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Allen & Heath's analog pro audio mixer product line starts from a compact 12 channel size up to well-equipped 48-channel frames for professional concert use. The larger VCA based ML series mixers have the option to expand the mixer using a sidecar system. Therefore it is possible, with two 24-input sidecars and a 48-channel mixer (either the ML5000 or the ML4000) to produce a 96-channel mixer with various configurations of stereo channels.
Allen & Heath also manufacture the iLive digital mixer series which has met with favorable reviews in the live sound industry. The iLive systems are based around a control surface and a separate mix engine which has multiple CAT5 cable outputs each of which offers high speed digital data transfer. This allows just one cable to be run from the rack on stage to the FOH iLive, rather than a multicore, and one cable to the iLive controlling monitor mixes. The iLive is useful both as a FOH and a monitor desk as it has very high quality built in effects and up to 30 aux outputs.
Aimed at the DJ market, A&H's Xone line of mixers is held in high esteem by the DJ community due to the emphasis on high quality audio and build quality. The Xone 92 is, arguably, Allen & Heath's most recognisable DJ mixer; it is embraced by Richie Hawtin and other renowned DJs.
One of the Xone mixer's main attributes is the high quality analog VCF filters that enable a DJ to bring in just the low frequency or high frequency portion of a new sound source.
The ZED series has also recently been released; representing comparatively high value as both live and studio desks due to features such as stereo USB returns and two-part mic preamplifiers. The ZED series sits between the MixWizard and the GL series in the Allen & Heath product range.
The ZED-R16 mixer is essentially a 16 channel mixer with an internal 18 channel sound card (in and out) connected via FireWire to the host computer. It can function as a stand-alone analog mixer, a combined analog/digital or as an analog plug-in to a computer based mixer. The console also features MIDI on the faders and some extra MIDI controls on a Surface. The console is able to be daisy-chained with another ZED-R16 to give 32 recording channels. It features many options for studio signal routing and alternative speakers.
In January 2012 A&H announced their new cost-effective GLD mixer range. This is based upon the already successful digital iLive series. The core of this new series is the GLD-80 which provides 48 processing channels, 8 stereo FX returns (fed by iLive’s FX emulations), 30 configurable buses, 20 mix processing channels and DSP power handling the processing.
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