USER GUIDE Publication AP7085
Limited One Year Warranty This product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for period of one year from the date of purchase by the original owner. To ensure a high level of performance and reliability for which this equipment has been designed and manufactured, read this User Guide before operating.
PACKED ITEMS Check that you have received the following: MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE 1 2 INSERT 3 INSERT 4 INSERT 5 INSERT ST RTN 2TRK RTN ALT OUT L L L R R R L/M 6 REC OUT L R L/M ST1 IN L/M ST2 IN AUX1 OUT INSERT L AUX2 OUT INSERT R MAIN OUT L/M ST3 IN ST4 IN MIC L R AUX3 OUT LINE R R R MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LIN
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNINGS - Read the following before proceeding : CAUTION ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE – NE PAS OUVRIR Read instructions: Retain these safety and operating instructions for future reference. Adhere to all warnings printed here and on the console. Follow the operating instructions printed in this User Guide. Do not remove cover: Operate the console with its covers correctly fitted.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Important Mains plug wiring instructions The console is supplied with a moulded mains plug fitted to the AC mains power lead. Follow the instructions below if the mains plug has to be replaced.
CONTENTS Thank you for purchasing your Allen & Heath ZED mixer. To ensure that you get the maximum benefit from the unit please spare a few minutes familiarizing yourself with the controls and setup procedures outlined in this user guide. For further information please refer to the additional information available on our web site, or contact our technical support team. http://www.allen-heath.com http://www.allen-heath.com/zed http://www.myspace.com/thezedspace Warranty .....................................
PANEL DRAWINGS: 12FX This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: CAUTION (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - NE PAS OUVRIR. ALLEN&HEATH CAUTION: FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE REPLACE FUSE WITH SAME TYPE AND RATING.
PANEL DRAWINGS: 22FX This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: CAUTION (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - NE PAS OUVRIR. ALLEN&HEATH CAUTION: FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE REPLACE FUSE WITH SAME TYPE AND RATING.
INTRODUCTION TO THE ZED-12FX & 22FX The following is a technical overview of ZED, if you want to, please skip to the next section. The Allen & Heath ZED series mixers have been carefully and lovingly designed in the beautiful county of Cornwall in the UK and is manufactured alongside a wide range of professional audio mixing consoles.
SPECIFICATIONS Operating Levels Input Mono channel (XLR) Input +6 to –63dBu for nominal (+17dBu in max) Mono channel Line Input (Jack socket) +10 to –26dBu (+30dBu maximum) Insert point (TRS Jack socket) 0dBu nominal +21dBu maximum Stereo Input (Jack sockets) 0dBu nominal (control = Off to +10dB) Stereo input (phono sockets) 0dBu nominal (control = Off to +10dB) Output L, R & Mono Outputs (L&R XLR, Mono Jack) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum. Aux Outputs (Jack sockets) 0dBu nominal. +21dBu maximum.
Dimensions MIC MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE ST RTN MIC LINE 2TRK RTN L L R R R L/M 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT ALT OUT L R LINE 1 INSERT REC OUT L L/M ST1 IN L/M ST2 IN R INSERT L INSERT R AUX3 OUT MONO OUT MAIN OUT
BLOCK DIAGRAM MIC IN PP + - GAIN GAIN GAIN ON ON ON + - LR CHAN LR GAIN CHAN LR 100Hz GLOBAL 48V SWITCH GAIN R L LINE IN +48V STEREO RETURN STEREO CHANNEL 1 L R ST1 2 & 3 STEREO CHANNEL 2 L 2TRK RTN R STEREO CHANNEL 3 L REC OUT R CHAN HPF SUM + LF HM HF 3 BAND EQUALISER MONO CHANNEL INSERT HF 2 BAND EQUALISER LF RECORD OUT L R + SUM + USB RETURN FROM COMPUTER EFFECTS PROCESSOR 2 TRK RTN TO MONITOR SELECTION SUM STEREO CHANNEL EXT FX IN FOOTSWITCH F
MONO INPUT CHANNEL MIC 1 Mic Input Socket 2 Line Input Jack Socket 3 Insert Jack Socket 4 Gain Control Standard 3-Pin XLR socket wired as Pin 1=Chassis, Pin 2=hot (+), Pin 3=Cold (-). 1 LINE Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) Jack socket for balanced or unbalanced line level signals. Wired Tip=Hot(+), Ring=cold (-), Sleeve=Chassis. The Line input overrides the Mic input, so if you want to hear something plugged in to the xlr socket, make sure nothing is plugged into the Line input.
MONO INPUT CHANNEL 0 20 10 GAIN 10 30 0 MIC LINE 6 40 50 -10 -6 HF EQ The HF (High Frequency) equaliser affects the frequency response of the higher audible frequencies. The corner frequency of 12kHz is around 3dB from the maximum cut or boost of the circuit. It has plenty of gain and actually gives slightly more that the +/-15dB legend suggests. 63 26 dBr 20.00 100Hz 15.00 10.00 HF 5.00 12kHz 0.00 -5.00 6 -10.00 -15 500 +15 650 -15.00 1k -20.00 10.
MONO INPUT CHANNEL 9 AUX1 PRE 9 OO +6 OO +6 OO +6 OO +6 AUX2 PRE AUX3 POST 10 Auxes 1 & 2 Each of these controls sends a signal to an auxiliary bus. The signal is sourced pre-fade which means that the level is independent of, and unaffected by the fader. Auxes 1 & 2 are primarily used for foldback monitoring purposes, as the fader does not affect the level. They can also be used as feeds for recording and are available sources to the USB interface for this purpose.
STEREO INPUT CHANNEL ST1 ST RTN 1 Stereo Return Phono sockets 2 Stereo Return Level control 3 Stereo Return ON switch 4 Stereo Routing selector switch 5 Stereo 1 input jack sockets 6 Stereo 1 Level control 7 Stereo Channel EQ L 1 This is an additional stereo input to the main stereo channel input (below). The gain is varied by the ST RTN control and this input can be sent to either the stereo channel or straight to the L R main bus, depending on the setting of the under-panel switch.
STEREO INPUT CHANNEL ST1 8 STEREO AUX1 PRE 9 OO +6 OO +6 OO +6 8 AUX2 PRE This is an under-panel selector switch that configures Auxes 1 & 2 to be either mono sends or a stereo send pair. UP: A mono sum of the left & right stereo channel signal is sent to Aux buses 1 & 2 by the control knobs. DOWN: The left stereo channel signal is sent to Aux 1 and the right is sent to Aux 2 by the control knobs.
STEREO INPUT CHANNELS ST2, 3 & FX 1 2 ST RTN 3 2TRK RTN REC OUT L L L R R R R L/M L/M L/M L/M ST2 IN R RTN 0 ST3 IN R 2TRK -5 -20 -10 USB -5 RTN 0 10 ST4 IN R -20 5 -30 OO ALT OUT L ST1 IN -10 4 -10 R USB -5 RETURN 0 SEND -20 5 -30 OO 5 -30 10 OO 10 ON ON ON To LR To CH To LR To CH To LR To CH AUX1-2 AUX3-FX LR PRE UP=LR post 1 Stereo Input Channel ST1 2 Stereo Input Channel ST2 3 4 5 This is stereo input channel ST1 as described on previou
EFFECTS PROCESSOR 1 Dly+verb (level) 1 9 Plate (decay) TAP 2 Dly+verb (size) 10 Plate (predly) 3 Dly+verb (regen) 11 Plate (colour) 4 PingPong(regen) 12 Hall1 (size) 5 BeatDly (regen) 1 13 Hall2 (size) 6 Ambient (echo) 14 Arena (size) 7 SlapVerb (size) 15 Flanger (dpth) 8 DoubleZED(size) 16 Chorus (dpth) 2 8 Green LED’s show one of 16 effects types available.
EFFECTS PROCESSOR Effects Type List & Description. 1 Dly+verb (level) 9 Plate (decay) TAP 2 Dly+verb (size) 10 Plate (predly) 3 Dly+verb (regen) 11 Plate (colour) 4 PingPong(regen) 12 Hall1 (size) 5 BeatDly (regen) 13 Hall2 (size) 6 Ambient (echo) 14 Arena (size) 7 SlapVerb (size) 15 Flanger (dpth) 8 DoubleZED(size) 16 Chorus (dpth) Bank 9-16 There are 16 different effects presets in the ZED Effects Processor.
MASTER SECTION 2 AUX1 OUT 1 Aux output jack sockets 2 Mix L R Insert jack sockets 3 Main L R output xlr sockets 4 Mono output jack socket 5 Headphones jack sockets MAIN OUT INSERT L L 1 AUX2 OUT INSERT R 3 R AUX3 OUT MONO OUT PHONES 4 F/SWITCH 8 5 Standard 1/4” jack sockets for Aux 1 to 4 outputs. Impedance balanced, nominal level = 0dBu. Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) Jack sockets for unbalanced insert send and return signals. Wired Tip = send, Ring = return, Sleeve = Chassis.
MASTER SECTION 8 48V L +16 +9 +6 +3 0 -3 -6 -9 -12 -16 -20 -30 R PFL ACTIVE PHONES 9 MIN MAX AUX1 STEREO AUX2 8 2TRK RTN ALLEN&HEATH +16 +9 +6 +3 0 -3 -6 -9 -12 -16 -20 -30 PHANTOM POWER 9 USB RTN ALT Monitor selector switches These 4 switches select the signal source for the headphones monitor and the meters. They work on a priority basis.
USB CONNECTION AUX2 OUT L/M INSERT R L/M ST3 IN AUX3 OUT ST4 IN R R MONO OUT R PHONES F/SWITCH USB RTN -10 USB -5 RETURN 0 SEND -20 POWER 5 -30 AUX1-2 10 OO ON AUX3-FX To LR To CH FX MUTE 48V PHANTOM POWER UP=LR post ST3 -10 -5 0 IN -20 1 Dly+verb (level) 9 Plate (decay) 5 -30 2 Dly+verb (size) 10 Plate (predly) 10 TAP OO HF 12kHz 3 Dly+verb (regen) 11 Plate (colour) L 4 PingPong(regen) 12 Hall1 (size) -15 +15 LF 80Hz +16 +9 +6 +3 0 -3 -6 -9 -12 -16 -20 -30 5
cakewalk SONAR LE DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION SONAR LE Overview. SONAR LE is a software application from Cakewalk and is included free of charge with your new ZED mixing console. SONAR LE is a powerful first step into the world of sequencing and hard disk recording on the Windows platform. You’ll be able to record from your ZED mixer, create tracks and arrange songs, then play back to your ZED mixer via the USB port. You can decide whether the SONAR family of products is right for you.
System Requirements. System Requirements Minimum Recommended Windows XP Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64 Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz, or AMD™ Athlon XP 1500+ or higher Intel® Pentium® 4 2.
Next, run SONAR LE. Click Options/Audio and click on the Drivers tab. The Input drivers are the audio sources to the computer, here we have enabled the USB Audio Dewhich is the ZED mixing console USB device, and disabled the audio from the soundcard in the pc. So the computer is set up to receive audio from ZED. vice The Output Drivers are the audio outputs from the computer.
To record the audio on tracks 1 & 2, click the R buttons so they light up red, then the record button (circle) on the transport controls on the top icon toolbar. (Or select larger transport controls from Views). The audio wave profile will show in the track panes. Click stop (Square) when finished. To listen to the recording, click rewind, then de-select the input echo buttons (to the right of the R buttons. Also disarm the tracks by deselecting the R buttons.
APPLICATION DRAWING: LIVE SETUP CD fx KEY: MICROPHONE SIGNAL FROM DIRECT BOX LINE LEVEL SIGNALS EFFECTS RETURN EFFECTS SEND STAGE MONITOR SIGNALS (LINE LEVEL) USB CONNECTION MAIN PA LINE LEVEL OUT (LEFT, RIGHT & SUB) ZED-12FX & 22FX User Guide 29 Allen & Heath
APPLICATION DRAWING: STUDIO SETUP KT-88 Amp MICROPHONE SIGNAL LINE LEVEL SIGNALS USB CONNECTION MAIN STUDIO MONITORS NEARFIELD MONITORS ARTISTS MONITOR Allen & Heath 30 ZED-12FX & 22FX User Guide
WIRING NOTES PROCESSOR Insert cable wiring RETURN S INSERT T OUT T R S R SEND GROUND RETURN SEND S T R IN LINK RING TO SLEEVE TO UNBALANCE Y-Adapter Y-Adapter RCA phono jacks 2 Outputs to 1 Input adapter 1 Output to 2 Inputs RCA PHONO CABLE UNBALANCED No ! UNBALANCED INSTRUMENT CABLE UNBALANCED BALANCED TRS JACK CABLE BALANCED Sleeve=ground Sleeve=ground Ring=cold (-) Ring=cold (-) Tip=hot (+) TO INPUT Tip=hot (+) 2=hot (+) 1=ground BALANCED MIC CABLE 1=ground BALANCED
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