Allen & Heath ZED-428 24-channel Mixer with USB Audio Interface

Allen & Heath ZED-428 Mixer gives you all the essentials you need for flexible live mixing: 24 channels with smooth, long-throw faders, 4-band EQ with swept mids, six aux sends, and four sub groups. You also get a direct output on every channel and master level controls on all outputs. It’s an incredible amount of flexibility, at a great value, but Allen & Heath added another dimension of functionality to the ZED-428: USB connectivity! Now you can get clean, clear audio straight into and out of your computer with the ZED-428.

Allen & Heath ZED-428 at a Glance:

• Legacy
• Best of previous designs
• USB

Legacy

The ZED-428 has a great heritage from over 40 years of creating professional sound mixing consoles. The audio circuitry has been developed and refined over many years, and all mixing parts have been optimized for sound quality.

Best of previous designs

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 DuoPre 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.

USB

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.

Allen & Heath ZED-428 Mixer Features:

• 24 Channel
• 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