Allen & Heath Showcases New Products at Prolight + Sound

	ZED60-10FX by Allen & Heath

Allen & Heath, will be unveiling a new ZED mixer at Prolight + Sound, March 21-24 in Frankfurt, as well as showcasing the new GLD digital mixing system, and other recent additions to the ZED and Xone ranges.

Exhibiting in Hall 8.0 on stand C22, Allen & Heath will be launching the ZED60-10FX, a new mixer based on the ZED-10FX with the addition of 60mm faders. The ZED60-10FX is a compact, portable mixer ideal for solo artists and small bands, the company says. Two of the four mono channels have high impedance jack inputs that can take a normal line level or a low level input from a guitar pickup, so guitars can be plugged straight into the mixer without the need for DI boxes. Two stereo inputs are provided for MP3/CD players or keyboards, and the mixer is equipped with configurable USB audio in/out to capture a stereo recording, XLR main stereo outputs, a flexible monitoring section with headphone and speaker feed outputs, and 16 digital effects developed from the iLive digital mixing system.

Also on display from the ZED range will be the recently released ZED-16FX and ZED-18, each with 10 fully-featured mono channels and three or four dual stereo channels, respectively.

The focal point of the stand will be Allen & Heath's anticipated GLD, a user-friendly, cost-effective, and scalable live digital mixing system, conceptually based on the digital iLive series. A standard GLD 32 input system offers 28 XLR mic inputs with plug and play I/O expanders allowing easy expansion up to 48 inputs (44 XLR mic inputs).

At the heart of the system is the GLD-80 mixer, providing 48 input processing channels, eight stereo FX returns fed by iLive's acclaimed FX emulations, 30 configurable buses, 20 mix processing channels, and DSP power to provide full processing without compromise. The GLD-80 connects to a range of plug and play I/O racks to "build" 28, 36, or 44 mic input systems. A primary AR2412 rack (24 XLR inputs, 12 XLR outs) and up to two AR84 expander racks (8 XLR inputs, 4 XLR outs each) can be connected over 120m CAT5 runs using Allen & Heath's dSnake protocol. dSnake provides control to the remote preamp, and all mic preamps are scene recallable. AR2412 also includes a connection for personal monitoring systems.

The latest models from the Xone DJ range -- the Xone:DB2 digital mixer and Xone:K2 MIDI controller -- will also be demonstrated. The DB2 is a fully digital, DJ mixer, incorporating two multi-FX engines, and retaining all the essential elements of the Xone:DB4. The Xone:K2 MIDI controller and audio interface has a four-channel internal soundcard, configurable MIDI surface with tri-color LED illumination, USB bus power, and incorporating Allen & Heath's proprietary X:LINK to connect with other Xone equipment.