Units returned should be packed to avoid transit damage. In certain territories the terms may vary. Check with your ALLEN & HEATH agent for any additional warranty which may apply. http://www.allen-heath.com Allen & Heath ZED-10 User Guide...
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-10 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-10 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-10 User Guide...
MAIN MIX Phones PLAYBACK MAIN MIX Record Record Record Record Record Record LEVEL LEVEL Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen ZED-10 MIXER Mains Lead This User Guide! Check that the correct mains plug is fitted. Allen & Heath ZED-10 User Guide...
Many of the components used in ZED-10 and ZED-10FX 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-10 The ZED-10 and ZED-10FX 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.
Phones PLAYBACK MAIN MIX Record Record Record Record Record Record LEVEL LEVEL Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen 336mm (13.2 inches) 275mm (10.8 inches) Weight ZED-10 Unpacked 3.2kg (7 lb) Packed 4.4kg (9.7 lb) Allen & Heath ZED-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 User Guide...
In the audio application route the FX signal (USB Right) to a track or bus con- taining the effects plugin and route the track/bus output back to the ZED (USB audio device). In the ZED-10 you can return the effects to either the Playback input or the ST2 input, here the Playback input is used.
Dry sig- LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL MAIN MIX Phones PLAYBACK nal to Record Record Record Record Record Record MAIN MIX LEVEL LEVEL Effects to Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Listen Mix Master Level Allen & Heath ZED-10 User Guide...
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