in, or the perfect amount of reverb on the lead vocal can be dialled-in. There is one-stop navigation and editing – in fact, it’s just as easy as using effects pedals. To alter effects parameters, the TAP button is held down and the up/down buttons pressed to adjust the specific parameter for that effect, for example, the decay length on PLATE, or the depth on CHORUS.
SONAR X1 LE – Provided Free!
- We’ve included Cakewalk SONAR X1 LE with ZED-22FX so you can immediately start to use it to create your own music – just add a PC and it couldn’t be easier to get going. You’ll be able to record from your ZED mixer, create tracks and arrange songs, then play back to ZED via the USB port. You can use SONAR X1 LE and your ZED mixer together in many ways – e.g. straightforward recording of a stereo mix, recording tracks individually to build up a song, or using the USB port and software as an effects loop.
Features:
16 mono channels
16 internal time-delay effects
Neutrik mic XLR
Neutrik 1/4 inch jacks
Channel insert
Super wide gain ‘DuoPre’ mic line input
3 band EQ with MusiQ
4 auxes
Illuminated mute
Sound image pan
Illuminated PFL & peak warning indicator
ALPS 100mm faders
4 stereo channels with 2-band EQ and inputs for extra sources
Stereo returns & playback
All inputs with level control
12 bar meters
Mono/stereo function on auxes 1&2
Monitor output section
Alt stereo output source
Configurable USB stereo audio in/out
Cakewalk SONAR X1 LE bundled with mixer
Rack ears available
Powered by SONAR X1
32 audio tracks
64 MIDI tracks
8 simultaneous inputs and outputs
24-bit/96 kHz audio quality
24 simultaneous effects
8 simultaneous virtual instruments
Front Panel Features:
- Mic Input Socket -
Standard 3-Pin XLR socket wired as Pin 1=Chassis, Pin 2=hot (+), Pin 3=Cold (-)
- Line Input Jack Socket
- Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) Jack socket for balanced or unbalanced
line level signals
- Insert Jack Socket -
Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) Jack socket for unbalanced insert send and return signals
- Gain Control - This
adjusts the gain of the input amplifier to match the signal level of the input
- 100Hz Hi-pass Filter – is used for reducing pop noise and
rumble from microphone signals
- HF EQ - The HF (High
Frequency) equaliser affects the frequency response of the higher audible frequencies
- MF EQ - The MF (Mid
Frequency) equaliser affects the middle of the audible frequency range
- LF EQ - The LF (Low
Frequency) equaliser affects the response at the low end of the audio range
- Auxes 1 & 2 -
Each of these controls sends a signal to an auxiliary bus.
- Auxes 3 & FX -
These are post-fade sends, which means that the signals are affected by
the channel fader
- PAN - The pan control
adjusts how the signal from the mono input
- Mute Switch - This
mutes or cuts the signal to the left & right buses and the Aux buses
- PFL Switch & PK! LED
- The PFL (Pre-Fade Listen) switch sends the channel signal to the PFL
bus and subsequently to the headphones
and the main L R meters
- Fader - The 100mm
fader affects the level of the channel signal to the left & right buses and Auxes 3 & 4
- Stereo Return Phono sockets
- This is an additional stereo input to the main stereo channel input
- Stereo 1 input jack sockets
- Standard 1/4” jack sockets for line level stereo signals
- Stereo Return Level control – Adjust the level of the stereo
return input from off to maximum where it has
10dB of gain
- Stereo Return ON switch
- This switches the signal on when pressed in
- Stereo Routing selector switch -This switch selects whether
the Stereo Return signal is sent to the L
R bus directly, or the stereo channel 1
- Stereo 1 Level control - Adjusts the level of the ST1 input.
The range is from off to +10dB. Stereo
Channel EQ - The Stereo Channel EQ is 2
band with corner frequencies of 12kHz
for the HF and 80Hz for the L
- STEREO Aux 1 & 2 switch
- This is an under-panel selector switch that configures Auxes 1 & 2
to be either mono sends or a stereo send pair
- Aux 1 & 2 sends
-These control the level of the signals sent to the Aux 1 & 2 buses
- Aux 3 & FX sends
- These controls take a mono sum of the left & right stereo channel
signals from after the fader and send
them to the Aux 3 and FX buses respectively
- Balance control - The
Balance control varies the relative levels between the left and right channels
- Mute Switch - Mutes
the signals to the main L R and the Aux buses
- PFL Switch & PK! LED
- The Pre-Fade Listen switch takes a mono sum of the stereo channel
signals from before the fader and mute
switch
- Fader - The 100mm
fader affects the level of the channel signal to the left & right buses and Auxes 3 & FX
Effects ad Processor
- There are 16 different effects presets in the ZED effects
processor.Each is fed with a mono signal from the FX bus and the output from
the effects processor is in stereo.
- Each preset has a parameter adjust control which is matched
to the preset.This control may morph several parameters all at once,for example
the parameter control for the chorus effect will adjust not only the depth,but
the response of the filters in software to create a more or less intense
effect.In general, when adjusting the effect parameter,the more LED’s that are
illuminated , the more intense the effect or higher the parameter value.
- To restore the parameter settings to the factory defaults
hold down both SEL buttons whilst switching on the power to your ZED
Master Section
- Mix L R Insert jack sockets
- Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) Jack sockets for unbalanced insert send
and return signals. Wired Tip = send,
Ring = return, Sleeve = Chassis. Nominal
level is 0dBu.
- Main L R output xlr sockets
-Main left & right outputs. Impedance balanced signals, pin1 =
chassis, pin2 = hot (+), pin3 = cold
(-). Nominal level = 0dBu. Mono output
jack socket - A mono sum of the main
left & right post-fade signals
- Headphones jack sockets
- One 1/4” and one 3.5mm jack socket for stereo headphones. Wired Tip = left, Ring = right, Sleeve = Chassis
- Footswitch connection
- Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) Jack socket for use with a footswitch
- 48v Phantom Power switch
- Press this in to switch 48v Phantom Power to all the Mic input
xlr connectors, if any of the
microphones attached require power
- Left Right Meters – 12 segment LED meters ,peak type
response,the “0” position reflecs 0dBu
at the outputs
- Headphone level control
- Adjusts the level of the headphone signal
- Monitor Selector switches – select the signal source for the
headphones monitor and the meters
- Alternate output level control – is useful for connecting a
pair of monitor speakers separate to the main outputs
- Alternate output selector swithches- these under panel
switches select the signal source for the alt output
- Aux 1 & 2 master level controls – for adjusting the
level of the aux 1 and 2 outputs.The range of level control is from off to +6Db
- Master L R faders -
High quality 100mm faders for the main L R outputs. 10dB gain at the top, unity gain marked at “0”.
Specifications:
Dimension:
What's in the Box?
USB Cable
Power Cable
Sonar LE Install CD
1 Year Warranty
Rear Panel Features:
Sample Application: