The ZED-14 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 and the performance of all the elements within the mixer is has been perfected to ensure the very best sound quality possible

This is a mixer for anyone, from entry-level to professionals, who appreciates fantastic sound, rugged build quality and imaginative feature sets

It'll be equally happy running your gig on stage, recording live or mixing down in your studio at home

We've teamed up with major software supplier, Cakewalk, to bundle its SONAR LE music creation and audio production software with ZED, giving you a fantastic, high spec digital audio workstation

What's great about the ZED-14 The feature-set is incredibly advanced for a mixer at this level – it has 13 independent sources to the mix, 10 independent outputs, 4 aux sends, a USB send & return for PC or Mac recording, playback and effects, a unique dual stereo input capability and some very advanced monitoring facilities

In fact, ZED-14 is so packed full of great features that you'd think it would cost much, much more

It can be used for many different tasks, whether in live performance, utilizing plug-in effects via USB, live recording via USB and Cakewalk, studio recording or mixing down to produce your own 2-track recordings

What about the sound quality? Our chief designer, Mike Griffin, has been at the forefront of audio innovation for many years and has developed the designs for our spectacularly successful MixWizard and GL series professional live mixers

Mike is always striving to produce the best possible sound for our mixers, and for ZED has produced the 'DuoPre', a mic preamplifier which sounds as sweet as a nut, as pure as the driven snow

The DuoPre combines an optimized line input circuit together with the microphone preamp circuit so that it will not color or distort your sound, will give you lots of headroom and give you a truly professional feel

Features Inputs One of the great things about the ZED series is the number and variety of things you can plug in

In addition to the six mono channels there are four stereo channels, each with a main stereo input on jack sockets, and with the ability to take additional stereo inputs from phono sockets or from the USB audio input, flexibility gives you control

In all, ZED-14 boasts 99 different controls on its front panel - way more than any of the competition

6 mic/line channels are provided on ZED-14 - plenty for mics or DI boxes for a small band, duo or solo performer 4 stereo line inputs - dual inputs, both with gain and 2-band EQ

DuoPre Based on the proven pre-amps from the hugely successful PA series, the ZED series has new 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

EQ section ZED-14 features a responsive 3-band, swept mid frequency design with MusiQ - optimized slope (or Q factor) for equalizing individual instruments

HF and LF also boast Xtra Boost, to make these frequencies more responsive

Auxiliary sends Four aux sends are provided, of which 1 & 2 are prefade for foldback monitoring, and 3 & 4 post-fade for effects sends

A stereo signal can be sent from auxes via USB to computer to create 2 separate record feeds independent of the main LR mix (1 & 2) and or used as FX sends (3 & 4)

USB audio flexibility Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production

The way we have implemented this 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

Quality audio to and from your PC or Mac

Three switches provide different send/return configurations for recording, playback and utilizing external FX

Build At this level, most mixers are built using a single, flat PCB with all the pots and switches attached at right angles

ZED-14 utilizes individual vertically mounted channel circuit boards with each rotary control fixed with a metal nut to the front panel - making a much more robust product that will resist damage and give years of reliable use

ZED also has professional 100mm faders for ultimate control over your levels

SONAR LE - provided Free! We have teamed up with Cakewalk to bundle SONAR LE with this ZED mixer

The two team up together in many ways - for example, straightforward recording of a stereo mix, recording tracks individually to build up a song, or for inserting a SONAR LE effects plug-in

Other features: High pass filter Stereo imaging control on every channel channel mute switches stereo return 2-track return Advanced monitoring facilities 1/4" and 3.5mm headphones outputs stereo record out alternative stereo out mono sum of LR output main LR 12-bar LR meters master controls for aux 1 & 2 19" rack mounting kit available for ZED-12FX and ZED-14