Allen & Heath ZED-10FX – Touring Quality Audio Mixer with 2 Mic/Line, 2 Mic/Line/DI, 3 Stereo Line, Onboard FX and USB I/O (AH-ZED-10FX)

Wow! Best small pro mixer for acoustic guitar and vocals with a Bose L1 system. Forget that POS Bose tone match, this mixer is miles above in sound and quality for far less money! Tonematch is a real joke anyway. With Rode mics and Sunrise pickups it's dead quiet and the effects and pretty darn good. The DI is built-in so no preamp needed! Effects loop works great with TC Helicon VoiceTone GTX. The USB stereo mix to a computer sounds super clean and as live as can be. It's as good if not better than my Focusrite 18i20. The knobs are a bit cramped, but I found my mix so that may be a good thing because I won't change them often. After testing several Mackie, Peavey, and Yamaha mixers the Allen & Heath ZED-10FX is so much better in sound quality it makes especially the Mackie seem like total junk. For the Mackie that's an absolute. At this price, acoustic players with a PA will be very happy. I use it with 2 Bose L1 systems in stereo and with 2 acoustics, bass, 2 vocals and it's amazing. The monitor outs is a big plus if you like to hear your mix live. I say go for it - you'll be happy.

This little Allen & Heath zed-10fx was my first mixer, and I have no regrets or issues with it. In fact it's been terrific, reliable, quiet, and easy to use. I love it.I bought it as a learning mixer, and had no idea how this would turn out. Nor did I know what features this didn't have that I would eventually need. Again, no complaints. This thing has been fantastic.I'm ready to upgrade. Starting with the next model up - the 12 channel unit I get all the features I'm missing on this 10 channel unit. Here they are:- channel inserts- strip mute- 3 aux sends + fx send- 1 or 2 aux = pre and 1 or 2 aux = post fader sends- 100mm fadersInsert jacks you can almost get away not having as they're a specialized line level input. And this zed 10 had both xlr mic inputs and line level inputes for each channel.Strip mutes can be faked as well. But at some point making do with a feature is not the same as having the full fledged feature.I like having 3 aux sends, and I like that some are pre fader sends, and some are post fader sends. This is important for things like running a phoe line, or hooking up Skype to yoru mixer. (common things to do in podcasting world, and sports broadasting, etc).100mm faders are easier to glance at than dials to see where they are. And 100mm vs 60mm give you more granular control..So there you go. I'm a fan of Alllen & Heath mixer desks. And it took me a couple years to get the experience and knowldge with different situations to know what I really needed for the challenges I've run across.Good luck with your projects.

I am delighted with this product, I have not used it for recording yet but only in a "live" situation and it is perfect for the job. Allen & Heath make quality mixers and even at this price point, the ZED -10FX delivers and offers great value for money. It's easy to use and pretty intuitive so it will suit non technical users fro the get go. I use it for backing tracks, vocals and both acoustic and electric guitars in a one man set up and it is perfect for this given the stereo inputs and guitar inputs specifically designed for the purpose. The sound and EQ are very good through headphones and the effects are really easy to use and the standard settings are adequate to cover most applications without the need to tinker with them. It feels robust and is finished well and gives the impression that is will last for ages.

Purchased little over a year ago. Worked great for awhile. Then after about 6 mos it developed a constant high-pitch whine on the monitor output that grew louder over time. Then about two weeks ago the USB port completely died. Then a few days later, after I had to bypass the usb and hook it up using the input and output from my computer sound card (you know, the standard way a mixer gets hooked up to things) it completely died. Lame.For $300 price point, I expect my equipment to last more than a year. I purchased a replacement from another manufacturer.I gave 2 stars instead of 1 because it did work great for awhile but overall, I wasted my money. Lame-lame-lame.

First of all, I am a deligent shopper. I reasearched specifications, read comparisons and reviews. This had the features I wanted and no bad reviews. Other considerations were Alto, Macke, and Yamaha. But when I recieved this I was very happy with my choice. The craftsmanship is obvious right out of the box. When it's hooked up, it just gets better and better. You can hear (and feel) the quality.It has all the right inputs and outputs, great control of the mix and tones, and the FXs are clean and real. I have not used the computer interface yet.This is now the center of my small studio. Obviously, I would recommend it :)

After a quick set up I am very impressed with the unit as a live sound mixer. Bomber construction and overall feel. Bought it as a replacement for a Mackie ProFX that took a spill during a gig . The Allen and Heath is absolutely noise free! Great sounding verb for the price and the mid-sweep allows me to dial in an amazing vocal sound. Perfect rig for my small acoustic band. I do miss the proper faders on the Mackie for the ease of on the fly mix tweaking but the overall sound quality more than makes up for it. (I believe they do offer a unit with faders for a bit more scratch.) Great buy.

It is a great mixer. It brings a high quality sound as bigger mixer from a professional studios and very well updated in terms of connection for different digital mixer tools. I think comparing with the others the signal quality is amazing. There is some issues as no mute button that could be included but not something essential for the purpose.