ALLEN & HEATH ZED Sixty-10FX, User Manual

Page 1: ...Publication AP8765 ZED SIXTY 10FX ZED SIXTY 14FX USER GUIDE ...

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Page 3: ...t Channel 1 2 10FX 1 6 14FX 15 Mono Input Channel 3 4 10FX 7 8 14FX 18 Stereo Input Channel 1 19 Stereo Input Channel 2 21 ZED FX Digital Effects Processor 22 Master Section 24 USB Connection 26 Connection Drawing Live Mixing 27 Connection Drawing Studio Recording 28 Connecting to Pro Tools Mac 29 Connecting to Pro Tools Windows 30 Sound Mixing Tips for First Time Users 31 Wiring Information 33 Pr...

Page 4: ...g conditions Conditions Of Warranty The equipment has been installed and operated in accordance with the instructions in this User Guide The equipment has not been subject to misuse either intended or accidental neglect or alteration other than as described in the User Guide or Service Manual or approved by ALLEN HEATH Any necessary adjustment alteration or repair has been carried out by ALLEN HEA...

Page 5: ...strate compliance with the protection requirements in the European EMC directive 2004 108 EC During some tests the specified performance figures of the product were affected This is considered permissible and the product has been passed as acceptable for its intended use Allen Heath has a strict policy of ensuring all products are tested to the latest safety and EMC standards Customers requiring m...

Page 6: ...uide Do not remove cover Operate the console with its covers correctly fitted Power sources Connect the console to a mains power unit only of the type described in this User Guide and marked on the rear panel Use the power cord with sealed mains plug appropriate for your local mains supply as provided with the console If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult your service agent fo...

Page 7: ...o allow ade quate ventilation Heat and vibration Do not locate the console in a place subject to exces sive heat or direct sunlight as this could be a fire haz ard Locate the console away from any equipment which produces heat or causes excessive vibration Servicing Switch off the equipment and unplug the power cord immediately if it is exposed to moisture spilled liquid objects fallen into the op...

Page 8: ... or solvents The control panel is best cleaned with a soft brush and dry lint free cloth The faders switches and potentiometers are lubricated for life The use of electrical lubricants on these parts is not recom mended The fader and potentiometer knobs may be removed for cleaning with a warm soapy solu tion Rinse and allow to dry fully before refitting them Transporting Protect the controls from ...

Page 9: ...6 9 20 30 16 12 3 0 3 6 9 Aux Record 10 LEVEL Record Bus MAIN MIX 6 AUX 6 6 Mic USB Source Aux FX Playback Mix 6 FX PARAMETER HOLD TAP SEL 16 8 5 6 7 15 14 13 2 3 4 12 11 10 1 9 Dly verb level Dly verb size Dly verb regen PingPong regen BeatDly regen Ambient echo SlapVerb size DoubleZED size Plate decay Plate predly Plate colour Hall1 size Hall2 size Arena size Flanger dpth Chorus dpth Bank 9 16 T...

Page 10: ...k by track using the USB digital audio interface The flexi bility and quality of these mixers make them stand out from the crowd You can plug your guitars or instruments straight into the class A discrete FET high impedance inputs cater for up to eight microphones two stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility separate 2 track record outputs and a stereo playback input for 2 track replay or perh...

Page 11: ...ing flanger chorus ef fects The different effects types are selected with a simple up down button interface and the tempo of the delay settings can be set using the TAP button Holding the TAP button allows the parameters of the effects to be adjusted The audio signal to the DSP is converted using 24 bit high dynamic range converters running at 48kHz sample rate ensuring low noise low distortion tr...

Page 12: ...in 0 5 1dB 10Hz to 25kHz Stereo in to Mix L R out 0 5 1dB 10Hz to 30kHz THD n Mic in to Mix L R Out 10dB gain 1kHz 10dBu out 0 002 Mic in to Mix L R Out 30dB gain 1kHz 0 01 Line in to Mix L R out 0dB gain 0dBu 1kHz 0 003 Stereo in to Mix L R out 0dB gain 10dBu 1kHz 0 002 Gtr Input to Mix L R Out 0dBu Boost OUT 0 015 Gtr Input to Mix L R Out 0dBu Boost IN 2 Second Harmonic Headroom Analogue Headroo...

Page 13: ...0 LEVEL Record Bus MAIN MIX 6 AUX 6 6 Mic USB Source Aux FX Playback Mix 6 FX PARAMETER HOLD TAP SEL 16 8 5 6 7 15 14 13 2 3 4 12 11 10 1 9 Dly verb level Dly verb size Dly verb regen PingPong regen BeatDly regen Ambient echo SlapVerb size DoubleZED size Plate decay Plate predly Plate colour Hall1 size Hall2 size Arena size Flanger dpth Chorus dpth Bank 9 16 TAP AUX Phones MAIN MIX FX to Hi Z 6 Ri...

Page 14: ...BACK 1 6 14FX 7 8 14FX FADER Listen MUTE Default Pre Mute FADER Listen MUTE FADER EFFECTS MIX DSP EFFECT TYPE BANK SEL UP SEL DOWN TAP PARAMETER EFFECTS PROCESSOR TO MIX EFFECTS FX TO AUX RECORD ZED Sixty 10FX 14FX BLOCK DIAGRAM LEFT INSERT RIGHT INSERT L R MAIN LR MAIN OUT 48V To Mics FX OUT AUX MIX MASTER LEVEL AUX OUT RECORD BUS AUX FX USB 1 STEREO I O RECORD BUS AUX PLAYBACK USB AUDIO INPUT US...

Page 15: ...red 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 Wired Tip Hot Ring cold Sleeve Chassis The Line input connects to the XLR input through a circuit so be aware that the two signals will add together if both inputs are plugged in simultaneously Gain Control This adjusts the gain of the input amplifier to ma...

Page 16: ... centre frequencies of the EQ The range has been carefully chosen to cover boomy frequen cies around 120Hz to 250Hz which may need cutting back or a lift at 2 to 3kHz may be required for microphone intelligibil ity LF EQ The LF Low Frequency equaliser affects the response at the low end of the audio range The graph shows the response of the LF EQ at maximum cut and boost The corner frequency is 80...

Page 17: ...on trol has 6dB gain fully clockwise There is no master level control for the FX bus PAN The pan control adjusts how the signal from the mono input channel is shared between the left and right stereo buses and subsequently the main stereo outputs Set to the mid position equal amounts of signal are fed to left and right with pan set to L none is sent to the Right bus Record Switches the channel sig...

Page 18: ...lutas till jordat uttag CET APPAREIL DOIT ETRE MIS A LA TERRE Guitar input gain switches Unity gain High gain 26dB Main Output Level 0dBu 30dBu 60065 2003 CERTIFICATED TO CAN CSA STD CONFORMS TO 60065 03 ANSI UL STD ZED60 10FX Hi Z input The only difference between these mono inputs is the Hi Z inputs for guitars or other instruments Standard 1 4 6 25mm Jack socket for unbalanced line level signal...

Page 19: ... For low level inputs from MP3 players turn it fully clockwise 10 00 Hz 100 00 1000 00 10000 00 30000 00 20 00 15 00 10 00 5 00 0 00 5 00 10 00 15 00 20 00 dBr Stereo EQ High frequency and low frequency equaliser with cor ner frequencies of 12kHz for the HF and 80Hz for the LF and maximum cut boost of 15dB Right Left Record Bus MAIN MIX 6 USB Aux FX PARAMETER HOLD TAP SEL 16 8 5 6 7 15 14 13 2 3 4...

Page 20: ...amounts of signal are fed to left and right with Bal set to L none is sent to the Right bus Record Switches the channel signal to a separate stereo bus called Record The Bal and fader affect the Record signal and the channel Mix L R signal remains unaffected by this switch Listen Switches the channel signal to the headphones or monitor output circuit for checking the channel signal Takes the signa...

Page 21: ...sockets for the stereo line level Record outputs sourced from the USB out selector switches Useful for connecting to stereo recording devices stereo mix feeds or where se lective channels are required to feed other equip ment Playback Input Standard 1 4 6 25mm jack sockets for unbalanced line level inputs Can be used for additional stereo sources such as CD players for background music or playing ...

Page 22: ... also display the level of the parameter adjustment when the TAP button is held down The more LED s that illumi nate the more the parameter is increased in value or intensity Bank LED The Bank LED illuminates when one of the effects type 9 to 16 is selected If the Bank LED is on then the green LED will show which effect is selected from the list SEL Buttons The SEL buttons select the type of effec...

Page 23: ...y with Reverb Delay feeds reverb Classic Plate TAP for delay time Min 70mS Max 1 35S PARAMETER adjusts the regeneration of the delay 4 PingPong regen Ping Pong delay left then right in parallel with Plate reverb TAP for left delay time Min 70mS Max 1 35S PARAMETER adjusts the delay regeneration 5 BeatDly regen As 4 but right delay is set for 1 4 beat of left Good for off beat 4 4 delay sound TAP f...

Page 24: ... outputs from the headphones Aux Mix Level control The master volume control for the Aux mix bus Adjusts the level from off fully attenuated to 6dB gain Main Mix Fader This is the master level control for the main stereo mix The fader has 10dB of gain at the top MASTER SECTION Right Left L R 16 6 9 20 30 16 12 3 0 3 6 9 Aux 10 LEVEL Record Bus MAIN MIX 6 6 USB Source Aux FX Playback Mix PARAMETER ...

Page 25: ...essively high volume Continued exposure to high volume sound can cause frequency selective or wide range hearing loss Phones Source Selector switches These switches allow you to choose what you hear on the headphones With all switches up the default is the main stereo Mix then you can choose be tween the Playback input USB Input if nothing is plugged into the jacks the Aux bus output or the Record...

Page 26: ...IN HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN BAL BAL AUX FX AUX FX LF HF HF LF LEVEL AUX MIX LEVEL LEVEL Record 10 0 0 Monitor Phones 15 15 0 5 15 Left Right O P Level Switch Record MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 5 5 0 10 10 20 CONNECTINGTO A COMPU...

Page 27: ... 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 GAIN 15 0 5 L R 6 0 L R 6 0 USB IN L USB IN R 500 650 200 120 4k 1k 2k 3k 500 650 200 120 4k 1k 2k 3k 500 650 200 120 4k 1k 2k 3k 500 Listen Line Mic Mic Mic GTR 1 Hi Z GTR 2 HPF HPF HPF HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN BAL BAL AUX FX AUX FX LF HF HF LF LEVEL AUX MIX LEVEL LEVEL Record 10 0 0 Monitor Phones 15 15 0 5 15 Left Right O...

Page 28: ...00 650 200 120 4k 1k 2k 3k 500 Listen Line Mic Mic Mic GTR 1 Hi Z GTR 2 HPF HPF HPF HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN HF MID f LF PAN AUX FX GAIN BAL BAL AUX FX AUX FX LF HF HF LF LEVEL AUX MIX LEVEL LEVEL Record 10 0 0 Monitor Phones 15 15 0 5 15 Left Right O P Level Switch Record MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Listen MUTE Line 10 10 20 40 6...

Page 29: ...ter bus in Pro Tools and then to the ZED Be wary of possible feedback loops when setting the routing to the tracks and then back to the ZED 5 In I O Setup click the Input tab The input sources appear for enabled devices in Pro Tools Aggregate I O Create a new path for the inputs and name as you prefer Note that mono channels can use one channel of a stereo input path Make sure the path is ticked a...

Page 30: ...n Setup Hardware and click the Launch Setup App button The ASIO4ALL control panel is dis played ASIO4ALL will default to the USB Audio CODEC any time a ZED mixer is connected to the computer The device state shown by the small icons should be Active as pictured If needed select the USB Audio CODEC and use the slider to adjust the ASIO buffer size Smaller buffer size means lower latency However if ...

Page 31: ...s useful to use the EQ with frequency sweep with boost first to hone in and highlight a possible problem frequency then use the EQ to reduce or cut that frequency Step 3 Create your stereo mix Set the Main Mix red fader to the 0dB position and check that none of the Phones Select switches are pressed You will now need to listen to the audio by either headphones connected to the Phones output or th...

Page 32: ...ally Step 5 Using the AUX bus for feeding a stage monitor The Auxiliary bus can be used to create an independent mono mix of audio signals There are many uses for Aux buses but a common one is for artists monitors Connect the AUX Out to an amplified monitor speaker which can be positioned close to the performers Increase the AUX Mix level master control by turning it clockwise Create your monitor ...

Page 33: ...ng cold Tip hot BALANCED 1 ground 2 hot 3 cold 2 hot 1 ground 3 cold Sleeve ground Ring cold Tip hot BALANCED BALANCED BALANCED XLR FEMALE XLR MALE BALANCED UNBALANCED Sleeve ground Ring cold Tip hot BALANCED Sleeve ground Ring cold Tip hot BALANCED UNBALANCED adapter UNBALANCED INSTRUMENT CABLE TRS JACK CABLE MIC CABLE TRS to XLR F CABLE TRS to XLR M CABLE TO FROM INPUT OUTPUT 2 Outputs to 1 Inpu...

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