The Allen & Heath ZED-436 with 32 mono inputs plus 2 dual stereo channels, has a fantastic pedigree which comes from nearly 40 years of making mixing desks for the professional sound community.

The audio circuitry is based on years of continual development and refinement, the performance of all the elements within the mixer have been perfected to ensure the very best sound quality possible.

The ZED 4-Bus series takes inspiration from different product lines within the A&H range, combining them with fresh new ideas to give stunning results in a neat and easy to use package. The padless DuoPreTM mic/line pre-amplifier is the new design first implemented on the ZED-14 and delivers a high-headroom, low-noise signal.

The 4 band, 2 sweep EQ, along with the low noise summing amps, is borrowed from the acclaimed GL2400, while the bus architecture is a simplified, but equally comprehensive, version of that employed in the successful GL series.

The USB audio interface, with its uniquely flexible capability, allows different signals to be sent to USB, from LR or from selected aux buses. The USB return signal can be routed straight to the LR mix or to a stereo channel. The connectors are placed on the top surface for easy plugging & patching, and the construction, with individual circuit boards firmly nutted to the top panel, is as rock solid as Allen & Heath’s top of the range ML Series mixers.

Also included with ZED436 4-Bus is the excellent SONAR LE digital audio workstation software for Windows, with audio and MIDI multi-track recording and mixing capability, effects plug-ins and editing features, enabling the ZED-436 4-Bus mixer to become a live recording or home recording mixer.

The main features of the Allen & Heath ZED-436 include:

Multipurpose mixer with USB for live sound, recording and production
32 mono inputs plus 2 dual stereo channels, 4-Bus
4-band EQ with 2 swept mids and in/out switch
6 auxiliary sends (2 pre, 2 post, 2 pre/post)
4 sub groups fed from each channel
L, R and M main mix outputs
Individual channel 48V phantom power
Direct output on every mono channel
2 dual stereo inputs with 4-band EQ
Peak and signal indication on every channel
2 matrix sections available; can send output to USB
Configurable USB stereo audio in/out
Master level controls on all outputs
Easy to use layout – all connections and controls on top surface
Cakewalk SONAR LE bundled with mixer
Product Includes: Mains Lead (UK 3-PIn), Type A-B USB Lead (To connect the ZED to your computer) and a SONAR LE Music Software Install disk

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 5-6
5) Matrix 1-2.

Return options:
1) To Playback input
2) To Stereo 3 channel

MusiQ
ZED-436 has a tuned 4-band EQ taken from the acclaimed GL2200 mixer, utilising 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-436 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.

SONAR LE ¤ Provided Free!
We’ve included Cakewalk SONAR LE with ZED-436 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 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.

Key Features
• Powered by SONAR 8.5
• 32 audio tracks
• 64 MIDI tracks
• 8 simultaneous inputs and outputs
• 24-bit/96kHz audio quality
• 24 simultaneous effects
• 8 simultaneous virtual instruments