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Grounding: Do not defeat the grounding and polarisation means of the power cord plug. Do not remove or tamper with the ground connection in the power cord. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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The wire which is coloured Brown must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter L. Ensure that these colour codes are followed carefully in the event of the plug being changed. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
This applies particularly to close-to-ear monitoring such as headphones and in-ear systems. Contin- ued exposure to high volume sound can cause frequency selective or wide range hearing loss. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
PLAYBACK Record Record Record Record Record Record Record MAIN MIX LEVEL LEVEL Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen ZED-10FX MIXER Mains Lead This User Guide! Check that the correct mains plug is fitted. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
Many of the components used in ZED-10FX and ZED-10 are exactly the same as in the larger Allen & Heath products and the construction methods are also very similar — utilising individual vertically mounted channel circuit boards with each rotary control fixed with a metal nut to the front panel.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE ZED-10FX The ZED-10FX and ZED-10 mixers are equipped with a 3-band equaliser circuit on each mono input, with swept mid frequency section, and a 2-band EQ on the stereo channels. The frequency and response of each has been carefully chosen to give the maximum performance when using the EQ on a variety of sources.
MAIN MIX Record Record Record Record Record Record Record LEVEL LEVEL Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen 336mm (13.2 inches) 275mm (10.8 inches) Weight ZED-10FX Unpacked 3.3kg (7.3 lb) Packed 4.5kg (10 lb) Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
It is a single pole (6dB per octave) filter with a corner frequency set at 100Hz. The filter affects signals from both Mic XLR and Line jack socket. 5.00 0.00 -5.00 -10.00 -15.00 -20.00 10.00 Hz 100.00 1000.00 10000.00 Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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The graph shows the response of the LF EQ at maximum cut and boost. The corner frequency is 80Hz. Record 20.00 15.00 Listen 10.00 5.00 0.00 -5.00 -10.00 -15.00 -20.00 10.00 Hz 100.00 1000.00 10000.00 30000.00 Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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Switches the channel signal to the headphones or monitor output circuit for checking the channel signal. Takes the signal after the EQ but before the Level control (so you can check the signal before adding it to Mix or Record) Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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Switches the channel signal to the headphones or monitor output circuit for checking the channel signal. Takes the signal after the EQ but before the Level control (so you can check the signal before adding it to Mix or Record) Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
Select the signal source for the USB audio output MAIN and the Record output. With both switches up the main Mix is selected. The Record Bus switch will override the Aux-FX switch if both are pressed. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
Mix and the Record bus. Record Record Switches the Effects (wet) signal to the stereo Record bus. Listen Listen Switches the Effects (wet) signal to the headphones or monitor output circuit for checking the effect. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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Hall2(size) Brighter hall reverb. PARAMETER adjusts size of hall. Arena(size) Arena reverb. PARAMETER adjusts size of arena. Flanger(dpth) Classic flanger effect. PARAMETER adjusts depth and tonality. Chorus(dpth) Chorus effect. PARAMETER adjusts depth and tonality. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
Adjusts the level from off (fully attenuated) to +6dB gain. Main Mix Level This is the master volume control for the main ste- reo mix. Range is from off (fully attenuated) to +10dB of gain. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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Aux bus output, or the Record bus output. Pressing any Listen switch will override the selection and allow you to monitor individual channels. Phones MAIN MIX LEVEL Headphones Output Standard 1/4” (6.25mm) jack socket wired Tip=Left, Ring=Right, Sleeve=Ground. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
If there seems to be no audio transfer between the computer and your ZED, or the level is very low, please check the volume level setting of the Audio Device in your computers’ op- erating system. This may need to be set to the Max position. Allen & Heath ZED-10FX User Guide...
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